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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.71073, -4.24083
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦100+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Mute Swan
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦100+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Mute Swan
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Little Egret +97 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Little Egret +97 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark Bush-cricket, Common Darter, Hairy Shieldbug +232 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cuckooflower, Yellow-rattle, Dandelion +26 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Route 36/60Walking route▾
Named routeRef 36/60Local walking route
Penybedd TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
St Illtyd's WalkWalking route103 km▾
Named routeLength 103 kmRegional walking route
Route WCPWalking route▾
Named routeRef WCPNational walking route
Heart of Wales Line TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
61 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Swiss Valley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 47National Cycle Network
Llanelli Cycling Trails Route 4 (Pembrey)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef LCT4Local cycle route
Llanelli Cycling Trails Route 1 (Delta Lakes)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef LCT1Local cycle route
Llanelli Cycling Trails Route 3 (Swiss Valley)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef LCT3Local cycle route
Llanelli Cycling Trails Route 2 (Burry Port)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef LCT2Local cycle route
National Closed Road CircuitCycling route▾
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
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Wildlife to spot
15,330 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,330 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Little Grebe · Long-tailed Tit · Little Egret · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow +29
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Natterer's Bat · Otter · Daubenton's Bat +8
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
- OtterLutra lutra
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- Whiskered/Brandt's BatMyotis mystacinus/brandtii
- Noctule
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Glow-worm · Southern Hawker · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Rivellia syngenesiae · Blue-tailed Damselfly +16
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Rivellia syngenesiaeRivellia syngenesiae
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Azure Damselfly
Cuckooflower · Lungwort · Japanese Knotweed · Red Bartsia · Marsh-mallow +5
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
- LungwortPulmonaria officinalis
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
- Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2024
- Marsh-mallowAlthaea officinalis2024
- False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,330 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Little Grebe · Long-tailed Tit · Little Egret · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow +29
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Natterer's Bat · Otter · Daubenton's Bat +8
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
- OtterLutra lutra
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- Whiskered/Brandt's BatMyotis mystacinus/brandtii
- Noctule
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Glow-worm · Southern Hawker · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Rivellia syngenesiae · Blue-tailed Damselfly +16
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Rivellia syngenesiaeRivellia syngenesiae
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Azure Damselfly
Cuckooflower · Lungwort · Japanese Knotweed · Red Bartsia · Marsh-mallow +5
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
- LungwortPulmonaria officinalis
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
- Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2024
- Marsh-mallowAlthaea officinalis2024
- False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Nyctalus noctula
Nyctalus noctula
American MinkNeovison vison2024American MinkNeovison vison2024Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritusBrown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritusGreater Horseshoe BatRhinolophus ferrumequinumGreater Horseshoe BatRhinolophus ferrumequinumHedgehogErinaceus europaeusHedgehogErinaceus europaeusBadgerMeles melesBadgerMeles melesHazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024Coenagrion puella
Coenagrion puella
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024Brulle’s KnucklehornCladius brullei2024Brulle’s KnucklehornCladius brullei2024Agromyza nanaAgromyza nana2024Agromyza nanaAgromyza nana2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024ChalcidoideaChalcidoidea2024ChalcidoideaChalcidoidea2024Sulphur BeetleCteniopus sulphureus2024Sulphur BeetleCteniopus sulphureus2024Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Mottled GrasshopperMyrmeleotettix maculatus2024Mottled GrasshopperMyrmeleotettix maculatus2024HeraldScoliopteryx libatrix2024HeraldScoliopteryx libatrix2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Poecilobothrus nobilitatusPoecilobothrus nobilitatus2024Poecilobothrus nobilitatusPoecilobothrus nobilitatus2024Sea AsterTripolium pannonicum2024Sea AsterTripolium pannonicum2024Strawberry CloverTrifolium fragiferum2024Strawberry CloverTrifolium fragiferum2024Parsley Water-dropwortOenanthe lachenalii2024Parsley Water-dropwortOenanthe lachenalii2024Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2024Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2024