Ynys-hir RSPB reserve

The reserve covers 550 hectares and includes a variety of habitats extending inland from mudflats and salt marsh through farmland and pools to oak woodland and hillside scrub.

The woodlands hold redstart, wood warbler and pied flycatcher while red kites frequently pass overhead.

Wintering birds include many ducks such as shelduck, wigeon and teal and waders such as oystercatcher and curlew.

The reserve has also attracted nationally rare bird species, such as a gull-billed tern in July 2015.

Among the insects are various dragonflies, damselflies and butterflies and the scarce weevil Procas granulicollis.