Short birdwatching visit · Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust
Llyn Coed y Dinas
- Tier
- Good stop nearby
- Best season
- Spring and autumn migration highlighted for the reserve
- Headline birds
- Little Ringed Plover · Kingfisher
- Parking
- Use the reserve car park, suitable only for vehicles up to small-van size. No camping or overnight parking.
- Hides
- The bird hide is a short walk of about 160 yards from the car park.
- Step-free
- The Trust states that paths, hide and teaching area are wheelchair accessible. The site is prone to flooding.
Off the Welshpool bypass, Welshpool · SY21 8RP
Llyn Coed y Dinas is a small lakeside birdwatching reserve created from a gravel pit beside the Welshpool bypass. A short approach leads from the car park to a public hide, where visitors can watch the water and margins without entering the birds’ resting areas. Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust names Great Crested Grebe, Kingfisher and Little Ringed Plover among the reserve’s species. Their individual seasons are not specified in that list, so they remain possibilities rather than timed promises. Spring and autumn migration are highlighted for the reserve overall, and the site can flood after wet weather.
Birds and seasons
- Little Ringed Plover · Headline bird — Season not stated Source for Little Ringed Plover
- Kingfisher · Headline bird — Season not stated Source for Kingfisher
- Great Crested Grebe — Season not stated Source for Great Crested Grebe
Plan your visit
- Hides and viewpoints
- The bird hide is a short walk of about 160 yards from the car park.
- Paths
- Paths are level, even and surfaced with hardcore, though they can become muddy in very wet weather.
- Toilets
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Parking
- Use the reserve car park, suitable only for vehicles up to small-van size. No camping or overnight parking.
- Dogs
- Keep dogs on a lead; dogs are not allowed inside the bird hide.
- Access notes
- The Trust states that paths, hide and teaching area are wheelchair accessible. The site is prone to flooding.
- Step-free access
- The Trust states that paths, hide and teaching area are wheelchair accessible. The site is prone to flooding.
Getting there: Follow the operator’s directions for the reserve just off the Welshpool bypass. The map pin is the published Trust visitor reference, not a surveyed parking space. Use the dedicated reserve car park and short path to the hide; check conditions if flooding is possible.
Sources
Social preview: original typographic artwork by Does Your Duck Quack.
Nearby special trips
- Stiperstones National Nature Reserve · 9.6 straight-line miles
- Coed Cilygroeslwyd Nature Reserve · 31.7 straight-line miles
- Mawddach Valley Coed Garth Gell · 34.4 straight-line miles
Continue birding nearby
Nearest full guide: RSPB Lake Vyrnwy, 15.3 miles away in a straight line.
- Dolydd Hafren · 3.4 miles in a straight line
- Pwll Penarth · 9.5 miles in a straight line
- Stiperstones National Nature Reserve · 9.6 miles in a straight line