Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve

Between the Bristol Channel and Mermaid Quay lies a 20-acre conservation area on former dockland. Tall walls of reeds attract warblers, bunting, kingfishers and chaffinch, while the freshwater lakes house swans, grebes, coots, moorhens and ducks. For a nature-filled stroll in what is a fairly industrial area, walk the zigzagging boardwalk to the middle of the lake.

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