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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.43842, -3.55039
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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 Swallow and Blackbird
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 172m 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 Swallow and Blackbird
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 172m 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 — Swallow, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Swallow, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Orthocladiinae, Tanytarsini, Common Darter +97 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wales Coast Path (South Wales)Walking route▾
Named routeRef WCPNational walking route
27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 888Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 888National Cycle Network
Bridgend Active Travel NewtworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route17 m▾
Named routeRef 88Length 17 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route899 m▾
Named routeRef 88Length 899 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route97 m▾
Named routeRef 88Length 97 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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North side of St James Church, Wick, Vale of Glamorgan
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Wildlife to spot
3,939 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,939 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springautumn
2026▾
Kestrel · Wren · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Skylark +39
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2023
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Slow-worm
Common Darter · Agapetus · Dicranota · Tanypodinae · Sericostoma personatum +28
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- AgapetusAgapetus2023
- DicranotaDicranota2023
- TanypodinaeTanypodinae2023
- Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum2023
- Elmis aeneaElmis aenea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,939 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springautumn
2026▾
Kestrel · Wren · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Skylark +39
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2023
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Slow-worm
Common Darter · Agapetus · Dicranota · Tanypodinae · Sericostoma personatum +28
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- AgapetusAgapetus2023
- DicranotaDicranota2023
- TanypodinaeTanypodinae2023
- Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum2023
- Elmis aeneaElmis aenea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridianaCantharis lateralisCantharis lateralisCantharis lateralisCantharis lateralisSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusMigrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024PsychodaPsychoda2023PsychodaPsychoda2023Brillia bifidaBrillia bifida2023Brillia bifidaBrillia bifida2023Dixa nebulosaDixa nebulosa2023Dixa nebulosaDixa nebulosa2023OrthocladiinaeOrthocladiinae2023OrthocladiinaeOrthocladiinae2023Water CricketVeliidae2023Water CricketVeliidae2023Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023Iron Blue MayflyBaetis muticus2023Iron Blue MayflyBaetis muticus2023Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2023Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2023ChironominiChironomini2023ChironominiChironomini2023Wormaldia occipitalisWormaldia occipitalis2023Wormaldia occipitalisWormaldia occipitalis2023Pilaria discicollisPilaria discicollis2023Pilaria discicollisPilaria discicollis2023Simulium costatumSimulium costatum2023Simulium costatumSimulium costatum2023PtychopteraPtychoptera2023PtychopteraPtychoptera2023Plectrocnemia conspersaPlectrocnemia conspersa2023Plectrocnemia conspersaPlectrocnemia conspersa2023Dixa submaculataDixa submaculata2023Dixa submaculataDixa submaculata2023EphydridaeEphydridae2023EphydridaeEphydridae2023Biting MidgeCeratopogonidae2023Biting MidgeCeratopogonidae2023ElodesElodes2023ElodesElodes2023Nemurella pictetiiNemurella pictetii2023Nemurella pictetiiNemurella pictetii2023TanytarsiniTanytarsini2023TanytarsiniTanytarsini2023Agapetus fuscipesAgapetus fuscipes2023Agapetus fuscipesAgapetus fuscipes2023Drusus annulatusDrusus annulatus2023Drusus annulatusDrusus annulatus2023