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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome508 ha
Getting here
51.86194, -3.30963
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Canada Goose and Mallard
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Canada Goose and Mallard
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Canada Goose, Mallard, Teal +83 more · last seen 2025; Reservoir — wildfowl and wading birds
Free
Birds — Canada Goose, Mallard, Teal +83 more · last seen 2025; Reservoir — wildfowl and wading birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Tanytarsus part 2, Corynoneura arctica group, Chironomus +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Dwarf Bladder-moss, Eyebright, Bittersweet +13 more · last seen 2025
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Reservoir — waterside public access
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Vaughan WalkWalking route▾
Beacons WayWalking route152 km▾
Named routeLength 152 kmRegional walking route
Usk Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
South Wales TraverseWalking route▾
challenge route. not waymarked
Named route
Taff TrailWalking route88 km▾
Named routeLength 88 kmRegional walking route
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lôn Las Cymru (South)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 8National Cycle Network
Cycle across the BeaconsCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 8Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route229 m▾
Named routeRef 8Length 229 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route7.9 km▾
Named routeRef 8Length 7.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route2.3 km▾
Named routeRef 8Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Talybont Forest Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route▾
23 public paths nearby
Public paths
Brinore Tramroadbridleway · 2.8 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 2.8 kmPath type: bridleway
Brinore Tramroadbridleway · 969 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 969 mPath type: bridleway
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
5,025 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,025 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Teal · Tufted Duck · Little Grebe · Canada Goose · Mallard +49
- TealAnas crecca
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CootFulica atra
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- RavenCorvus corax
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Pine Ladybird · Anoplotrupes stercorosus
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
🌿Plants10 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Dwarf Bladder-moss · Bittersweet · Spreading Earth-moss · Common Crystalwort · Acid Frillwort +5
- Dwarf Bladder-mossPhyscomitrium sphaericum
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
- Spreading Earth-mossPhyscomitrium patens
- Common CrystalwortRiccia sorocarpa
- Acid FrillwortFossombronia wondraczekii
- Ulota crispa s.str.Ulota crispa s.str.
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,025 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Teal · Tufted Duck · Little Grebe · Canada Goose · Mallard +49
- TealAnas crecca
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CootFulica atra
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- RavenCorvus corax
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Pine Ladybird · Anoplotrupes stercorosus
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
🌿Plants10 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Dwarf Bladder-moss · Bittersweet · Spreading Earth-moss · Common Crystalwort · Acid Frillwort +5
- Dwarf Bladder-mossPhyscomitrium sphaericum
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
- Spreading Earth-mossPhyscomitrium patens
- Common CrystalwortRiccia sorocarpa
- Acid FrillwortFossombronia wondraczekii
- Ulota crispa s.str.Ulota crispa s.str.
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
