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51.77035, -3.24805
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Morgans Coffee Shop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Morgans Coffee Shop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome☕ Café🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠 Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Blackbird +76 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Blackbird +76 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly, Broad-bodied Chaser +106 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly, Broad-bodied Chaser +106 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 161 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 46 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 46 National Cycle Network
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Named route Ref 466 National Cycle Network
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Signed route nearby
Parc Cwm Darran Black Mountain Bike Trail Mountain bike route 2.5 km ▾
Named route Length 2.5 km
Show on map Parc Cwm Darran Red Mountain Bike Trail Mountain bike route 2 km ▾
Named route Length 2 km
Show on map Parc Cwm Darran Brown Mountain Bike Trail Mountain bike route 1.2 km ▾
Named route Length 1.2 km
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3,164 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,164 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 55 species
spring autumn winter
2026 ▾
Mallard · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Goosander · Great White Egret +50
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Great White Egret Ardea alba2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Pipistrelle Bat species
Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Palmate Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus 🐝 Insects 23 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Common Blue Damselfly · Corizus hyoscyami · Azure Damselfly +18
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025 Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025 Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025 Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025 🌿 Plants 12 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Japanese Knotweed · Whiskered Veilwort · Lateral Cryphaea · Tree-moss · Springy Turf-moss +7
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2025 Whiskered Veilwort Metzgeria consanguinea Lateral Cryphaea Cryphaea heteromalla Tree-moss Climacium dendroides Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,164 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 55 species
spring autumn winter
2026 ▾
Mallard · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Goosander · Great White Egret +50
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Great White Egret Ardea alba2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Pipistrelle Bat species
Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Palmate Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus 🐝 Insects 23 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Common Blue Damselfly · Corizus hyoscyami · Azure Damselfly +18
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025 Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025 Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025 Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025 🌿 Plants 12 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Japanese Knotweed · Whiskered Veilwort · Lateral Cryphaea · Tree-moss · Springy Turf-moss +7
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2025 Whiskered Veilwort Metzgeria consanguinea Lateral Cryphaea Cryphaea heteromalla Tree-moss Climacium dendroides Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Green Shieldbug
Green Shieldbug
Palomena prasina2025
Palomena prasina2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Chrysotoxum bicinctum Chrysotoxum bicinctum2025
Chrysotoxum bicinctum Chrysotoxum bicinctum2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus2025
Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Volucella bombylans Volucella bombylans2025
Volucella bombylans Volucella bombylans2025
Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae2025
Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae2025
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica2025
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica2025
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris2025
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris2025
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2025
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2025
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2025
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus2025
Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus2025
Pine Weevil Hylobius abietis2025
Pine Weevil Hylobius abietis2025
Apion Apion2025
Apion Apion2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025
Darwin's Barberry Berberis darwinii2025
Darwin's Barberry Berberis darwinii2025
Kidney Vetch Anthyllis vulneraria2025
Kidney Vetch Anthyllis vulneraria2025
Lesser Trefoil Trifolium dubium2025
Lesser Trefoil Trifolium dubium2025
an Eyebright Euphrasia arctica2025
an Eyebright Euphrasia arctica2025
Moss Bryophyta2025
Moss Bryophyta2025
Lady's mantle Alchemilla2025
Lady's mantle Alchemilla2025
Cherry Laurel Prunus laurocerasus2025
Cherry Laurel Prunus laurocerasus2025 