Wylfa Nature Trail Paths Open Again

Barriers down again. Path around the Wylfa Nature Trail open again after fears about trees in high winds.

Wind Damage Fears

Wind damage triggers safety fears over footpaths. So paths closed once again.

Permissive Path at Wylfa Nature Trail Closed Again

Closed again.

Wylfa Nature Reserve Open Again

The barriers have come down around the permissive footpath through the Wylfa Nature Trail. But the footpath in sections is virtually walkable do to liquid mud created by the vehicles used to get the drilling rigs and out of the area.

Wylfa Nature Trail Reopened

Forget to mention that the trees must now be safe, and the Trail has been reopened. Though there seems to be more work needed to the actual paths to finish things off properly.

Path to Wylfa Nature Reserve

The path from Cemaes to Wylfa Nature Reserve car park.
Shows up well through the grass and wild flowers.
Looking to the left from the filed over the marsh land, shown well by the yellow flag iris and the rushes beyond. In the winter this was covered in water.

Path to Wylfa Nature Reserve car park, walking from Cemaes Bay.

Alternative Route around Wylfa Nature Trail

Another session as a local tour guide this morning to assist two Americans walking the Anglesey Coastal Footpath.
The new signage at the Nature Trail gives the alternative route around the nature area at Wylfa, but doesn't say why it is necessary. Assume its still problems associated with dangerous trees after the spring storms.
Americans happy with their walk around the coastal path, heading towards Church Bay and dinner at the Lobster Pot.

Nature Trail Still Closed

The Wylfa Nature Trail is still closed. Selected the trees have been cut down, new ones planted and a small pond created, but the barriers still haven't been taken down.

Trees Still being Cutdown

Trees are still being cut down around the new bat house on the edge of the Nature Trail and the Wylfa Head Nature Reserve.

Trees Knocked Over By Recent Storms

Where the trees are being cut down at the Wylfa Nature Trail the open spaces created have let the storm winds in and knock down some of the remaining trees which were due to be cut down after the Christmas break.

Access Restricted - Works Ahead

Local road to Cemlyn from Tregele closed for road resurfacing restricting access and at the same time tree felling begins at the Wylfa Nature Trail.
The pine trees are old but none actually came down during the recent storm surge.

Road to Cemlyn from Tregele.

Access to Wylfa Nature Trail

Clearance of Trees at Wlfa Nature Trail

Trees marked for clearing as per letter described yesterday.
These were marked with yellow vertical and horizontal marks when the bat house was built.Now marked with white dots.
True that in this area the trees are getting old, and some up the hill have blown down in recent winter storms. Some have already been thinned and cut up.

Sunset over Snowdonia from Wylfa View Point

Sunset shines on Snowdonia from Wylfa View Point.

Wylfa Nature Trail

The Wylfa Nature Trail is located between the two artificial hills used to mask Wylfa Power Station.
Wylfa Head is in the distance to the right of the picture. The pylons would carry electricity to the National Grid, except no power is currently being generated.

 

Rear View

Rear view of Wylfa power station from the View Point in the Nature Trail in the murky evening light.

Rear view from View Point in Wylfa Nature Trail.

Another Bird Box

Another bird box within the Wylfa Nature Trail.

Another specialist bird box within Wylfa Nature Trail,

Bird boxes

The latest letter from New Horizon explains about the delay in completing demolition of houses in the area because of requirements to make provisions for bats and owls.
owl boxes can be found in the area.

Owl box in planted pine woodland to SW of Wylfa power station. 

Anti-slip treatment at Wylfa View Point

Following all the rain of recent months an anti-slip surface has been applied to the steps leading to the view point at Wylfa Nature Trail. Health and Safety in the countryside!
Compare a with the photo taken on  1st December, 2012.

Anti-slip surface glued to the slate steps at the
Wylfa Nature Trail.

View to Wylfa and Wylfa Head from Cemlyn

View towards Wylfa Head and Wylfa Power Station from Cemlyn.

View of Wylfa Power Station
from Cemlyn.

Wylfa Head Nature Reserve is to be seen behind and to the left of the power station.
The first pylon carrying power from the station is immediately above the Wylfa Nature Trail that is part of the Anglesey Coastal Footpath and is shown in an earlier posting.
Cestyl Gardens is in the bay between the near headland and the power station, and is also on the Anglesey Coastal Footpath.

Wylfa Nature Trail

The trail begins at the Wylfa Information Centre.

Access to Nature Trail from Information Centre...

This is also the route of the Anglesey Coastal Footpath.

There are numbered points of interest along the route.

The trail passes beneath the main pylons carrying electricity
from the power station.

The first pylon viewed from the trail.

Steps climb the earth bank to the east of the station
to a view point.

To the view point from the nature trail path.

Slate steps to the view point.

The view point looking towards Wylfa Power Station. 

The view point looking towards Wylfa Head.

The view point looking towards the village
of Cemaes Bay.

Entrance to Nature Trail from Wylfa Head end.