Forest Farm

Forest Farm is a small local nature reserve on the outskirts of Cardiff not far from the Coryton roundabout (M4 Junction 32). There are two bird hides as well as the Glamorganshire Canal, where mallards and moorhen are quite common, and if you’re lucky you’ll see grey herons, kingfishers or snipe. On the river Taff nearby you’ll also be able to see black-headed gull, goosanders and cormorants.

[External links : Friends of Forest Farm, Bird Forum Opus, Glamorganshire Canal local nature reserve (Wikipedia)]

Birds displayed so far in these blogs the (see also Forest Farm Bird List for more details) :

Blackbird (B) Blackcap (B) Black-headed Gull (B) Blue Tit (B) Bullfinch (B) Buzzard (B) Canada Goose (B) Carrion Crow (B) Cetti’s Warbler Chaffinch (B) Chiffchaff (B) Coal Tit (B) Collared Dove (B) Cormorant (B) Dipper (B) Dunnock (B) Garden Warbler (B) Goldcrest (B) Goldfinch (B) Goosander (B)

Great Spotted Woodpecker (B) Great Tit (B) Greenfinch (B) Green Woodpecker (B) Grey Heron (B) Grey Wagtail (B) Herring Gull (B) House Sparrow (B) Jackdaw (B) Jay (B) Kingfisher (B) Lesser Black-backed Gull (B) Little Egret (B) Little Grebe (B) Long-tailed Tit (B) Magpie (B) Mallard (B)

Mistle Thrush (B) Moorhen (B) Mute Swan (B) Nuthatch (B) Pied Wagtail (B) Redwing (B) Reed Bunting (B) Reed Warbler (B) Robin (B) Siskin (B) Snipe (B) Song Thrush (B) Sparrowhawk Stock Dove (B) Swift (B) Tawny Owl (B) Teal (B) Treecreeper (B) Water Rail (B) Wood Pigeon (B) Wren (B)

Note: (B) part of an existing blog – (NB) not part of an existing blog

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Blackbird^B

				Blog entries of 29 July 2019 4 November 2020				throughout the woods
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Blackcap^B

				Blog entry of 23 April 2020 4 February 2023				Melingruffydd feeder
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Black-headed Gull^B

				Blog entry of 15 July 2019 15 July 2022				river Taff
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Blue Tit^B

				Blog entries of 19 February 2019 5 June 2020 14 November 2022				bird hides #1 and #2 warden centre bird hide Glamorganshire canal
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Bullfinch^B

				Blog entries of 8 November 2016 6 March 2017 25 November 2017 26 March 2019 1 June 2020 16 July 2022				warden centre bird hide
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Buzzard^B

				Blog entries of 26 May 2018 7 May 2019 15 June 2020 22 October 2021 14 March 2024				seen flying through most of the reserve, captured sitting near river Taff near M4 and meadows near Melingruffydd feeder and Glamorganshire canal; also nest with resident buzzard found in Longwood Nature Reserve
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Canada Goose^B

				Blog entry of 10 February 2018				river Taff
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Carrion Crow^B

				Blog entries of 8 April 2018 15 April 2019 6 April 2023				path near allotments, bird hide #2, river Taff
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Cetti’s Warbler

				No blog entry yet.				heard in the reed beds and nearby shrubs from bird hides #1 and #2 (March 2020, February-May 2022)
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Chaffinch^B

				Blog entries of 19 April 2018 16 May 2019 18 July 2022 28 July 2023				warden centre bird hide Glamorganshire canal
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Chiffchaff^B

				Blog entry of 18 October 2023				heard in the trees near bird hide #2 and the Melingruffydd feeder; also along the Glamorganshire Canal
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Coal Tit^B

				Blog entries of 9 October 2017 6 October 2018 28 June 2020				warden centre bird hide
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Collared Dove^B

				Blog entry of 2 February 2019				Glamorganshire canal
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Cormorant^B

				Blog entries of 10 April 2017 6 April 2018 14 April 2020 18 July 2021 7 July 2022 12 July 2023				river Taff, on rare occasions Glamorganshire Canal
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Dipper^B

				Blog entries of 21 January 2017 13 January 2018 29 January 2021 31 January 2021 23 January 2023				Melingruffydd feeder river Taff near Radyr Weir and Radyr Station Glamorganshire canal
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Dunnock^B

				Blog entries of 19 November 2016 31 October 2017 7 March 2018 29 April 2019 25 April 2021				bird hide #2 warden centre bird hide Melingruffydd feeder
				See also the Forest Farm Dunnock Page with records from the bird hides and warden centre hide
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Garden Warbler^B

				Blog entry of 20 September 2020				bird hide #2
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Goldcrest^B

				Blog entries of 13 October 2019 26 April 2021				Glamorganshire canal
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Goldfinch^B

				Blog entry of 24 October 2019				Glamorganshire canal
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Goosander^B

				Blog entries of 22 December 2015 24 April 2018 14 August 2021 13 April 2024				river Taff, on one occasion Melingruffydd feeder
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Great Spotted Woodpecker^B

				Blog entries of 30 July 2021 24 May 2024				woods opposite bird hide #2
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Great Tit^B

				Blog entries of 31 October 2018 3 May 2020 2 June 2021 11 May 2023				bird hides #1 and #2 warden centre bird hide Glamorganshire canal
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Greenfinch^B

				Blog entries of 1 April 2017 15 February 2021				warden centre bird hide, bird hide #2
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Green Woodpecker^B

				Blog entries of 15 March 2019 16 April 2020				bird hide #2
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Grey Heron^B

				Blog entries of 17 October 2016 28 January 2017 7 May 2018 2 June 2020 23 July 2021 25 July 2021 13 July 2022				bird hides #1 & #2 river Taff Glamorganshire canal heronry between Asda car park and Coryton railway cutting
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Grey Wagtail^B

