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Getting here
51.63675, -3.65423
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 259m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 259m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chiffchaff, Blackbird, Robin +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Chiffchaff, Blackbird, Robin +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Black Oil-beetle, Sericomyia silentis, Helophilus pendulus +154 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bee Orchid, Southern Marsh-orchid, Norway Maple +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Coed Morgannwg WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Vale of Neath WalkWalking route▾
St Illtyd's WalkWalking route103 km▾
Named routeLength 103 kmRegional walking route
71 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Garw Valley Railway pathCycling route▾
Named routeRef 884National Cycle Network
885Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 885National Cycle Network
Route 887Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 887National Cycle Network
NCN 885 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 885National Cycle Network
Afan Valley Cycle TrackCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bryn Goytre CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
PenhyddMountain bike route▾
W²Mountain bike route▾
SkylineMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
BladeMountain bike route▾
Blue ScarMountain bike route▾
Y WalMountain bike route▾
1 public path nearby
Public paths
BY 23/37/6byway open to all traffic · 1.5 km▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 1.5 kmSurface gravelPath type: track
Photos
SW side of St Cynfelyn's Church in Caerau
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Wildlife to spot
35,732 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
35,732 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Swift · Peregrine · Green Woodpecker · Robin · Carrion Crow +38
- SwiftApus apus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Indet. FinchFringillidae
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Noctule · Common Shrew
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Dock Bug · Harlequin Ladybird · Sericomyia silentis · Platycheirus albimanus · Willughby's Leafcutter Bee +37
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
- Willughby's Leafcutter BeeMegachile willughbiella2025
- Hairy Shieldbug
Norway Maple · Red Clover · Southern Marsh-orchid · Columbine · Broad-leaved Dock +24
- Norway MapleAcer platanoides
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa
- ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,732 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Swift · Peregrine · Green Woodpecker · Robin · Carrion Crow +38
- SwiftApus apus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Indet. FinchFringillidae
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Noctule · Common Shrew
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Dock Bug · Harlequin Ladybird · Sericomyia silentis · Platycheirus albimanus · Willughby's Leafcutter Bee +37
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
- Willughby's Leafcutter BeeMegachile willughbiella2025
- Hairy Shieldbug
Norway Maple · Red Clover · Southern Marsh-orchid · Columbine · Broad-leaved Dock +24
- Norway MapleAcer platanoides
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa
- ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dolycoris baccarum2025
Dolycoris baccarum2025
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatusKidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatusDark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2025Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2025Sciara hemerobioidesSciara hemerobioides2025Sciara hemerobioidesSciara hemerobioides2025Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas2025Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas2025Conops flavipesConops flavipes2025Conops flavipesConops flavipes2025Locust BlowflyStomorhina lunata2025Locust BlowflyStomorhina lunata2025Physocephala rufipesPhysocephala rufipes2025Physocephala rufipesPhysocephala rufipes2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2025Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2025Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2025Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2025Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2025Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025Bilberry BumblebeeBombus monticola2025Bilberry BumblebeeBombus monticola2025Chrysotoxum arcuatumChrysotoxum arcuatum2025Chrysotoxum arcuatumChrysotoxum arcuatum2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Helophilus trivittatusHelophilus trivittatus2025Helophilus trivittatusHelophilus trivittatus2025Cantharis rufaCantharis rufa2025Cantharis rufaCantharis rufa2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum2025Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum2025Empis lividaEmpis livida2025Empis lividaEmpis livida2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum2025White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum2025Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2025Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2025PegomyaPegomya2025PegomyaPegomya2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2025Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2025Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2025SilverweedPotentilla anserinaSilverweedPotentilla anserinaBrooklimeVeronica beccabungaBrooklimeVeronica beccabungaFox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiacaFox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiacaBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaTormentilPotentilla erectaTormentilPotentilla erectaCommon ReedPhragmites australisCommon ReedPhragmites australisWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigrabealaidh FrangachLaburnumbealaidh FrangachLaburnumGarden ThymeThymus vulgarisGarden ThymeThymus vulgarisCommon FleabanePulicaria dysentericaCommon FleabanePulicaria dysentericaGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysPale FlaxLinum biennePale FlaxLinum bienneMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareRushJuncusRushJuncusWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumGarden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollisGarden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollisBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraHare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatumHare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatumRagged-RobinSilene flos-cuculiRagged-RobinSilene flos-cuculiHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum