WWT National Wetlands Centre
WWT National Wetlands Centre is one of nine
wetland reserves managed by the
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, a
nature conservation charity. The 500 acre reserve is situated one mile east of
Llanelli and five miles north of
Swansea in south
Wales, on the eastern side of
Carmarthen Bay, and part of the Burry Inlet
estuary which is an
SSSI (
Site of Special Scientific Interest), an
SPA (
Special Protection Area), and a Ramsar Site.
One of the endangered species protected at the centre is the Little Egret. In winter, more than 60,000 birds return here to overwinter.