Porthcawl Wilderness Lake
The Wilderness Lake is an informal park with a children’s play area and a concrete bowl skate park.
It is a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation. Part of the Wilderness is also covered by a Tree Preservation Order.
The trail around the lake is flat and well maintained. It is accessible for pushchairs and wheelchair users.
Dogs are to be kept on leads due to the wildlife.
There are plenty of benches around the lake and litter bins, there is dog bins are certain points around the paths.
The site is accessed easily from the surrounding residential streets of Heol-y-Goedwig, Woodland Avenue and Ger-y-Llyn. Adequate on street parking is available for visitors.
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Wildlife
The various habitats at the lake provide opportunities for a wide range of wildlife including a varied range of bird species.
Records show that rarer species such as Mediterranean Gull, Lesser Redpoll and Firecrest have been recorded at the site, but the Wilderness is also a good place to see more common species.
The wildfowl on site include various Hybridized Ducks which exhibit very unusual feathering.
Fish
- Bream
- Roach
- Tench
- Eel
- Crucian Carp
- Common Carp
- Mirror Carp
- Koi Carp
Bird Life
- Blue Tit
- Dunnock
- House Sparrow
- Wren
- Chaffinch
- Gold Finch
- Siskin
- Blackbird
- Robin
- Mallard
- Shoveler
- Pochard
- Mute Swan
- Coot
- Moorhen
- Great Crested Grebe
- Common Tern
- Herring Gull
- Lesser Black Back Gull
- Common Gull
- Rook
- Jackdaw
- Cormorant
- Grey Heron
- Canada Goose
- Snipe
- Swallow
- Swift
- Bulfinch
- Starling
- Muscovy Duck
Keeper of the Lake
The 'Keeper of the Lake' is one of our ‘Nature Keeper’ oak sculptures. They add interest to our beauty spots, and with the accompanying poetry, they capture the imagination of younger visitors by interweaving mythology into the sites.
Their aim is to spark an emotional connection to our green spaces, and so encourage people to visit as well as care more for them.