Wildlife Trust Reserves
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