Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.61423, -3.58412
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tree Pipit and Wigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 213m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tree Pipit and Wigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 213m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Tree Pipit, Wigeon, Robin +43 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Tree Pipit, Wigeon, Robin +43 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Heath, Meadow Brown, Small White +301 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km63 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 883Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 883National Cycle Network
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
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
W²Mountain bike route▾
Darren Fawr - Gellideg Trail (Black)Mountain bike route▾
Darren Fawr - Glengarw Trail (Blue)Mountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
2,250 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,250 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBarn Owl · Robin · Dipper · Blackbird · Anas platyrhynchos x +22
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
🦎Reptiles2 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Common Carder Bee · Small Garden Bumblebee · Harlequin Ladybird · Heath Bumblebee +39
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
- Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus2024
- Syrphus ribesii
Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Rhododendron · Small-leaved Cotoneaster · Himalayan Cotoneaster +5
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2023
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2023
- Small-leaved CotoneasterCotoneaster microphyllus2023
- Himalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsii2023
- Montbretia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,250 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBarn Owl · Robin · Dipper · Blackbird · Anas platyrhynchos x +22
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
🦎Reptiles2 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Common Carder Bee · Small Garden Bumblebee · Harlequin Ladybird · Heath Bumblebee +39
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
- Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus2024
- Syrphus ribesii
Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Rhododendron · Small-leaved Cotoneaster · Himalayan Cotoneaster +5
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2023
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2023
- Small-leaved CotoneasterCotoneaster microphyllus2023
- Himalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsii2023
- Montbretia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus ribesii2023
Syrphus ribesii2023
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum2023Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum2023Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2023Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2023Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2023Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2023Platycheirus clypeatusPlatycheirus clypeatus2023Platycheirus clypeatusPlatycheirus clypeatus2023Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2023Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2023Platycheirus occultusPlatycheirus occultus2023Platycheirus occultusPlatycheirus occultus2023Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus2023Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus2023Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2023Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2023Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola2023Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola2023Stictoleptura rubraStictoleptura rubra2023Stictoleptura rubraStictoleptura rubra2023Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavusYellow Meadow AntLasius flavusBilberry BumblebeeBombus monticola2025Bilberry BumblebeeBombus monticola2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2025Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2025Dusky AntFormica fusca2025Dusky AntFormica fusca2025Broadbar Clover SawflyTenthredo notha2024Broadbar Clover SawflyTenthredo notha2024Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2024Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2024Brown-banded Carder BeeBombus humilis2024Brown-banded Carder BeeBombus humilis2024Buff-tailed Mining BeeAndrena humilis2024Buff-tailed Mining BeeAndrena humilis2024Periscepsia spathulataPeriscepsia spathulata2023Periscepsia spathulataPeriscepsia spathulata2023Nowickia feroxNowickia ferox2023Nowickia feroxNowickia ferox2023Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2023Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2023Dolichopus ungulatusDolichopus ungulatus2023Dolichopus ungulatusDolichopus ungulatus2023Gymnopternus aerosusGymnopternus aerosus2023Gymnopternus aerosusGymnopternus aerosus2023Poecilobothrus nobilitatusPoecilobothrus nobilitatus2023Poecilobothrus nobilitatusPoecilobothrus nobilitatus2023Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida2023Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida2023Gwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolor2023Gwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolor2023Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2023Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2023Tipula lateralisTipula lateralis2023Tipula lateralisTipula lateralis2023Crocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2023
Crocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2023
Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2023Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2023Entire-leaved CotoneasterCotoneaster integrifolius2023Entire-leaved CotoneasterCotoneaster integrifolius2023New Zealand WillowherbEpilobium brunnescens2023New Zealand WillowherbEpilobium brunnescens2023Canadian WaterweedElodea canadensis2023Canadian WaterweedElodea canadensis2023