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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › Wales › South East Wales › Vale of Glamorgan Getting here
51.44156, -3.16878
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 147m 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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 147m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground
🦉 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 — Great Crested Grebe, Black-headed Gull, Mute Swan +85 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Great Crested Grebe, Black-headed Gull, Mute Swan +85 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Migrant Hawker, Speckled Bush-cricket, Scaeva pyrastri +32 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Migrant Hawker, Speckled Bush-cricket, Scaeva pyrastri +32 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wales Coast Path (South Wales) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref WCP National walking route
Show on map Taff Trail Walking route 88 km ▾
Named route Length 88 km Regional walking route
Show on map Cambrian Way Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map 117 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ely Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref ET Local cycle route
Show on map Cardiff Bay Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 4 Local cycle route
Show on map Route 88 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 88 National Cycle Network
Show on map City Centre Hub (complete) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref CC Local cycle route
Show on map Route 8 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 8 Local cycle route
Show on map Enfys 34 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 34 Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
39,100 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 39,100 records · National Biodiversity Network Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Cormorant · Coot · Mallard +50
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Coot Fulica atra Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Canada Goose Branta canadensis Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Magpie Pica pica Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Turnstone Arenaria interpres Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Goldcrest Regulus regulus Coal Tit Periparus ater Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 6 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Hairy Shieldbug · Petrobius brevistylis · Ocys harpaloides/tachysoides · Trioza centranthi · Orange Ladybird +1
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Petrobius brevistylis Petrobius brevistylis Ocys harpaloides/tachysoides Ocys harpaloides/tachysoides Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025 Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025 Common Earwig Common Pincushion
Common Pincushion Dicranoweisia cirrata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 39,100 records · National Biodiversity Network Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Cormorant · Coot · Mallard +50
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Coot Fulica atra Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Canada Goose Branta canadensis Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Magpie Pica pica Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Turnstone Arenaria interpres Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Goldcrest Regulus regulus Coal Tit Periparus ater Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 6 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Hairy Shieldbug · Petrobius brevistylis · Ocys harpaloides/tachysoides · Trioza centranthi · Orange Ladybird +1
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Petrobius brevistylis Petrobius brevistylis Ocys harpaloides/tachysoides Ocys harpaloides/tachysoides Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025 Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025 Common Earwig Common Pincushion
Common Pincushion Dicranoweisia cirrata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
