UK – Wales

Nature Reserve and Wildlife – UK – WALES

CAMBRIAN COAST

Pendinas and Tanybwlch, Walking distance from Aberystwyth Town Centre, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales.
01545 570 881
Access at all times
A reserve which combines the largest Iron Age Hill Fort in Ceredigion with a shingle ridge beach where Red Kites and polecat can be seen.

Penglais Nature Park, Penglais, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales.
01545 572 142 – www.ceredigion.gov.uk
Open all year
Covering 27 acres of woodland and an old disused quarry.

Dyfi National Nature Reserve, Ynyslas, Borth, Ceredigion, Wales.
01970 871 640
Visitors Centre open daily 09.30-17.00 Reserve access at all times ( Reserve Carpark has a £1 charge between Easter and September )
Explore the sand dunes and the local wildlife. Guided walks most weekends and a shop at the visitors centre.

SOUTH EAST WALES

SNOWDONIA AND THE LLYN

Mawddach Valley, Penmaenpool, Gwynedd, Wales.
01341 422 071 – mawddach@rspb.org.uk
Reserve open at all times. Information Centre open May-Aug 10.00-17.00
Two reserves offering walks, and the chance to see ravens and buzzards.

NORTH COAST AND ANGLESEY

Valley Wetlands, Caergeilliog, Anglesey, Wales.
01407 764 973
Access at all times
One of the best places in Wales to see wildfowl all year round.

Point Of Air, Dee Estuary, Near Prestatyn, Prestatyn, Flintshire, Wales.
01352 780 527
Access at all times
At its best in Winter when thousands on wading birds feed on the mud flats.

SOUTH WEST WALES

Pengelli Forest, On minor road from Velindre to Eglwyswrw, Felindre, Farchog, Pembrokeshire, SA41 3UJ, Wales.
Access at all times
This forest comprises of oak and ash woodland with alder and ash. There is a wide selection of birds nesting in this forest including Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard and the harder to spot Tawny Owls and Woodpeckers.

CENTRAL WALES

Lake Vyrnwy, Near Llanwddyn, Llanwddyn, Powys, Wales.
01691 870 278 – vyrnwy@rspb.org.uk
Reserve – open at all times; visitor centre – 1 April to 31 Oct, daily 10.30 am to 17.30 pm, 1 Nov to 24 Dec 10.30 am to 16.30 pm, 1 January to 31 March, weekends only 10.30 am to 16.30pm.
Offers nature trails and bird watching hides for both bird watchers and families.

Carngafallt The Cwm, Llanwrthwl, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, LD1 6NU, Wales.
01597 811 169
Access at all times
You can see Red Kites on a visit to this reserve.

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