Parc Slip NR, Tondu SS8783 [Old opencast mining site now a nature reserve with pools, grasslands & scrub.]
One of the pools at Parc Slip nature reserve. Good for passage wildfowl and the occasional wader. Also for passserines, both resident & migrants.
Llangynwyd, Darren Woods SS8789: Excellent for upland species: resident & migrant.
Mynydd Bach nr. Maesteg SS8692. Upland species such as Whinchat, Yellowhammer, Cuckoo etc with Ring ouzel regular on autumn passage.
Mynydd Bach
Mynydd Ty-talwyn, nr Maesteg SS8586. This area seems to be on a migration flightline and is good for passage birds in spring and autumn.
Mynydd Ty-talwyn, bird-crop field has a large winter finch flock.
Kenfig NNR - Sand dune, saltmarsh, wet slacks. Excellent for birds in all seasons. Also rare plants, Odonata & Lepidoptera
Kenfig = 'Kenefeg' or 'Kenefec'. River Ken/vege or veke (Old Norse). A tongue of land formed by a winding river.
Kenfig Pool looking south
Kenfig Pool from east pool fields looking north
Footbridge over Kenfig river showing the saltmarsh area [East & West Glamorgan]
Kenfig Sands from Sker Point
