Your recent sightings at Ynys-Hir
Your recent sightings
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All a buzz and a reserve first
Ynys-hir has been buzzing with invertebrate life recently, the mix of habitats and careful management means we get a wide variety of insect life across the reserve. Many of the species are familiar to the wardens but every year, often completely b...
Posted 09 Aug 2022 by BeverlyD -
Peewits and Pipes
A couple of years ago RSPB was able to purchase coastal fields bewteen Aberdyfi and Tywyn on the north side of the Dyfi estuary. Historically this area had been used by breeding waders such as lapwing however numbers had dwindled. Last year our...
Posted 09 Mar 2022 by BeverlyD -
Caught on Camera
During my internship at Ynys Hir, I was given the opportunity to set up and run my own project, and so, in collaboration with the Vincent Wildlife Trust, I set up a number of camera traps around the reserve. The goal of the project is to see wheth...
Posted 02 Apr 2019 by BeverlyD -
Recent sightings 12/10/2016
October began with an astonishingly insightful fungi walk on the 2 nd , lead by Ray Woods. Although unfortunately not many fungi were located (general consensus seems to be that this year will prove a poor one for seeing fruiting bodies), we did...
Posted 12 Oct 2016 by Christopher G -
Ynys-hir Recent Sightings 16th -22nd February 2015
Hi, During my final week as a Mid Wales Conservation Intern it was the large high tides that produced excellent wildlife watching. An early start in the Breakwater Hide on the 20 th produced good wader numbers on the Breakwater field including, 10...
Posted 24 Feb 2015 by Adam J -
Ynys-hir Recent Sightings 19th-24th January 2015
Hi, In a week with large high tides fingers were crossed that a few goodies would turn up on the reserve. We weren’t left disappointed with 1x Bean Goose in amongst a flock of 25x Greenland White-fronted Geese (viewed from Poggles Bench, 24 th ), ...
Posted 24 Jan 2015 by Adam J
