Crymlyn Burrows Wildlife Walk

Crymlyn Burrows is an amazing wildlife-rich area of beach, sand dunes, slacks, salt marsh, and rare alder carr wet woodland.

It's nationally important for invertebrates including scarce damselflies. We're very fortunate that Ben, the SSSI warden who knows this area incredibly well, is leading this walk.

He says we're likely to encounter stonechat, meadow pipit, skylark and chiffchaff, and there are chances of spotting kestrel, water rail, cuckoo, sedge warbler, reed warbler and cetti’s warblers amongst many others. Ringed plover and redshank both breed at Crymlyn so we may see them too.

We may spot common toads, their tadpoles and common lizards. There's also a chance of seeing small heath and small blue butterflies if lucky though orange tip and speckled wood butterflies will be more likely. Thick-legged Flower Beetles have been found at Crymlyn Burrows plus the wonderfully-named Gold-fringed Mason Bees.

Bring hand lenses to have a good look…