				Blog entries of 18 November 2017 23 May 2018 4 July 2019 17 August 2020 27 November 2021 25 January 2024				river Taff (old) Glamorganshire Canal Glamorganshire Canal bird hide #1
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Herring Gull^B

				Blog entry of 9 February 2019				Field between Glamorganshire canal and Melingruffydd feeder
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House Sparrow^B

				Blog entries of 21 April 2020 23 April 2021				Warden Centre bird hide
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Jackdaw^B

				Blog entries of 24 June 2020 26 July 2023				Ubiquitous, often found raiding the bird feeders near the Warden Centre hide, also bird hide #2
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Jay^B

				Blog entries of 26 March 2017 29 September 2018 23 October 2019 13 December 2021 26 February 2024				throughout the wooded part of the nature reserve, especially near bird hides #1 and #2
				See also the Forest Farm Jay Page
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Kingfisher^B

				Blog entries of 21 August 2015 17 July 2016 18 November 2016 3 July 2017 28 March 2018 1 January 2019 2 January 2019 2 July 2019 13 February 2020 14 February 2020 14 February 2023 17 March 2024 18 March 2024				bird hides #1 & #2 Glamorganshire canal Melingruffydd feeder river Taff
				See also the Forest Farm Kingfisher Page
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Lesser Black-backed Gull^B

				Blog entries of 24 January 2021 13 January 2023				river Taff near Radyr Weir,on two occasions in the pond near bird hide #2
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Little Egret^B

				Blog entries of 27 November 2018 29 November 2019 1 December 2021 13 February 2023 9 March 2024				bird hide #2, Melingruffydd feeder
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Little Grebe^B

				Blog entries of 30 January 2018 20 January 2021 17 January 2022				river Taff
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Long-tailed Tit^B

				Blog entries of 11 October 2019 27 January 2021				hedge near allotments, path near river Taff
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Magpie^B

				Blog entries of 5 February 2019 1 April 2020 19 May 2021 1 June 2023				throughout the nature reserve in a variety of habitats
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Mallard^B

				Blog entries of 4 October 2015 27 October 2016 3 March 2017 13 January 2020 24 February 2021 10 March 2022 6 March 2023				bird hides #1 & #2 Glamorganshire canal river Taff Melingruffydd feeder
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Mistle Thrush^B

				Blog entries of 5 May 2018 11 August 2021 1 March 2023 3 March 2023				Melingruffydd feeder
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Moorhen^B

				Blog entries of 1 November 2016 17 December 2016 16 August 2018 4 August 2019 25 August 2020 8 November 2021 7 December 2022 6 February 2024				bird hides #1 & #2 Glamorganshire canal river Taff
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Mute Swan^B

				Blog entry of 7 November 2019				Glamorganshire Canal
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Nuthatch^B

				Blog entries of 11 October 2017 4 October 2018 1 July 2020 16 November 2021				bird hide #2 warden centre bird hide Glamorganshire Canal
				See also the Forest Farm Nuthatch Page with records from bird hide #2 and warden centre hide
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Pied Wagtail^B

				Blog entry of 28 February 2019				bird hide #2, river Taff near Radyr Weir
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Redwing^B

				Blog entry of 12 November 2019 31 January 2022				bird hide #2
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Reed Bunting^B

				Blog entries of 14 January 2017 23 April 2018 2 April 2020 21 May 2021 17 July 2022 11 April 2024				bird hide #2
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Reed Warbler^B

				Blog entries of 14 April 2019 22 June 2020 28 September 2022				bird hides #1 & #2
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Robin^B

				Blog entries of 13 November 2017 19 December 2019 13 January 2021 7 April 2024 8 April 2024				bird hides #1 & #2 warden centre bird hide Glamorganshire Canal
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Siskin^B

				Blog entry of 12 October 2022				bird hide #2
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Snipe^B

				Blog entries of 15 October 2016 13 March 2017 6 October 2017 9 November 2019 10 November 2019 23 May 2023				bird hide #1 & #2
				See also the Forest Farm Snipe Page with records from bird hide #2
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Song Thrush^B

				Blog entries of 15 March 2017 13 October 2018 28 April 2021 5 May 2023				throughout the woods
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Sparrowhawk

				No blog entry yet.				on two occasions flying in front of bird hide #2
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Stock Dove^B

				Blog entries of 4 January 2020 17 January 2021 18 January 2021 14 January 2022 16 March 2023				Meadows between Glamorganshire canal and Melingruffydd Feeder, trees alongside Glamorganshire Canal, Bird Hide #2
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Swift^B

				Blog entry of 8 November 2020				observed flying over the river Taff from downstream of Radyr station to Radyr Weir
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Tawny Owl^B

				Blog entry of 19 August 2023				seen in background tree 20 yards away from Glamorganshire Canal
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Teal^B

				Blog entry of 30 June 2019				bird hide #2
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Treecreeper^B

				Blog entries of 26 January 2018 21 December 2018 3 December 2019 5 November 2022				river Taff downstream from Radyr Weir Glamorganshire Canal Melingruffydd feeder
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Water Rail^B

				Blog entries of 26 November 2017 5 August 2018 23 October 2020 13 October 2021 16 October 2022 14 October 2023				bird hides #1 and #2
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Wood Pigeon^B

				Blog entries of 4 July 2018 8 July 2022 5 February 2024				throughout the woods, especially near the Glamorganshire Canal
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Wren^B

				Blog entries of 3 January 2017 20 December 2019 29 July 2023				warden centre bird hide, Melingruffydd feeder, Glamorganshire Canal
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Note: (B) part of an existing blog – (NB) not part of an existing blog