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Places › Wales › South East Wales › Newport Getting here
51.58151, -3.10596
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🦉 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 — Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +70 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Beautiful Demoiselle, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Dark-edged Bee-fly +37 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Beautiful Demoiselle, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Dark-edged Bee-fly +37 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — American Skunk-cabbage, Polytrichum, Bluebell +2 more · last seen 2022; Plants — American Skunk-cabbage, Polytrichum, Bluebell +2 more · last seen 2022
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rhymney River Circular Walking route ▾
Named route Ref Rhymney River Circular Local walking route
Show on map Forge Walk Walking route ▾
Named route 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 Cambrian Way Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map 126 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 88 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 88 National Cycle Network
Show on map Link to NCN 4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 4 Local cycle route
Show on map Rhymney Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref RT Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Network Route 465 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 465 National Cycle Network
Show on map Rhymney Trail (Proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NCN468 (Proposed) Local cycle route
Show on map Link to The Celtic Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Twrch Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Photos Plas Machen from the Rhymney River Circular walk
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Wildlife to spot
6,154 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 6,154 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 58 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Blackbird · Wren · Woodpigeon · Robin · Swallow +53
Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Swallow Hirundo rustica Dunnock Prunella modularis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs House Martin Delichon urbicum Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Goldcrest Regulus regulus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Magpie Pica pica Swift Apus apus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Coal Tit Periparus ater Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Linnet Linaria cannabina Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Sand Martin Riparia riparia Herring Gull Larus argentatus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Carrion Crow Corvus corone Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Siskin Spinus spinus Jay Garrulus glandarius Raven Corvus corax Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Redwing Turdus iliacus Dipper Cinclus cinclus Stock Dove Columba oenas Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Canada Goose Branta canadensis Delichon urbicum urbicum Delichon urbicum urbicum Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Starling Sturnus vulgaris Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Skylark Alauda arvensis Whitethroat Curruca communis Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Tawny Owl Strix aluco Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Goosander Mergus merganser Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 🦌 Mammals 1 species
summer autumn
2024 ▾
Hazel Dormouse
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo2025 🐝 Insects 17 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Beautiful Demoiselle · Large Red Damselfly · Field Grasshopper · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Golden-ringed Dragonfly +12
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025 Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025 Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2024 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 6,154 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 58 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Blackbird · Wren · Woodpigeon · Robin · Swallow +53
Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Swallow Hirundo rustica Dunnock Prunella modularis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs House Martin Delichon urbicum Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Goldcrest Regulus regulus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Magpie Pica pica Swift Apus apus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Coal Tit Periparus ater Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Linnet Linaria cannabina Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Sand Martin Riparia riparia Herring Gull Larus argentatus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Carrion Crow Corvus corone Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Siskin Spinus spinus Jay Garrulus glandarius Raven Corvus corax Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Redwing Turdus iliacus Dipper Cinclus cinclus Stock Dove Columba oenas Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Canada Goose Branta canadensis Delichon urbicum urbicum Delichon urbicum urbicum Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Starling Sturnus vulgaris Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Skylark Alauda arvensis Whitethroat Curruca communis Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Tawny Owl Strix aluco Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Goosander Mergus merganser Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 🦌 Mammals 1 species
summer autumn
2024 ▾
Hazel Dormouse
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo2025 🐝 Insects 17 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Beautiful Demoiselle · Large Red Damselfly · Field Grasshopper · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Golden-ringed Dragonfly +12
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025 Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025 Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2024 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Batman Hoverfly
Batman Hoverfly
Myathropa florea2025
Myathropa florea2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus2025
Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus2025
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2024
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2024
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2024
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2024
Tree Damsel Bug Himacerus (Himacerus) apterus2024
Tree Damsel Bug Himacerus (Himacerus) apterus2024
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2024
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2024
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2024
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2024
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2024
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2024 