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Southerndown Golf Club

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Public accessPaid entryDogs welcome

Getting here

51.47460, -3.60920

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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
⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
🐕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
⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
🐕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

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Golf

Very strong match

Golf course

Paid

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +98 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +98 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Eristalis tenax, Marmalade Hoverfly, Harlequin Ladybird +57 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Eristalis tenax, Marmalade Hoverfly, Harlequin Ladybird +57 more · last seen 2026

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Wales Coast Path (South Wales)

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Wales Coast Path (South Wales)Walking route

Named routeRef WCPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

26 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 88Cycling route

Named routeRef 88National Cycle Network

885Cycling route

Named routeRef 885National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 888Cycling route

Named routeRef 888National Cycle Network

NCN 88 (Proposed)Cycling route

Named routeRef 88National Cycle Network

Bridgend Active Travel NewtworkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route156 m

Named routeRef 885Length 156 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

20 public paths nearby

Public paths

Heol y Milwyrbridleway · 901 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 901 mPath type: bridleway

The Shillybridleway · 505 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 505 mPath type: unclassified

Heol y Milwyrbridleway · 28 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 28 mPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

49,693 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

49,693 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

winter

2026

Teal · Little Grebe · Wren · Dunnock · Chaffinch +54

TealAnas crecca
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GadwallMareca strepera
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great TitParus major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
MagpiePica pica
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
RedwingTurdus iliacus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025

🐝

Insects7 species

spring

2026

Eristalis pertinax · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis tenax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Platycheirus albimanus +2

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Criorhina ranunculiCriorhina ranunculi
Yellow Meadow Ant

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2026

Greater Fork-moss

Greater Fork-mossDicranum majus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

49,693 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

winter

2026

Teal · Little Grebe · Wren · Dunnock · Chaffinch +54

TealAnas crecca
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GadwallMareca strepera
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great TitParus major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
MagpiePica pica
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
RedwingTurdus iliacus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025

🐝

Insects7 species

spring

2026

Eristalis pertinax · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis tenax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Platycheirus albimanus +2

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Criorhina ranunculiCriorhina ranunculi
Yellow Meadow Ant

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2026

Greater Fork-moss

Greater Fork-mossDicranum majus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Alan Hughes · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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