Pentrosfa Mire
Bird species include bullfinch, skylark, linnet, reed bunting and song thrush which have all declined drastically in the British Isles. All three species of woodpecker have been observed in the wooded areas, and overhead red kite, buzzard and raven patrol.
Mynydd Ffoesidoes
Vehicles can enter via the forestry roads either from Kinnerton or Fishpools (between Dolau and Bleddfa), but you will need to borrow a key to the forest gate from the RWT office.The dwarf-shrub heath communities are amongst the finest in Radnorshire, undamaged by fire or over-grazing for many years. Heather, crowberry and cowberry dominate. Bilberry is markedly less common. Herbaceous species found include scattered soft rush, heath rush, wavy hair-grass & common bent-grass. Hares-tail cotton-grass occurs rarely in places throughout the reserve.
Llanbwchllyn Lake
The marginal vegetation includes stands of White and yellow water-lilies, amphibious bistort and shoreweed.
Gilfach
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Follow the various walks and nature trails to explore its wilder parts.
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Cwm Byddog
Ancient trees of this age are one of the rarest habitats in Europe and the UK has a large proportion. They support a range of rare and declining species of epiphytes (plants, including mosses and lichens, which grow on other plants). Over 100 species have been identified on the reserve. In spring the reserve is a carpet of wild flowers. Bluebells dominate large areas. Yellow archangel, cuckoo pint, and moschatel are frequent throughout the wood with wood anemone, sanicle and ramsons scattered throughout. Alongside the stream there are a few patches of alternate-leaved golden saxifrage.
Cefn Cenarth
The northern part of the reserve was purchased by the Radnorshire Wildlife Trust in 1973, the wood is part of a much larger block of woodland typical of the uplands of this part of mid-Wales. Though shown on the 1939 tithe map of St. Harmon it is clear that large sections have been clear-felled during the first and second World Wars. In 1982, the southern part was purchased and in 2004 the middle section called Cwm-yr-Ychen was purchased linking up the acid sessile oak woodland nature reserve.
Burfa Bog
This low-lying reserve lies on the banks of Knobley Brook with three smaller streams bisecting the reserve. In winter about half of the reserve is waterlogged. On the left as you enter the reserve you'll notice a motte and bailey castle dating from around the early twelfth century. Much of the reserve comprises a mosaic of wet and dry grasslands and streamside Alder woodland.
Bailey Einon
This linear woodland alongside the River Ithon consists of two stand types; wet alder and ash over a hazel understorey. The ground layer consists of extensive areas of bluebells with dog's mercury, red campion, yellow archangel and greater stitchwort.
Abercamlo Bog
The special interest of this reserve lies in the basin mires, which contain several species of Sphagnum Moss, as well as species such as
Dolforwyn Woods
There has been woodland on this hillside for centuries. Unfortunately much of the native wood was cut down to make way for plantation. Lucky for Dolforwyn, this plantation took the form of a great variety of tree species so that, with the remaining pockets of unplanted ancient woodland, there is still much of interest to wildlife here.
