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Places › Wales › South East Wales › Cardiff Getting here
51.52056, -3.12836
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 136m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 136m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Magpie, Woodpigeon +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Magpie, Woodpigeon +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Shrill Carder Bee, Hornet Hoverfly +117 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Shrill Carder Bee, Hornet Hoverfly +117 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, Wall Cotoneaster +33 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, Wall Cotoneaster +33 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wales Coast Path (South Wales) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref WCP National walking route
Show on map Rhymney River Circular Walking route ▾
Named route Ref Rhymney River Circular Local walking route
Show on map Rhymney Valley Ridgeway Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Ref Rhymney Valley Ridgeway Walk Regional walking route
Show on map Taff Trail Walking route 88 km ▾
Named route Length 88 km Regional walking route
Show on map Cambrian Way Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map 73 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 88 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 88 National Cycle Network
Show on map City Centre Hub (complete) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref CC Local cycle route
Show on map Rhymney Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref RT Local cycle route
Show on map Route 8 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 8 Local cycle route
Show on map Enfys 34 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 34 Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 1 (Proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref CW1 Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Playing field, Llanrumney, Cardiff
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Wildlife to spot
16,185 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 16,185 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
summer winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Starling +38
Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Coal Tit Periparus ater Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat · Nathusius's Pipistrelle
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Nathusius's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Green Shieldbug · Shrill Carder Bee · Batman Hoverfly +22
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Shrill Carder Bee Bombus sylvarum Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria Common Blue Damselfly 🌿 Plants 14 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Lesser Celandine · Water Fern · White Willow · Snapdragon · Wall Cotoneaster +9
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Water Fern Azolla filiculoides White Willow Salix alba2025 Snapdragon Antirrhinum majus2025 Wall Cotoneaster Cotoneaster horizontalis2025 Ivy Hedera helix Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 16,185 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
summer winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Starling +38
Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Coal Tit Periparus ater Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat · Nathusius's Pipistrelle
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Nathusius's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Green Shieldbug · Shrill Carder Bee · Batman Hoverfly +22
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Shrill Carder Bee Bombus sylvarum Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria Common Blue Damselfly 🌿 Plants 14 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Lesser Celandine · Water Fern · White Willow · Snapdragon · Wall Cotoneaster +9
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Water Fern Azolla filiculoides White Willow Salix alba2025 Snapdragon Antirrhinum majus2025 Wall Cotoneaster Cotoneaster horizontalis2025 Ivy Hedera helix Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Enallagma cyathigerum
Enallagma cyathigerum
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Volucella inflata Volucella inflata
Volucella inflata Volucella inflata
Empis livida Empis livida
Empis livida Empis livida
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens
Empis tessellata Empis tessellata
Empis tessellata Empis tessellata
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Xylota sylvarum Xylota sylvarum
Xylota sylvarum Xylota sylvarum
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo 2025
2025
Himalayan Honeysuckle Leycesteria formosa2025
Himalayan Honeysuckle Leycesteria formosa2025
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2025
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2025
Common Poppy Papaver rhoeas2025
Common Poppy Papaver rhoeas2025
Sneezewort Achillea ptarmica2025
Sneezewort Achillea ptarmica2025
Flax Linum usitatissimum2025
Flax Linum usitatissimum2025
Trailing Bellflower Campanula poscharskyana2025
Trailing Bellflower Campanula poscharskyana2025
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum2025
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum2025
Hemlock Water-dropwort Oenanthe crocata2025
Hemlock Water-dropwort Oenanthe crocata2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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