Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.61909, -3.54005
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goldfinch and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Brothers Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goldfinch and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Brothers Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Goldfinch, Robin, Blue Tit +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Goldfinch, Robin, Blue Tit +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Meadow Brown, Green-veined White +29 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Springy Turf-moss, Heath Plait-moss +82 more · last seen 2019
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 883Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 883National Cycle Network
Garw Valley Railway pathCycling route▾
Named routeRef 884National Cycle Network
NCN 885 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 885National Cycle Network
Proposed NCN 882Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 882National Cycle Network
Rhondda Fawr Community RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 882National Cycle Network
Afan Valley Cycle TrackCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Darren Fawr - Gellideg Trail (Black)Mountain bike route▾
Darren Fawr - Glengarw Trail (Blue)Mountain bike route▾
Photos
Ogmore Valley Federation Stone
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,136 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,136 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Robin · Goldfinch · Dipper · Blue Tit · Great Tit +30
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2020
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2022
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2022
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Bat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BatChiroptera2020
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians3 species
autumn
2023▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects9 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2023▾
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Violet Ground Beetle · Carabus problematicus · Violet Oil-beetle · Meloe proscarabaeus/violaceus +4
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus
- Meloe proscarabaeus/violaceusMeloe proscarabaeus/violaceus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,136 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Robin · Goldfinch · Dipper · Blue Tit · Great Tit +30
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2020
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2022
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2022
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Bat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BatChiroptera2020
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians3 species
autumn
2023▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects9 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2023▾
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Violet Ground Beetle · Carabus problematicus · Violet Oil-beetle · Meloe proscarabaeus/violaceus +4
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus
- Meloe proscarabaeus/violaceusMeloe proscarabaeus/violaceus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas