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Wildlife & Nature · Wales

Wildlife in Wales: Zoos, Birds Reserves, Butterflies

The best places to see wildlife in Wales (North Wales & Anglesey, Snowdonia (Eryri), Mid Wales & Powys, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea & Gower, Cardiff & the Vale of Glamorgan, Monmouthshire): zoos & wildlife parks, birds & nature reserves, butterflies.

Zoos & Wildlife Parks

  1. Folly Farm Adventure Park and Zoo

    Begelly, Pembrokeshire

    An award-winning zoo of nearly 100 species, with the only giraffes in Wales and Europe's largest undercover vintage funfair.

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  2. Welsh Mountain Zoo

    Colwyn Bay, Conwy

    The National Zoo of Wales, founded in 1963 high above the town, with a Sumatran tiger, snow leopard, chimpanzees and sea lions.

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  3. Manor Wildlife Park

    St Florence, near Tenby, Pembrokeshire

    Fifty acres of countryside with Sumatran tigers, red pandas, rhino and tapir; billed as Wales's only walkthrough wildlife experience.

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Birds & Nature Reserves

  1. RSPB South Stack Cliffs

    Holy Island, Anglesey

    Some 9,000 seabird nesting sites, including puffins, seen from Elin's Tower near the visitor centre.

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  2. Skomer Island

    Off Martin's Haven, Pembrokeshire

    Around 48,000 puffins from May to July and a huge Manx shearwater colony; boats run April to September, booked through the Wildlife Trust.

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  3. Gigrin Farm Red Kite Centre

    Rhayader, Powys

    Red kites fed every day of the year, at 2pm or 3pm depending on the season, alongside buzzards and ravens.

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  4. WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre

    Llanelli, Carmarthenshire

    One of Wales's most important wetlands, with up to 60,000 birds in winter and a flock of Caribbean flamingos.

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Butterflies

  1. Magic of Life Butterfly House

    Cwm Rheidol, near Aberystwyth

    A charity's tropical house in the Rheidol Valley, opened in 2002, with more than 100 species of butterfly over the year; approach via Capel Bangor.

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Checked October 2026. Opening times and seasons change, so please check before you travel.

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