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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
51.77973, -4.17128
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦28+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦28+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Tawny Owl, Robin, Chaffinch +25 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Tawny Owl, Robin, Chaffinch +25 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Setaceous Hebrew Character, Green Carpet, Large Yellow Underwing +258 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Swiss Valley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 47National Cycle Network
Llanelli Cycling Trails Route 3 (Swiss Valley)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef LCT3Local cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 47Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 47National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route494 m▾
Named routeRef 47Length 494 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route255 m▾
Named routeRef 47Length 255 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route826 m▾
Named routeRef 47Length 826 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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The Gwendraeth Fawr at Pontyberem recreation ground
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
3,079 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,079 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Robin · Chaffinch · Dipper · Magpie · Swift +22
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- MagpiePica pica
- SwiftApus apus2020
- JackdawColoeus monedula2020
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2020
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2020
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2020
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2020
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- SwallowHirundo rustica2020
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2020
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🦎Reptiles3 species
springautumn
2025▾
Adder · Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- AdderVipera berus2023
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2019
🐝Insects68 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Carder Bee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Sallow · Green Carpet · Square-spot Rustic +63
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2022
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2020
- SallowCirrhia icteritia2019
- Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2019
- Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
Japanese Knotweed · Bruch's Pincushion · Cape Thread-moss · Taper-leaved Earth-moss · Long-beaked Water Feather-moss +16
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii
- Cape Thread-mossOrthodontium lineare
- Taper-leaved Earth-mossPleuridium acuminatum
- Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides
- Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,079 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Robin · Chaffinch · Dipper · Magpie · Swift +22
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- MagpiePica pica
- SwiftApus apus2020
- JackdawColoeus monedula2020
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2020
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2020
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2020
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2020
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- SwallowHirundo rustica2020
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2020
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🦎Reptiles3 species
springautumn
2025▾
Adder · Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- AdderVipera berus2023
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2019
🐝Insects68 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Carder Bee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Sallow · Green Carpet · Square-spot Rustic +63
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2022
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2020
- SallowCirrhia icteritia2019
- Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2019
- Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
Japanese Knotweed · Bruch's Pincushion · Cape Thread-moss · Taper-leaved Earth-moss · Long-beaked Water Feather-moss +16
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii
- Cape Thread-mossOrthodontium lineare
- Taper-leaved Earth-mossPleuridium acuminatum
- Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides
- Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Setaceous Hebrew Character
Setaceous Hebrew Character
Xestia c-nigrum2019
Xestia c-nigrum2019
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2020Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2020Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019Straw DotRivula sericealis2019Straw DotRivula sericealis2019Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2020Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2020Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2020Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2020Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica2020Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica2020Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2019Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2019Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2019Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2019Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2020Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2020Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2020Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2020Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2020Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2020Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2020Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2020Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2019Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2019Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019Autumnal RusticEugnorisma glareosa2019Autumnal RusticEugnorisma glareosa2019Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2019Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2019Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaMagdalis carbonariaMagdalis carbonariaMagdalis carbonariaMagdalis carbonariaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyanea2021Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2021Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2021Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2021Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2021Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2021Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2020Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2020Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2020Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2020Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2020Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2020Hawthorn Mining BeeAndrena chrysosceles2020Hawthorn Mining BeeAndrena chrysosceles2020HornetVespa crabro2020HornetVespa crabro2020Carabus granulatusCarabus granulatus2020Carabus granulatusCarabus granulatus2020Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2020Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2020Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2020Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2020Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2020Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2020Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2020Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2020Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2020Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2020Marsham's Nomad BeeNomada marshamella2020Marsham's Nomad BeeNomada marshamella2020Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2020Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2020Flavous Nomad BeeNomada flava2020Flavous Nomad BeeNomada flava2020Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2020Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2020Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2019Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2019Spruce CarpetThera britannica2019Spruce CarpetThera britannica2019November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2019November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2019Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2019Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2019Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2019Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2019Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019Least Yellow UnderwingNoctua interjecta2019Least Yellow UnderwingNoctua interjecta2019Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2019Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2019Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata2019Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata2019Silver YAutographa gamma2019Silver YAutographa gamma2019Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019Brindled GreenDryobotodes eremita2019Brindled GreenDryobotodes eremita2019Dock BugCoreus marginatus2019Dock BugCoreus marginatus2019HeraldScoliopteryx libatrix2019HeraldScoliopteryx libatrix2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2019Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2019Pinion-streaked SnoutSchrankia costaestrigalis2019Pinion-streaked SnoutSchrankia costaestrigalis2019Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi2019Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi2019September ThornEnnomos erosaria2019September ThornEnnomos erosaria2019Coxcomb ProminentPtilodon capucina2019Coxcomb ProminentPtilodon capucina2019Broom Fork-moss
Broom Fork-moss
Dicranum scoparium
Dicranum scoparium
Ulota crispa s.str.Ulota crispa s.str.Ulota crispa s.str.Ulota crispa s.str.Fissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoidesShaw's Bristle-mossLewinskya striataShaw's Bristle-mossLewinskya striataPerthshire Beard-mossDidymodon rigidulusPerthshire Beard-mossDidymodon rigidulusElegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellumElegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellumMamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoiMamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoiThickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilumThickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilumWood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinisWood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinisLateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromallaLateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromallaRock Pocket-mossFissidens dubiusRock Pocket-mossFissidens dubiusLesser Yoke-mossZygodon conoideusLesser Yoke-mossZygodon conoideusGrey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinataGrey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinataNees' PelliaPellia neesianaNees' PelliaPellia neesianaHimalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2021Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2021