New-look for RSPB Conwy nature reserve
| 14:36 UK time, Monday, 2 April 2012
will soon be getting a makeover thanks to funding from the reserve's own volunteers and support from the Communities and Nature (CAN) strategic project.
Work will start this summer on a £400,000 project at the popular Llandudno Junction site, benefiting from £178,705 from Communities and Nature, a strategic project led and managed by the Countryside Council for Wales and part funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government.
The initiative, known as Conwy Connections, includes several elements, the centrepiece being the landscaping of land between the existing Visitor Centre and Waterside Coffee Shop, known as Y Maes.
Artists impression of Y Maes by Alan Gray, RSPB volunteer.
Y Maes an outdoor meeting place will provide elevated views for visitors across the reserve and beyond to the Conwy Valley.
It will also include picnic areas, new seating and will be the hub of events such as the monthly Farmers' Markets and annual Gardeners' Markets.
Once planted with nectar-rich flowers and berry-bearing bushes, it will incorporate natural areas for youngsters to play, such as stepping logs, a den-building area, a roly-poly bank, secret cave and mud bath!
The first phase of the project includes major improvements to the car parking facilities at the site, the building of an observatory with a green roof to overlook the lagoon and the installation of solar panels on the roof of the coffee shop.
Work is expected to start later this summer, subject to planning consent.
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