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Overview
Wales remains one of the most alluring regions for birdwatchers; its range of habitats ensures a wide variety of species amidst the often spectacular scenery.
Now in its fifth edition, Where to Watch Birds in Wales remains an invaluable and most trusted site guide for birdwatching in Wales. This new edition features many new sites, and includes updated maps to the sites and fully revised and expanded text.
This is an essential guide for all birdwatchers living in or visiting this land of hills, valleys, moors and mountains.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472979513 |
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| Publisher: | Bloomsbury USA |
| Publication date: | 11/08/2022 |
| Series: | Where to Watch Birds |
| Pages: | 384 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.35(w) x 8.45(h) x 0.90(d) |
About the Author
Jon Green works as a biology teacher in West Wales, and is the joint County Recorder for Pembrokeshire. For the last 25 years he has been the Secretary of the Welsh Birds Rarities Committee, which adjudicates on records of all scarce birds in Wales and an Editor/Sub-editor of the Welsh Bird Report. He was the author of Birds in Wales 1992–2000, co-author of Birding in Pembrokeshire and the previous edition of Where to Watch Birds in Wales.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements 7
Introduction 9
How to use this book 13
Glossary of Welsh place names 15
Anglesey (Ynys Môn) 17
1 RSPB South Stack Cliffs 18
2 The Range 20
3 Holyhead Harbour, Soldier's Point and Breakwater Country Park 22
4 Trearddur Bay 24
5 Inland Sea and Beddmanarch Bay 25
6 Carmel Head 27
7 Anglesey Wetlands 29
8 Cemlyn Lagoon 32
9 Point Lynas 34
10 Traeth Dulas 37
11 Red Wharf Bay 38
12 Puffin Island and the Penmon Peninsula 39
13 Church Island and Coed Cymol 42
14 Newborough Warren and forest 43
15 Malltraeth Cob and Llyn Pare Mawr 46
16 RSPB Cors Ddyga 47
Breconshire (Brycheiniog) 50
17 Nant Irfon 51
18 Priory Groves 53
19 Brechfa Pool 55
20 Usk Reservoir 56
21 Craig Cerrig Gleisiad 58
22 Mynydd Illtyd 59
23 Llwyn-on Reservoir 60
24 Talybont Reservoir 62
25 Llangorse Lake 64
26 Craig y Cilau and Darren Cilau 67
Caernarfonshire 69
27 Bardsey Island 70
28 Aberdaron Headland 77
29 Porth Dinllaen 79
30 Porthmadog to Criccieth 80
31 Aberdesach and Pontllyfni 82
32 Dinas Dinlle 84
33 Foryd Bay 86
34 Snowdonia 88
35 Dolgarrog Station 93
36 Coedydd Aber 94
37 Traeth Lafan 97
38 Conwy Mountain and Pensychnant Nature Reserve 99
39 Caerhun Church 101
40 Great Orme 102
41 Little Orme 104
Carmarthenshire (Caerfyrddin) 107
42 Taf, Tywi and Gwendraeth Estuaries 108
43 Burry Inlet North Shore and Loughor Estuary 113
44 Llanelli Wildlife Centre 117
45 Brechfa Forest 120
46 Crychan and Halfway Forests 122
47 Lower Tywi Valley 124
48 Talley Lakes 128
49 Upper Tywi Valley 130
Ceredigion 134
50 Aberystwyth and Tanybwlch 135
51 Dyfi Estuary 137
52 RSPB Ynys-hir 141
53 Rheidol Valley 144
54 Bwlch Nany-yr-Arian 146
55 Cors Caron 147
56 Llanrhystud-Llanon Coast 150
57 South Ceredigion Coast 152
58 Teifi Estuary 154
Denbighshire (Dinbych) 157
59 RSPB Conwy 158
60 Rhos-on-Sea to Kinmel Bay 160
61 Mynydd Hiraethog and Llyn Brenig 162
62 Berwyn Range 165
63 Horseshoe Pass and World's End 167
64 Wrexham area 169
65 Hanmer Mere 171
66 Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses 173
East Glamorgan (Dwyrain Morgannwg) 175
67 Kenfig Dunes and Pool 176
68 Ogmore Estuary and Southerndown 179
69 Pare Slip 181
70 Roath Park Lake 183
71 Lisvane and Llanishen Reservoirs 185
72 Forest Farm 187
73 Aberthaw 188
74 Lavernock Point 190
75 Cosmeston Lakes 193
76 Cardiff Bay 194
77 Rhymney Estuary and Great Wharf 196
78 Flat Holm 198
Flintshire (Fflint) 201
79 Dee Estuary 202
80 Point of Ayr and Gronant 206
81 Nercwys Mountain 209
Gwent 211
82 Peterstone Wentlooge 212
83 Newport Wedand Reserve 214
84 Goldcliff Lagoons and Goldcliff Point 216
85 Llandegfedd Reservoir 219
86 Wentwood 221
87 Blackrock and Sudbrook 223
88 Lower Wye Valley 225
89 Blorenge 228
Meirionnydd 230
90 Afon Dwyryd and Afon Glaslyn 231
91 Vale of Ffestiniog 234
92 Morfa Harlech and Morfa Dyffryn 238
93 Mawddach Estuary 242
94 Aberdysynni, Tonfanau and the Broadwater 245
95 Craig yr Aderyn 248
96 Llyn Tegid 250
Montgomeryshire (Trefalydwyn) 254
97 Cors Dyfi and Dyfi Osprey Project 255
98 Llandinam Gravel Pits 257
99 Pwll Penarth 258
100 Lake Vyrnwy 260
101 Dolydd Hafren 263
102 Llyn Coed-y-Dinas 265
Pembrokeshire (Sir Penfro) 267
103 Skomer 268
104 Skokholm 273
105 Ramsey Island 277
106 Grassholm 280
107 The Smalls and the Celtic Deep 283
108 Caldey and St Margaret's Island 284
109 St David's Head and Valleys 285
110 St David's Commons 287
111 Strumble Head 289
112 Fishguard Harbour and Goodwick Moor 292
113 Dinas Island 294
114 Nevern Estuary 296
115 Pengelli Forest 297
116 Teifi Marshes (Welsh Wildlife Centre) and Gorge Woodlands 299
117 Llys-y-frân Reservoir 302
118 St Bride's Bay 304
119 Marloes Mere 306
120 Martin's Haven and the Deer Park (Wooltack Point) 307
121 The Gann Estuary - Pickleridge Pools 308
122 Dale Airfield 310
123 Milford Haven Waterway 312
124 Blackpool Mill and Minwear Woods 315
125 Pembroke Mill Ponds 317
126 Angle Bay 318
127 Castlemartin Corse 320
128 Castlemartin-Stackpole Coast 321
129 Bosherston Lakes 324
Radnorshire (Maesyfed) 326
130 Elenydd 327
131 Gilfach Farm 329
132 Gigrin Farm 331
133 Wye-Elan Woods 333
134 Maelienydd 335
135 Llandrindod Wells Lake 337
136 Glasbury 338
West Glamorgan and Gower (Gorllewin Morgannwg and Gwyr) 341
137 Burry Inlet South Shore and Whiteford Point 342
138 South Gower Coast 345
139 Oxwich 347
140 Swansea Bay to Mumbles 350
141 Cwm Clydach 352
142 Crymlyn Burrows and Crymlyn Bog 354
Appendix A National Organisations and Avifaunas 358
Appendix B Alphabetical List of Species with Welsh and Scientific Names 366
Index to Species 376