South Stack Cliffs

Credyd Aardman/Netflix

Rydyn ni'n falch iawn o fod yn bartner gyda Netflix ac Aardman ar Robin Robin, sy’n stori gerddorol stop-symud newydd ar gyfer y Nadolig ac sy’n adrodd sut mae robin goch ifanc yn ceisio darganfod ei le yn y byd. Mae’n ymddangos am y tro cyntaf ar Netflix ar Tachwedd 24 – felly rhowch y dyddiad yn eich dyddiadur! 

I ddathlu, rydyn ni’n eich gwahodd i ymuno â theithiau antur unigryw ar thema Robin Robin yma yn 

RSPB Ynys Lawd y Nad…

(Credit Aardman/Netflix)

We’re delighted to be partnering with Netflix and Aardman on Robin Robin, a half-hour, stop-motion, festive story for the whole family, about a young robin trying to fit in. It’s debuting on Netflix on 24 November – get the date in your diary! 

To celebrate, we’re inviting you to join exclusive Robin Robin-themed adventure trails right here at South Stack this Christmas season. 

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What a view!!

After almost two years of being closed for refurbishment we are now able to welcome visitors back at the new South Stack Visitor Centre.  Here is everything you need to know about how we will be doing it.

We have been busy behind the scenes.  Following completion of the build our team have been putting together all the new furniture, setting up the kitchen, shop and putting the final touches to…

Hwyrach eich bod yn ymwybodol o’n pryderon am ddatblygiad newydd oddi ar arfordir Môn. Prosiect ynni adnewyddol morol newydd yw Parth Arddangos Morol Gorllewin Ynys Môn neu ‘Morlais’. Yn anffodus mae maint y prosiect yn fygythiad mawr i fywyd gwyllt lleol.

Beth yw'r prosiect arfaethedig?

Y nod yw defnyddio tyrbeini morol sy'n manteisio ar rediad y llanw i greu ynni 'llif llanw'. Os caiff…

You may be familiar with our concerns about a new development just off the coast of Anglesey. The West Anglesey Tidal Demonstration Zone ‘Morlais’ is a new marine renewable energy project. Sadly, the scale of this project is a big threat to the local wildlife.

What is the proposal?

The project wants to use marine turbines that harness tidal currents to produce ‘tidal stream’ energy. If fully developed it could…

Laura Kudelska site manager at South stack.  During lock-down non-essential work on our reserves which included a lot of our conservation work stopped.  At South stack we have livestock sheep and cattle who graze our fields and the heathland so myself and the site warden Den remained in work.  Checking the sheep every day, along with organising seasonal activities such as sheep shearing. 

The RSPB manage a number of sites…

From 25th March 2020 our Warden Denise at South Stack has been alone on the hill.  She lives on site and is responsible for our livestock, check out her blog for information about our magnificent beast, it is called 'South stack woollies'. For thousands of years people have grazed livestock around this area creating what we see today.  All the plants, insects and even birds rely on the area being grazed.  If we stopped…

Heathland as we know it only occurs in North west Europe and is one of our most threatened habitats, other types of heath do occur in North america ,Canada, Russia, Scandinavia, South Africa and Australia. It is well known that heathland is a predominately man made habitat, it has been manipulated by humans in some way going back over 5000 years with most heaths having traces of human use, with a little help later from…

Celebrating the Wales Coast Path

Lift your spirits during this time with a TV tour of the Welsh coast and South Stack! Presenter Sean Fletcher visited  South Stack last year to meet our warden Denise and shepherd Pete and to hear about life on the reserve. You can watch the show 'Wonders of the Coast Path', a six-part series, broadcast in Wales from Monday 27th April at 8.30pm. It will be shown elsewhere in the country…

Since the lock down life for all of us has changed dramatically but life on the reserve continues and my day to day job although now limited does still have some essential work. Around now it would usually be the start of my survey and monitoring season, this has all been cancelled for the year, however as I live on site I am able to keep an eye on how the wildlife on the reserve is doing as I carry out my essential work…

Oeddech chi’n gwybod bod gwybodaeth newydd wedi cael ei hychwanegu at y cais cynllunio a’r drwydded forol ar gyfer prosiect Morlais? Mae Gwybodaeth Amgylcheddol bellach ar gyfer cais y Ddeddf Trafnidiaeth a Gweithfeydd ar gael ar wefan yr Arolygiaeth Gynllunio yma. Mae Menter Môn hefyd wedi cyflwyno'r un wybodaeth ar gyfer y cais am drwydded forol ar gofrestr gyhoeddus Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru ym…

Did you know that new information has been added to the planning application and marine licence for the Morlais project? Further Environmental Information for the Transport and Works Act (TWA) application is on the Planning Inspectorate's website here. Menter Môn has also submitted the same information for the marine licence application, on the NRW public register here.

We are in the process of reviewing the…

Good numbers of chough visit our Warden's garden at South Stack daily feeding on oats and sunflower seeds, these are the mousetrap pair on the table, there has been up to 10 sometimes but so far they have avoided the camera.

