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🧺 Picnic🛝 Family🦅 Birds
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › Wales › South East Wales › Cardiff Getting here
51.46219, -3.16101
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▾ 🐦 81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Crested Grebe and Coot 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Norsk Coffee Shop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Crested Grebe and Coot 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Norsk Coffee Shop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Great Crested Grebe, Coot, Mute Swan +78 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Great Crested Grebe, Coot, Mute Swan +78 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Hairy Shieldbug, Corizus hyoscyami +67 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Hairy Shieldbug, Corizus hyoscyami +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wales Coast Path (South Wales) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref WCP National walking route
Show on map Penrhys Pilgrimage Walking route ▾
Taff Trail Walking route 88 km ▾
Named route Length 88 km Regional walking route
Show on map Cambrian Way Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map 147 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ely Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref ET Local cycle route
Show on map Cardiff Bay Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 4 Local cycle route
Show on map Route 88 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 88 National Cycle Network
Show on map City Centre Hub (complete) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref CC Local cycle route
Show on map Rhymney Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref RT Local cycle route
Show on map Route 8 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 8 Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
45,123 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 45,123 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Magpie · Mute Swan · Goldfinch · Canada Goose · Great Crested Grebe +33
Magpie Pica pica Mute Swan Cygnus olor Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Canada Goose Branta canadensis Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Blackbird Turdus merula Coot Fulica atra Robin Erithacus rubecula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto House Sparrow Passer domesticus Coal Tit Periparus ater Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Rabbit
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 🐝 Insects 23 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Scathophaga stercoraria · Hairy Shieldbug · Eristalis pertinax +18
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Giant Blackberry · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Common Pincushion
Giant Blackberry Rubus armeniacus Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Common Pincushion Dicranoweisia cirrata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 45,123 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Magpie · Mute Swan · Goldfinch · Canada Goose · Great Crested Grebe +33
Magpie Pica pica Mute Swan Cygnus olor Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Canada Goose Branta canadensis Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Blackbird Turdus merula Coot Fulica atra Robin Erithacus rubecula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto House Sparrow Passer domesticus Coal Tit Periparus ater Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Rabbit
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 🐝 Insects 23 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Scathophaga stercoraria · Hairy Shieldbug · Eristalis pertinax +18
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Giant Blackberry · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Common Pincushion
Giant Blackberry Rubus armeniacus Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Common Pincushion Dicranoweisia cirrata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus
Eudasyphora cyanella Eudasyphora cyanella
Eudasyphora cyanella Eudasyphora cyanella
Non-biting midges Chironomidae
Non-biting midges Chironomidae
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Gorse Shieldbug Piezodorus lituratus
Gorse Shieldbug Piezodorus lituratus
Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae
Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae
Nut Leaf Weevil Strophosoma melanogrammum
Nut Leaf Weevil Strophosoma melanogrammum
Tephrochlamys rufiventris Tephrochlamys rufiventris
Tephrochlamys rufiventris Tephrochlamys rufiventris
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025
Geomyza tripunctata Geomyza tripunctata2025
Geomyza tripunctata Geomyza tripunctata2025
Cerobasis guestfalica Cerobasis guestfalica2025
Cerobasis guestfalica Cerobasis guestfalica2025 