Short birdwatching visit · Natural Resources Wales
Cors Bodeilio National Nature Reserve
- Tier
- Good stop nearby
- Best season
- Spring and summer for reedbed birds
- Headline birds
- Reed Warbler · Sedge Warbler
- Parking
- The reserve car park is free. Overnight parking is not permitted.
- Hides
- Not stated by the operator
- Step-free
- Not stated by the operator
Near Pentraeth · LL75 7DR
Cors Bodeilio gives visitors a waymarked route into one of Anglesey’s limestone-fed fens. Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler and Reed Bunting are among the spring and summer birds named by Natural Resources Wales. The shorter Fen Walk follows a boardwalk with views over reeds and wetland, making it a useful place to pause and listen. A longer out-and-back route continues beyond the boardwalk to meadows. Orchids and other fen plants add interest in the warmer months, but the route boundaries matter: the wet ground outside the paths contains deep pools.
Birds and seasons
- Reed Warbler · Headline bird — Spring and summer Source for Reed Warbler
- Sedge Warbler · Headline bird — Spring and summer Source for Sedge Warbler
- Reed Bunting — Spring and summer Source for Reed Bunting
Plan your visit
- Hides and viewpoints
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Paths
- The Fen Walk is 1.2 kilometres out and back; the 2.3-kilometre Fen and Meadow Trail includes unsurfaced ground that becomes muddy.
- Toilets
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Parking
- The reserve car park is free. Overnight parking is not permitted.
- Dogs
- Keep dogs under close control around grazing livestock and follow signs. Wildfowl shooting takes place from September to February.
- Access notes
- The shorter walk is graded accessible, with a mainly level, 1.4-metre-wide boardwalk and resting benches every 300 metres.
- Step-free access
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
Getting there: From Pentraeth take the road towards Llangefni, then the first left towards the school; the car park is on the right after about 1¼ miles. The pin uses NRW’s car-park grid reference; the postcode covers a wider area.
Sources
Social preview: original typographic artwork by Does Your Duck Quack.
Nearby special trips
- Cemlyn Nature Reserve · 14.9 straight-line miles
- Great Orme · 16.6 straight-line miles
- Gwaith Powdwr Nature Reserve · 24.9 straight-line miles
Continue birding nearby
Nearest full guide: RSPB Cors Ddyga, 3.9 miles away in a straight line.
- Cors Goch Nature Reserve · 2.7 miles in a straight line
- Cors Erddreiniog National Nature Reserve · 3.9 miles in a straight line
- Coedydd Aber National Nature Reserve · 10.4 miles in a straight line