About Cors Dyfi Nature Reserve
The Cors Dyfi nature reserve in the heart of the UNESC Dyfi Biosphere is a mixture of bog, swamp, wet woodland and scrub supporting a plethora of animals and plants, including the magnificent Osprey.
Cors Dyfi is a wonderful little nature reserve that is teaming with wildlife. Over the last few hundred years it has seen many changes, from estuarine salt marsh to reclaimed grazing, then to conifer plantation and more recently into a wildlife rich wetland reserve. The reserve is a healthy mixture of bog, swamp, wet woodland and scrub supporting a plethora of animals and plants. Including the magnificent Osprey, which bred on the reserve for the first time in 2011. If you are lucky you may also spot an otter or beavers which were recently introduced.
DYFI WILDLIFE CENTRE
The Dyfi Osprey Project website is packed with information on the ospreys and the nature reserve they call home: http://www.dyfiospreyproject.com/ Best time to visit - The Ospreys are typically here from April to September.
Spring and Summer are also the best times to see Common Lizards, Nightjars, Grasshopper, Reed & Sedge Warblers, Yellow Flag Iris and Four-spotted Chasers. The Trust’s Water Buffalo graze the reserve during the Summer.
The winter brings a host of small birds to the feeders as well as Barnacle Geese and Hen Harriers to the wider reserve. During the winter you may even glimpse the elusive Bittern in the reed beds. Year round we regularly see Otters and Red Kites on the reserve.
With the exception of the elevated bird hide, the site is fully accessible to wheelchair users. Facilities include visitor centre with a small shop & basic refreshments; there is a disabled toilet. Assistance dogs only. Until the end of March, the boardwalk on Cors Dyfi will be open everyday during daylight hours - except Thursdays when we are closed for reserve management work. Access is free of charge.
The 360 Observatory, the Ceri Hide, toilets and cafe will all be closed but the small tower hide will be open at all times. Please park by the gate as the main car park will be closed. Access is via the two pedestrian gates.
