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Dogs welcome

Getting here

51.58588, -3.22057

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Jackdaw
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Jackdaw
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Jackdaw, Blue Tit +65 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Jackdaw, Blue Tit +65 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Cheilosia illustrata, Lagria hirta, Common Red Soldier Beetle +7 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Cheilosia illustrata, Lagria hirta, Common Red Soldier Beetle +7 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Perthshire Beard-moss, Crab Apple, Hart's-Tongue +1 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Perthshire Beard-moss, Crab Apple, Hart's-Tongue +1 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Taff TrailWalking route88 km

Named routeLength 88 kmRegional walking route

Cambrian WayWalking route

Named routeNational walking route

Forge WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Rhymney Valley Ridgeway WalkWalking route

Named routeRef Rhymney Valley Ridgeway WalkRegional walking route

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Cycling

131 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Network Route 47Cycling route

Named routeRef 47National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route

Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network

Lôn Las Cymru (South)Cycling route

Named routeRef 8National Cycle Network

Link to NCN 4Cycling route

Named routeRef 4Local cycle route

Treforest Community RouteCycling route

Named routeRef TCRLocal cycle route

Aber Valley Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 475National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

32,496 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

32,496 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds46 species

autumnwinter

2026

Jackdaw · Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie +41

JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CootFulica atra2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025

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Mammals2 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown RatRattus norvegicus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

32,496 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds46 species

autumnwinter

2026

Jackdaw · Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie +41

JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CootFulica atra2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown RatRattus norvegicus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 John Firth · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Rhos Street junction with Pontygwindy road

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