Abercamlo Bog is a relic of the last ice age. It's basin mires have bog-loving plants like sundew, sphagnum moss and cranberry. |
This ancient woodland alongside the River Ithon has a fine display of spring flowers and many breeding birds. |
Walking this large wild upland common you will have splendid distant views and may see merlins, peregrines and ravens. |
Visit in spring when the marsh marigolds bloom, and again in June, when parts are thick with heath spotted orchids. |
This remote upland acid sessile oak woodland shelters rare species of mosses and lichens and many breeding birds. |
The veteran pollarded oaks in this flowery woodland dingle are amongst the oldest trees in Radnorshire and home to many forms of wildlife. |
Gilfach Nature Reserve is set in the heart of the Marteg Valley in the Cambrian Mountains, about four miles north of Rhayader. |
A small wetland reserve, Gorse Farm's pond and marshy grassland provide a precious wildlife haven in an urban setting. |
This large natural lake is edged with lush fen vegetation that gives cover to breeding Reed Warbler and Great Crested Grebe, and to wintering ducks. |
The wide verges of this old railway line have a varied flora, and glow worms have been recorded. |
Go in late summer when this wild reserve on the roof of Radnorshire is purple with blooming heather and alive with insects and birds. |
Part lake, part marsh, part wet woodland with meadows above, Pentrosfa is rich in birds and dragonflies with the bonus of northern marsh orchids. |
A bird hide overlooking the old bed of the River Wye, where winter flooding attracts several species of swan, duck and other wildfowl in large numbers. |
In April 2006, Radnorshire Wildlife Trust completed a five-year project to improve five of its nature reserves. |
Joan Payne from the Radnorshire Wildlife Trust explains the importance of the area's wetlands.
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Four species of bat hibernate in the old railway tunnel (no access), while grasslands and woods shelter treasures like wood bitter-vetch and broad-leaved helleborine. |
A wood of ancient origin where bluebells, dog's mercury, wood anemones, sanicle and early purple orchids create a stunning display in spring. |
Watch the dragonflies on this small wetland with its moisture-loving flowers like lousewort, devil's-bit scabious, ragged robin and marsh violet. |
If you are lucky you may spot a kingfisher on the River Lugg, though many birds breed in the wet willow woodland. |
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