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Scott's Pit

1 ha

📷 Hywel Williams · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

51.66830, -3.88545

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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
🛝Playground 195m 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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 195m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Playground

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blue Tit +61 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blue Tit +61 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Southern Hawker, Syritta pipiens, Dock Bug +20 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Southern Hawker, Syritta pipiens, Dock Bug +20 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Wales Coast Path (South Wales)Walking route

Named routeRef WCPNational walking route

The Gower WayWalking route56 km

Named routeLength 56 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

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Cycling

80 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

City Central RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Cross Valley RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Skewen LinkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Neath Valley RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route

Named routeRef EV1International cycle route

National Cycle Network Route 47Cycling route

Named routeRef 47National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

41,745 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

41,745 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

springautumnwinter

2025

Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +61

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MagpiePica pica
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
Herring GullLarus argentatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
JackdawColoeus monedula
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
DipperCinclus cinclus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
NuthatchSitta europaea
JayGarrulus glandarius
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
RedwingTurdus iliacus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
SiskinSpinus spinus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
GoosanderMergus merganser
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
House MartinDelichon urbicum
BuzzardButeo buteo
GreenfinchChloris chloris
TealAnas crecca
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
CootFulica atra
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RavenCorvus corax
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
SwiftApus apus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Common GullLarus canus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus

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Mammals2 species

springautumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Whiskered Bat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Whiskered BatMyotis mystacinus

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Red-eared Terrapin

Red-eared TerrapinTrachemys scripta subsp. elegans

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2026

Palmate Newt · Common Frog

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects23 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Southern Hawker · Syritta pipiens · Dock Bug · Eristalis arbustorum · Vine Weevil +18

Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Helina evectaHelina evecta
Eudasyphora cyanicolorEudasyphora cyanicolor
SyrphusSyrphus
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Denticollis linearisDenticollis linearis
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula
Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

41,745 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

springautumnwinter

2025

Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +61

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MagpiePica pica
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
Herring GullLarus argentatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
JackdawColoeus monedula
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
DipperCinclus cinclus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
NuthatchSitta europaea
JayGarrulus glandarius
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
RedwingTurdus iliacus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
SiskinSpinus spinus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
GoosanderMergus merganser
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
House MartinDelichon urbicum
BuzzardButeo buteo
GreenfinchChloris chloris
TealAnas crecca
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
CootFulica atra
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RavenCorvus corax
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
SwiftApus apus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Common GullLarus canus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus

🦌

Mammals2 species

springautumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Whiskered Bat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Whiskered BatMyotis mystacinus

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Red-eared Terrapin

Red-eared TerrapinTrachemys scripta subsp. elegans

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2026

Palmate Newt · Common Frog

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects23 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Southern Hawker · Syritta pipiens · Dock Bug · Eristalis arbustorum · Vine Weevil +18

Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Helina evectaHelina evecta
Eudasyphora cyanicolorEudasyphora cyanicolor
SyrphusSyrphus
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Denticollis linearisDenticollis linearis
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula
Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Hywel Williams · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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