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St Mary's Roman Catholic Church

📷 John M · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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51.74957, -3.37944

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
☕Caffi Soar — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
☕Caffi Soar — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· Paid

Best for

11 activities

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 — Robin, Mallard, Blackbird +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Mallard, Blackbird +55 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Common Blue Damselfly +252 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Common Blue Damselfly +252 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Elegant Bristle-moss, Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Herb-Robert +130 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Elegant Bristle-moss, Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Herb-Robert +130 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Hemp-nettle, Hogweed, Lesser Hawkbit +12 more foraging species

Varies

Family friendly

Good match

café

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Taff TrailWalking route88 km

Named routeLength 88 kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

129 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Trevithick TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 477National Cycle Network

Cynon TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 478National Cycle Network

NCR 469 (Proposed)Cycling route

Named routeRef 469National 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

Wildlife to spot

56,973 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

56,973 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

winter

2026

Blue Tit · Robin · Wren · Long-tailed Tit · Bullfinch +37

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Great TitParus major
NuthatchSitta europaea
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JackdawColoeus monedula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
DipperCinclus cinclus
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025

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Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Bat

BatChiroptera

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Amphibians2 species

winterspring

2026

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects19 species

winterspring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Orchesia undulata · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Rhyzobius litura +14

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Orchesia undulataOrchesia undulata
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
Stenodema (Brachystira) calcarataStenodema (Brachystira) calcarata
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
Ectopsocus briggsiEctopsocus briggsi
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Pycnomerus fuliginosusPycnomerus fuliginosus
Chilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennis
Sciaphilus asperatusSciaphilus asperatus
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha

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Plants35 species

winter

2026

Elegant Bristle-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Fairy Beads · Frizzled Pincushion · Rough-stalked Feather-moss +30

Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Fairy BeadsMicrolejeunea ulicina
Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Western EarwortScapania gracilis
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
SalmonberryRubus spectabilis
Chinese BrambleRubus tricolor
Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha
Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica
Sand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformis
Smaller Lattice-mossCinclidotus fontinaloides
River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus
Silver-mossBryum argenteum
Green Pocket-mossFissidens viridulus
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
Blueish VeilwortMetzgeria violacea
Nees' PelliaPellia neesiana
Lesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloides
Maidenhair Pocket-mossFissidens adianthoides
Common PottiaTortula truncata
Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2025
Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum2025
Tree-mossClimacium dendroides2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

56,973 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

winter

2026

Blue Tit · Robin · Wren · Long-tailed Tit · Bullfinch +37

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Great TitParus major
NuthatchSitta europaea
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JackdawColoeus monedula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
DipperCinclus cinclus
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Bat

BatChiroptera

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winterspring

2026

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects19 species

winterspring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Orchesia undulata · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Rhyzobius litura +14

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Orchesia undulataOrchesia undulata
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
Stenodema (Brachystira) calcarataStenodema (Brachystira) calcarata
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
Ectopsocus briggsiEctopsocus briggsi
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Pycnomerus fuliginosusPycnomerus fuliginosus
Chilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennis
Sciaphilus asperatusSciaphilus asperatus
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha

🌿

Plants35 species

winter

2026

Elegant Bristle-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Fairy Beads · Frizzled Pincushion · Rough-stalked Feather-moss +30

Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Fairy BeadsMicrolejeunea ulicina
Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Western EarwortScapania gracilis
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
SalmonberryRubus spectabilis
Chinese BrambleRubus tricolor
Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha
Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica
Sand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformis
Smaller Lattice-mossCinclidotus fontinaloides
River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus
Silver-mossBryum argenteum
Green Pocket-mossFissidens viridulus
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
Blueish VeilwortMetzgeria violacea
Nees' PelliaPellia neesiana
Lesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloides
Maidenhair Pocket-mossFissidens adianthoides
Common PottiaTortula truncata
Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2025
Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum2025
Tree-mossClimacium dendroides2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 John M · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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