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Sunnybank Allotment

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

51.70786, -3.43934

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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
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Paid

Best for

4 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 — Blackbird, Robin, Carrion Crow +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Carrion Crow +55 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Black flies, Plectrocnemia, Olives (Baetidae) +2 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Black flies, Plectrocnemia, Olives (Baetidae) +2 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Crescent-cup Liverwort, Lateral Cryphaea, Dilated Scalewort +1 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Crescent-cup Liverwort, Lateral Cryphaea, Dilated Scalewort +1 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cychoedd-a-Dolenni Loops & LinksWalking route

Named route

Taff TrailWalking route88 km

Named routeLength 88 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

133 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Rhondda Fach TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 881National Cycle Network

Trevithick TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 477National Cycle Network

Cynon TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 478National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 47Cycling route

Named routeRef 47National Cycle Network

Route 46Cycling route

Named routeRef 46National Cycle Network

Lôn Las Cymru (South)Cycling route

Named routeRef 8National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

56,275 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

56,275 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

winter

2026

Blackbird · Robin · Song Thrush · Mallard · Woodpigeon +36

BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
DipperCinclus cinclus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great TitParus major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
CootFulica atra
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Water RailRallus aquaticus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🦎

Reptiles1 species

winter

2026

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winterspring

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects5 species

winter

2026

Black flies · Plectrocnemia · Olives (Baetidae) · Hydropsyche · Indet. Mothfly

Black fliesSimuliidae
PlectrocnemiaPlectrocnemia
Olives (Baetidae)Baetidae
HydropsycheHydropsyche
Indet. MothflyPsychodidae2025

🌿

Plants4 species

winter

2026

Crescent-cup Liverwort · Lateral Cryphaea · Dilated Scalewort · Forked Veilwort

Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

56,275 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

winter

2026

Blackbird · Robin · Song Thrush · Mallard · Woodpigeon +36

BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
DipperCinclus cinclus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great TitParus major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
CootFulica atra
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Water RailRallus aquaticus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🦎

Reptiles1 species

winter

2026

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winterspring

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects5 species

winter

2026

Black flies · Plectrocnemia · Olives (Baetidae) · Hydropsyche · Indet. Mothfly

Black fliesSimuliidae
PlectrocnemiaPlectrocnemia
Olives (Baetidae)Baetidae
HydropsycheHydropsyche
Indet. MothflyPsychodidae2025

🌿

Plants4 species

winter

2026

Crescent-cup Liverwort · Lateral Cryphaea · Dilated Scalewort · Forked Veilwort

Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jaggery · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Western end of Sunnybank Street, Aberdare

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