Wildlife Trust ReservesLavernock Point

 

Coed Garnllwyd

Site entrance at ST 057 711.

Ancient broadleaved woodland with some scrub and a meadow.

 

Coed Garnllwyd forms part of a woodland complex which occupies the southern and eastern sides of the small Nant Whitton and Nant Llancarfan valleys.

 

Coed y Bwl

Site entrance at SS 909 749.

Coed y Bwl is an ancient ash woodland situated on the northwest side of the Alun Valley.

 

The reserve is best known as a Wild Daffodil wood, with these flowers dominating the field layer on the southern part of the wood in early spring together with Wood Anemone, whilst on the northern slopes Bluebell predominate.

 

Lavernock Point

Site entrance at ST 181 681.

Lavernock is made up of a number of habitats, principally coastal Jurassic limestone grassland and scrub. The Oak Copse north of Fort Road is home to the elusive Purple Hairstreak butterfly.

 

The Old Hayfield south of Fort Road was last cut for hay in 1984 and has been recolonised by meadow species. The North and South Meadows are separated by a belt of scrub containing a World War II Battery, now a listed Ancient Monument.

 

Cwm Colhuw

Site entrance at SS 960 674.

Coastal calcareous grassland, ash woodland and scrub. The reserve is situated on the southern slope of the Afon Colhuw. The reserve contains part of the boundary bank and ditches of an Iron Age Promontory Fort.

 

Contact

For further information http://www.welshwildlife.org/reservesGlamorgan_en.link