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Wildlife along the River Teifi
As well as plentiful fish stocks, the Teifi also benefits from an abundance of wildlife in and around its shores, shallows, marshes and riverbanks. The waterway has earned special conservation status due to the presence of bullhead (a rare fish), lamprey (an unusual jawless fish) and salmon. Rare plants such as water plantian and water crowfoot thrive in the Teifi, and mammals such as otters, badgers, seals and dolphins are quite at home in the quiet countryside. Visit the Welsh Wildlife Centre at Cilgerran for a glimpse of Asian water buffalo – specially introduced to help manage the reed beds.
Looking skywards, the Teifi is also famed for the presence of the red kite – a rare bird whose very existence was threatened at the beginning of the 20th Century. The area around the Ceredigion hills and the Teifi valley was the last remaining stronghold of the red kite, until conservation efforts successfully increased the number of pairs from a mere 10 to a more healthy 195.
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Welsh Wildlife Centre »
Address: Teifi Marshes Nature Reserve, Cardigan, South west Wales SA43 2TB
Tel: 01239 621600
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