Melincwrt Waterfalls Nature Reserve
Ancient upland Oak woodland, stream, and waterfalls.
Ancient upland Oak woodland, stream, and waterfalls.
Open water, lowland fen, and wet woodland.
The reserve can be divided into two principal areas, a large area of regenerating broadleaf woodland with heath pockets, and the section of more mature broadleaf woodland that is notified SSSI.…
Secondary broadleaved woodland within a disused limestone quarry.
Cross-leaved heath is a type of heather that likes bogs, heathland and moorland. It has distinctive pink, bell-shaped flowers that attract all kinds of nectar-loving insects.
This reserve, once the site of extensive coal mining, is a great example of how nature has reclaimed the landscape. It is a rich mix of wildlflower meadow, rhos pasture and young woodland. It is…
With a population of 75 million, the field vole is one of the UK's most common mammals. Hidden among the vegetation of grassland, heathland and moorland, it is not as easily spotted as the…
Wavy hair-grass lives up to its name: its fine, hair-like leaves and delicate flower heads can be seen shaking in the breeze of a windswept moorland or heathland.
An acidic pond, within an ancient woodland site under restoration.
An old railway line surrounded by woodland and a 20 acre lake.
The meadow pipit favours moorland and grassland. It is an unfortunate victim of cuckolding behaviour - their own young being pushed out of the nest, so they can look after the 'parasitic…
This relatively large reserve is a mosaic of woodland and grassland with wide, wooded gullies.