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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome26 ha
Getting here
51.64426, -3.01075
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Canada Goose and Mallard
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 169m away — 8 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Canada Goose and Mallard
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 169m away — 8 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Canada Goose, Mallard, Magpie +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Canada Goose, Mallard, Magpie +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Harlequin Ladybird, Emperor Dragonfly +17 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Japanese Knotweed, Giant Knotweed +6 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Usk Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cambrian WayWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Lodge Hill Circular WalkWalking route3.1 km▾
Named routeLength 3.1 kmLocal walking route
114 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 47Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 47National Cycle Network
Route 492Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 492National Cycle Network
Route 49Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 49National Cycle Network
Route 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network 466Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 466National Cycle Network
Route 423Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 423National Cycle Network
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
CafallMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
Twrch TrailMountain bike route▾
Photos
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Wildlife to spot
25,686 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,686 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Canada Goose · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Woodpigeon +30
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects13 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Blue Damselfly · Common Darter · Azure Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Southern Hawker +8
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Red-eyed Damselfly
Japanese Knotweed · Himalayan Balsam · Snowberry · Gorse · Yellow Loosestrife
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Yellow LoosestrifeLysimachia vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,686 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Canada Goose · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Woodpigeon +30
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects13 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Blue Damselfly · Common Darter · Azure Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Southern Hawker +8
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Red-eyed Damselfly
Japanese Knotweed · Himalayan Balsam · Snowberry · Gorse · Yellow Loosestrife
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Yellow LoosestrifeLysimachia vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Erythromma najas
Erythromma najas
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansSmall Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulumSmall Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulumEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis