Reserves in Carmarthenshire
1. Allt Cross Inn Fach
Ancient upland oak woodland. Part of a larger north-facing woodland ridge with other woodlands in the vicinity along the Teifi Valley.
2. Castle Woods
Lowland mixed deciduous woodland, castle and quarry. Castle Woods is comprised of two areas of ancient semi-natural woodland with veteran trees on the steep south and west-facing slope that overlooks the River Tywi. The ruins of Dinefwr castle occupy an impressive position above the Tywi water meadows to the west of the site.
3. Coed Wern Ddu
Mixed deciduous and wet woodland and stream. Wern Ddu is a long strip of mature upland oak woodland with a stream running the length of the site.
4. Cors Goch
Cors Goch is part of a lowland raised mire and is one of the last six large raised bogs in Wales. he site contains a depth of up to 5m of peat, which contains evidence of an uninterrupted environmental record of over 8000 years, Carmarthenshire’s most complete record of past vegetation history.
5. Cors Pum Heol
The reserve consists of unimproved “boggy” rhos-like pasture dominated by Purple Moor Grass, occupying a topographical depression at the headwaters of the Afon Dulais near Pum Heol (Five Roads), Llanelli.
6. Ffrwd Farm Mire
Fen, reedbed, relict sand dune, and rough pasture. Ffrwd Farm Mire lies 4m above sea level inland from the extensive Tywyn and Pembrey sand dune complex. It is the least disturbed remnant of the fenland, which once stretched from Kidwelly to Burry Port.
7. Nant Melyn
Ancient upland oak woodland and waterfalls. The woodland lies on the steep Nant Melin valley side, the wet pasture above lying on a much gentler slope. The Nant Melin stream forms the eastern boundary flowing over a series of small but impressive waterfalls.
8. Poor Man's Wood
Ancient upland oak woodland and stream. Poor Man’s Wood is a Sessile Oak wood with a Hazel understorey, on a hillside with a northerly aspect. The canopy also includes Rowan, Holly, Crab Apple, Sallow, Ash, and Elder, with a few Beech at the northwest end. There is a small quantity of Wild Service Tree, a local species.
9. Rhos Cefn Bryn
Rhos Cefn Bryn consists of unimproved acid grassland. This type of grassland is generally confined to West Wales and is a feature associated with Carmarthenshire and South Ceredigion. Such habitats are becoming scarcer resulting in the loss of important areas for many specialised species of birds, reptiles and insects.
10. Talley Lakes
The reserve consists of two lakes lying in glacial hollows separated by a narrow neck of land. This neck of land contains a mound which is a Norman motte, scheduled by CADW. A narrow canal allows water to flow from the upper lake to the lower, and allows the movement of fish and eels.
11. Y Goyallt
Ancient semi-natural Oak woodland with two small fields of rough pasture. Y Goyallt is a woodland on the south-facing slope of the hill lying behind Rhandirmwyn School.
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