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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › Wales › South East Wales › Caerphilly Getting here
51.60986, -3.08955
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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 139m 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 139m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 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 — Mallard, Moorhen, Little Grebe +77 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Moorhen, Little Grebe +77 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Azure Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Darter +46 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Azure Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Darter +46 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rhymney River Circular Walking route ▾
Named route Ref Rhymney River Circular Local walking route
Show on map Forge Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Rhymney Valley Ridgeway Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Ref Rhymney Valley Ridgeway Walk Regional walking route
Show on map Cambrian Way Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map 134 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Link to NCN 4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 4 Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Network Route 465 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 465 National Cycle Network
Show on map Rhymney Trail (Proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NCN468 (Proposed) Local cycle route
Show on map Link to The Celtic Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 49 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 49 National Cycle Network
Show on map EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV1 International cycle route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cafall Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Round trip
Show on map Twrch Trail Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
21,508 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 21,508 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Mallard · Robin · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow +47
Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Dendrocopos major anglicus Dendrocopos major anglicus2025 European Pond Terrapin · Slow-worm
European Pond Terrapin Emys orbicularis Slow-worm Anguis fragilis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Frog
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Darter · Speckled Bush-cricket · Azure Damselfly +21
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2025 Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025 Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025 Dark-edged Bee-fly 🌿 Plants 4 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Japanese Knotweed · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Norway Maple · Bluebell
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes Norway Maple Acer platanoides Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 21,508 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Mallard · Robin · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow +47
Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Dendrocopos major anglicus Dendrocopos major anglicus2025 European Pond Terrapin · Slow-worm
European Pond Terrapin Emys orbicularis Slow-worm Anguis fragilis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Frog
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Darter · Speckled Bush-cricket · Azure Damselfly +21
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2025 Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025 Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025 Dark-edged Bee-fly 🌿 Plants 4 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Japanese Knotweed · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Norway Maple · Bluebell
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes Norway Maple Acer platanoides Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bombylius major
Bombylius major
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus2025
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus2025
Kite-tailed Robberfly Machimus atricapillus2025
Kite-tailed Robberfly Machimus atricapillus2025
Common Rose Fusehorn Arge pagana2025
Common Rose Fusehorn Arge pagana2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Leucozona glaucia Leucozona glaucia2025
Leucozona glaucia Leucozona glaucia2025
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2025
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025
Polydrusus formosus Polydrusus formosus2025
Polydrusus formosus Polydrusus formosus2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata2025
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata2025
Downlooker Snipefly Rhagio scolopaceus2025
Downlooker Snipefly Rhagio scolopaceus2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025 