Nature reserves in WalesWales

RSPB reserve of sea cliffs near Holyhead with breeding guillemots, razorbills, puffins and choughs, and steps down to the 1809 lighthouse island.

Anglesey

Freshwater pool and nature reserve on Cefn Bryn common, known for rare aquatic plants and dragonflies.

Swansea

Wooded valley park near Brynmenyn with riverside walks, meadows and formal gardens.

Bridgend

Vast raised peat bog in the Teifi valley near Tregaron, crossed by an accessible boardwalk with a bog hide.

Ceredigion

One of the largest intact raised bogs in Britain, part of the Dyfi National Nature Reserve behind Borth.

Ceredigion

Two flooded quarry lakes near Penarth with waymarked trails and a reconstructed medieval village.

Vale of Glamorgan

Over 40 acres of Victorian parkland, meadows and riverside woodland in the upper Tawe valley, once Adelina Patti's estate.

Powys

Dune SSSI between Talacre and Prestatyn, the only regular breeding colony of little terns in Wales.

Denbighshire

Dunes and freshwater pool over the buried medieval town of Kenfig, rich in orchids and wildfowl.

Bridgend

Country park in the limestone gorge of the River Alyn with riverside trails, old lead-mining remains and a visitor centre.

Denbighshire

RSPB reserve of reedbed, saltmarsh and lagoons on the Severn estuary at Nash, with birdwatching hides and a lighthouse walk.

Newport

Reclaimed colliery valley near Deri, now a country park with a lake, trails and visitor centre.

Caerphilly

Coastal country park of woodland and dunes behind Cefn Sidan beach, with trails and a ski slope.

Carmarthenshire

220 acres of wood and meadow in a sheltered valley beneath a towering railway viaduct, leading to a pebble beach.

Vale of Glamorgan

RSPB reserve of estuary, marsh and oak woodland on the Dyfi, a former filming home of BBC Springwatch.

Ceredigion