Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve

Opening in 2002 the site had previously been a salt marsh, but the barrage created 200 hectares of freshwater lake, and from this the reserve was developed.

Created in 2002, Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve is already a great centre for wildlife. The wetlands were created when the barrage was completed and the previous saline mudflats were transformed into freshwater marshland and a 400 acre lake.

Today the reserve is an important site for over-wintering and breeding birds and is very popular with birdwatchers who come to see the rar