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Crymlyn Bog

Index Crymlyn Bog

Crymlyn Bog (Cors Crymlyn) is a nature reserve and a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest of international significance, near Swansea, south Wales. [1]

43 relations: Acrocephalus (bird), Andrew Lees (environmentalist), Baldellia ranunculoides, Bearded reedling, Birdwatching, Bog, BP, Canal, Carr (landform), Central Electricity Generating Board, City and County of Swansea Council, Common buzzard, Crymlyn Burrows, East Anglia, Eriophorum, Eurasian bittern, Eurasian hobby, Fen, Friends of the Earth, Great Britain, Great raft spider, Grey heron, Hen harrier, Kilvey Hill, Landfill, Meadows, Nature reserve, Neath and Tennant Canal, Oil refinery, Pulverised fuel ash, Ramsar Convention, Reed bed, River Neath, Sedge warbler, Shrubland, Site of Special Scientific Interest, Swamp, Swansea, Wales, Water rail, Western marsh harrier, Willow, Woodland.

Acrocephalus (bird)

The Acrocephalus warblers are small, insectivorous passerine birds belonging to the genus Acrocephalus.

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Andrew Lees (environmentalist)

Andrew John Lees (8 June 1949 – 31 December 1994) was a scientist, and environmentalist.

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Baldellia ranunculoides

Baldellia ranunculoides, the lesser water-plantain, is a species of flowering plant in the family Alismataceae.

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Bearded reedling

The bearded reedling (Panurus biarmicus) is a small, sexually dimorphic reed-bed passerine bird.

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Birdwatching

Birdwatching, or birding, is a form of wildlife observation in which the observation of birds is a recreational activity or citizen science.

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Bog

A bog is a wetland that accumulates peat, a deposit of dead plant material—often mosses, and in a majority of cases, sphagnum moss.

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BP

BP plc (stylised as bp), formerly British Petroleum, is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England.

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Canal

Canals, or navigations, are human-made channels, or artificial waterways, for water conveyance, or to service water transport vehicles.

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Carr (landform)

A carr is a type of waterlogged wooded terrain that, typically, represents a succession stage between the original reedy swamp and the likely eventual formation of forest in a sub-maritime climate.

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Central Electricity Generating Board

The Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) was the cornerstone of the British electricity industry for almost forty years, from 1957 to privatisation in the 1990s.

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City and County of Swansea Council

The City and County of Swansea Council (Cyngor Dinas a Sir Abertawe) is the governing body for one of the Principal Areas of Wales covering Swansea, Gower and the surrounding area.

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Common buzzard

The common buzzard (Buteo buteo) is a medium-to-large bird of prey whose range covers most of Europe and extends into Asia.

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Crymlyn Burrows

Crymlyn Burrows is an area of land in Wales, UK to the east of Swansea city centre, and south of Crymlyn Bog.

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East Anglia

East Anglia is a geographical area in the East of England.

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Eriophorum

Eriophorum (cottongrass, cotton-grass or cottonsedge) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cyperaceae, the sedge family.

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Eurasian bittern

The Eurasian bittern or great bittern (Botaurus stellaris) is a wading bird in the bittern subfamily (Botaurinae) of the heron family Ardeidae.

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Eurasian hobby

The Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo), or just simply hobby, is a small slim falcon.

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Fen

A fen is one of the main types of wetland, the others being grassy marshes, forested swamps, and peaty bogs.

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Friends of the Earth

Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) is an international network of environmental organizations in 74 countries.

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Great Britain

Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.

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Great raft spider

The great raft spider or fen raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius) is a European species of spider in the Pisauridae family.

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Grey heron

The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged predatory wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa.

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Hen harrier

The hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) is a bird of prey.

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Kilvey Hill

Kilvey Hill (Welsh: Mynydd Cilfái) is a hill in South Wales, to the east of Swansea.

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Landfill

A landfill site (also known as a tip, dump, rubbish dump, garbage dump or dumping ground and historically as a midden) is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial.

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Meadows

Meadows is a medieval English surname.

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Nature reserve

A nature reserve (also called a natural reserve, bioreserve, (natural/nature) preserve, or (national/nature) conserve) is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research.

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Neath and Tennant Canal

The Neath and Tennant Canals are two independent but linked canals in South Wales that are usually regarded as a single canal.

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Oil refinery

Oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where crude oil is transformed and refined into more useful products such as petroleum naphtha, gasoline, diesel fuel, asphalt base, heating oil, kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas, jet fuel and fuel oils.

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Pulverised fuel ash

Pulverised fuel ash (PFA), is a by-product of pulverised fuel (typically coal) fired power stations.

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Ramsar Convention

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands.

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Reed bed

Reed beds are natural habitats found in floodplains, waterlogged depressions, and estuaries.

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River Neath

River Neath (Afon Nedd) is a river in south Wales running south west from its source in the Brecon Beacons National Park to its mouth at Baglan Bay below Briton Ferry on the east side of Swansea Bay.

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Sedge warbler

The sedge warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus.

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Shrubland

Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterised by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes.

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Site of Special Scientific Interest

A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man.

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Swamp

A swamp is a wetland that is forested.

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Swansea

Swansea (Abertawe), is a coastal city and county, officially known as the City and County of Swansea (Dinas a Sir Abertawe) in Wales, UK.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Water rail

The water rail (Rallus aquaticus) is a bird of the rail family which breeds in well-vegetated wetlands across Europe, Asia and North Africa.

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Western marsh harrier

The western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) is a large harrier, a bird of prey from temperate and subtropical western Eurasia and adjacent Africa.

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Willow

Willows, also called sallows, and osiers, form the genus Salix, around 400 speciesMabberley, D.J. 1997.

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Woodland

Woodland, is a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade.

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Redirects here:

Pant-y-Sais Fen, Pant-y-sais fen.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crymlyn_Bog

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