Ty Canol National Nature Reserve
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Overview
The Ty Canol NNR, near Fishguard, forms part of the largest block of ancient woodland in West Wales, in an area famous for its achaeological sites. Adjacent to Ty Canol is the famous Pentre Ifan cromlech, a Neolithic chambered dolmen thought to date from 3,500 BC. In wildlife terms, Ty Canol is most prized for its lichens, with more than 400 species having been recorded, many of them rare. The wet woodland on this site consists mainly of oak, ash and downy birch, with an understorey of hazel, holly, honeysuckle and bilberry. Wildflowers include golden saxifrage, primrose, dog violet and wood anemones. The woodlands are good places to see birds such as chiffchaff, redstart and wood warblers. Sparrowhawks hunt there and buzzards can be heard crying overhead. Mammals include badgers, foxes, polecats and dormice, and amphibians such as frogs and newts inhabit the wetter areas.
About the area
Wales meets the Atlantic Ocean in spectacular fashion at Pembrokeshire. Unlike the West Country, Pembrokeshire can offer the coast without the crowds, and quaint fishing villages without those huge coach parks.
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