Rhos Glyn-yr-Helyg, Gorsgoch, Ceredigion
Unimproved sedge-rich pasture. Notified SSSI.
Unimproved sedge-rich pasture. Notified SSSI.
This relatively large reserve is a mosaic of woodland and grassland with wide, wooded gullies.
Ancient upland Oak woodland. The site is part of a notified SSSI and NNR, and in turn is part of the European Natura 2000 site, the Rheidol Woods & Gorges Special Area of Conservation (SAC).…
The reserve comprises an area of flower-rich unimproved grassland including numerous flushes which are slightly base rich. An area of alluvial marsh borders the Nant Ty’n-y-swydd, and there is a…
Purple Moor Grass and Rush pasture with ancient hedgerows, a tract of lowland wet heath, and ponds. Notified SSSI.
Relic lowland heathland with oak and birch invasion.
Maritime cliff and slope, upland Oak woodland and lowland heathland. Notified SSSI.
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