Cors Bodeilio National Nature Reserve
Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales

Cors Bodeilio National Nature Reserve lies in a shallow valley outside Talwrn on the Isle of Anglesey. Most of the land consists of a lime-rich mire. This type of wetland is rare, giving the reserve national importance. It is host to a large range of plants and animals, including the medicinal leech.
A number of nationally local or rare species of plant have been recorded from the site including fen pondweed, several species of stonewort including the rare dwarf stonewort, olive earthtongue fungus (Microglossum olivaceum), fen pondweed, narrow-leaved marsh orchid and fly orchid
The nature reserve is within a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest, is also a Ramsar site and is also a special area of conservation (SAC).
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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 6, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q5173110. Authority coordinates are 53.270, -4.253. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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