Short birdwatching visit · Natural Resources Wales
Cors Erddreiniog National Nature Reserve
- Tier
- Good stop nearby
- Best season
- Spring and summer, especially early summer for reedbed calls
- Headline birds
- Grasshopper Warbler · Reed Warbler · Stonechat
- Parking
- There is no reserve car park. NRW describes limited roadside parking in Capel Coch and asks visitors to park considerately.
- Hides
- Not stated by the operator
- Step-free
- Not stated by the operator
Capel Coch · LL77 7UR
Cors Erddreiniog is the largest of Anglesey’s three fen National Nature Reserves. Its public walk links fenland views with the surviving lake at Llyn yr Wyth Eidion and a landscape of wet heath and woodland. Natural Resources Wales names Grasshopper Warbler, Reed Warbler and Stonechat among its spring and summer birds. Access begins on foot from Capel Coch, so this suits a longer inland walk rather than a quick stop beside a hide. The generally unsurfaced route can become muddy after rain, while orchids and other fen plants provide another reason to linger.
Birds and seasons
- Grasshopper Warbler · Headline bird — Spring and summer Source for Grasshopper Warbler
- Reed Warbler · Headline bird — Spring and summer Source for Reed Warbler
- Stonechat · Headline bird — Spring and summer Source for Stonechat
Plan your visit
- Hides and viewpoints
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Paths
- The easy-graded Fen and Pond Walk is 5.2 kilometres there and back from Capel Coch, with generally unsurfaced paths; allow about 1½ hours.
- Toilets
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Parking
- There is no reserve car park. NRW describes limited roadside parking in Capel Coch and asks visitors to park considerately.
- Dogs
- Keep dogs under close control around grazing livestock. Wildfowl shooting takes place from September to February: obey all signs.
- Access notes
- The approach uses a narrow track and paths may be muddy; the published walk is not graded accessible.
- Step-free access
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
Getting there: Approach Capel Coch from the B5111 north of Llangefni, then walk down the narrow track to the reserve. The pin uses NRW’s grid reference for the trail start; the village postcode is approximate.
Sources
Social preview: original typographic artwork by Does Your Duck Quack.
Nearby special trips
- Cemlyn Nature Reserve · 11.0 straight-line miles
- Great Orme · 18.9 straight-line miles
- Gwaith Powdwr Nature Reserve · 28.4 straight-line miles
Continue birding nearby
Nearest full guide: RSPB Cors Ddyga, 5.8 miles away in a straight line.
- Cors Goch Nature Reserve · 2.5 miles in a straight line
- Cors Bodeilio National Nature Reserve · 3.9 miles in a straight line
- Cemlyn Nature Reserve · 11.0 miles in a straight line