The 1 year olds seem to have their own gang and it's lovely to see amongst them 3 local birds, 1 from the mountain site, 1 from The Range and 1 from Porth Dafarch. First year mortality can be…

Yn dilyn cyfarwyddiadau clir y llywodraeth i ni aros yn ein cartrefi heblaw am nifer bychan iawn o weithgareddau, rydym yn cau ein gwarchodfeydd i ymwelwyr. Am y rheswm yma, rydym yn gofyn i chi yn garedig i beidio ag ymweld â gwarchodfeydd y RSPB.

Mae hyn yn golygu cau ein meysydd parcio, toiledau, llefydd chwarae, cuddfannau, canolfannau ymwelwyr, caffis a siopau i’r cyhoedd. Rydym nawr yn ymdrechu i helpu miliynau…

Mae Comin Penrhosfeilw – neu Y Range – yn rhan o warchodfa natur RSPB Ynys Lawd. Rydym ni’n prydlesu’r tir gan Gyngor Sir Ynys Môn, a’n swyddogaeth ni fel ceidwaid yw ei reoli a’i warchod yn y ffordd orau a mwyaf cynaliadwy ar gyfer bywyd gwyllt. Ers y 18fed ganrif, mae oddeutu 80% o rostiroedd Prydain wedi cael eu colli drwy ddatblygiadau modern, drwy welliannau amaethyddol a drwy gael eu hanwybyddu. Felly, mae rhostir…

Penrhosfeilw Common – also known as The Range – is part of RSPB South Stack Cliffs nature reserve. We lease the land from Isle of Anglesey County Council and our role as custodians is to manage and care for it in the best, most sustainable way for wildlife. Since the 18th century, about 80% of Britain’s heathlands have been lost through development, agricultural improvements and abandonment. This means heathland like…

This week has seen our warden Denise out on the reserve in an effort to unearth a piece of history.  Denise has been working on the site of a Scheduled Ancient Monument called Capel Llochwydd to expose the stonework that has been hidden under the gorse for many years. 

A Scheduled Ancient Monument is a site that is deemed to be of national importance and is protected under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas…

Penrhosfeilw Common, known locally as The Range is part of the RSPB reserve at South Stack and lies adjacent to our farmland at Gors Goch.  This heathland is a very special, rare habitat which is threatened across the UK.  The Range has British and European designations and as a habitat is rarer than a rainforest!

The RSPB lease The Range from Anglesey County Council and our role as custodians of the land is to manage and…

Mr and Mrs Mousetrap

Many of our visitors are delighted to see a pair of chough at South Stack.  These charismatic birds are rare members of the crow family.  Here at South Stack one of our breeding pairs can be seen feeding close to Ellin’s Tower and outside the visitor centre.  We know them as Mr and Mrs Mousetrap, named after the cave they nest in on Mousetrap zawn (a deep and narrow sea-inlet, cut by erosion into…

It has been a busy year for wildlife at South Stack in 2019.  Our breeding pairs of Chough (the rarest member of the crow family with approximately 300 on mainland UK) have had 26 chicks that left the reserve!  This is great news for the local chough population and our highest number in decades.  

Our Guillemot and Razorbill numbers have done really well too with our highest ever recorded numbers.  Denise the Warden…

Blog post amended on 12^th December 2019

The planet faces biodiversity collapse and a climate emergency, and there is increasing realisation that both these crises need to be tackled together.  More renewable energy is a crucial part of tackling climate change – so why are we objecting to the Morlais Tidal Energy Demonstration Zone off the coast of Anglesey?

South Stack nature reserve is a much visited and iconic…

South Stack Cliffs is a wonderful place for nature, part of a popular destination enjoyed by local people and tourists for almost 200 years, and where the RSPB has been managing the habitats and showing people wildlife for over 40 years.  As the RSPB’s involvement at South Stack has grown, so has the economic benefit provided by the nature reserve and visitor operation. RSPB nature reserves represent significant and diverse…

Whilst it has appeared that there has been little progress on the build - all the work has been underground over the last couple of weeks - digging foundations and pouring concrete, this week has seen the rapid erection of the steel frame which forms the new part of the building.  The frame is due to be completed by Friday.  Next week will see the floors being installed.  

The team up on the reserve at South Stack can’t quite believe that it’s the end of August already.  As I look out of the window of the office at Plas Nico sea foam is swirling past and it certainly feels autumnal.  Lots to look forward to though.  Building work on the new visitor centre is progressing.  Over the last 2 weeks we have seen the rubble from the old building crushed and taken away to be reused along…

Here at South Stack we are busy working away to ensure all our visitors have the best experience possible whilst building work is ongoing.  It may not be ideal for our visitors that we are partially closed during the busy summer season but there are reasons behind it. 

One of the main reasons behind doing the work at this time of year is the weather.  Carrying out the work when the weather is good has meant that we…