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🦅Birds🎠Play🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.76296, -3.40349
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Canada Goose and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Trisha's Butty Hut & Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Canada Goose and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Trisha's Butty Hut & Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Canada Goose, Mallard, Mute Swan +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Free
Birds — Canada Goose, Mallard, Mute Swan +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +95 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, Silky Wall Feather-moss +28 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Taff TrailWalking route88 km▾
Named routeLength 88 kmRegional walking route
121 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trevithick TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 477National Cycle Network
Cynon TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 478National Cycle Network
Route 46Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 46National Cycle Network
Lôn Las Cymru (South)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 8National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 46Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route366 m▾
Named routeRef 8Length 366 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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St. John's church, Cefn Coed, Merthyr
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Wildlife to spot
9,977 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,977 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon · Dunnock +42
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects18 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Philopotamus montanus · Rhyzobius litura +13
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Philopotamus montanusPhilopotamus montanus
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
- Stenodema (Brachystira) calcarataStenodema (Brachystira) calcarata
Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Elegant Bristle-moss · Wall Screw-moss · Western Earwort · Heath Star Moss +12
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2025
- Western EarwortScapania gracilis
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
- Greater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,977 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon · Dunnock +42
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects18 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Philopotamus montanus · Rhyzobius litura +13
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Philopotamus montanusPhilopotamus montanus
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
- Stenodema (Brachystira) calcarataStenodema (Brachystira) calcarata
Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Elegant Bristle-moss · Wall Screw-moss · Western Earwort · Heath Star Moss +12
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2025
- Western EarwortScapania gracilis
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
- Greater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Salmonberry
Salmonberry
Rubus spectabilis
Rubus spectabilis
Fairy BeadsMicrolejeunea ulicinaFairy BeadsMicrolejeunea ulicinaCommon Cord-mossFunaria hygrometricaCommon Cord-mossFunaria hygrometricaSilky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeumSilky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeumBlueish VeilwortMetzgeria violaceaBlueish VeilwortMetzgeria violaceaLesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloidesLesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloidesNees' PelliaPellia neesianaNees' PelliaPellia neesianaGrey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinataGrey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinataLateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromallaLateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromallaForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataJuniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinumJuniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum