Llyn Bedydd

Llyn Bedydd is a small lake in Wrexham County Borough, in northeastern Wales, near the border with England. It is 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) south west of Whitchurch. The lake and the surrounding woodland are designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Llyn Bedydd

Description

Llyn Bedydd means the "lake of Beda", the identity of Beda is however not known.[1]

Llyn Bedydd is 1 hectare (2.5 acres) in area[2] and is surrounded by carr woodland of willow and alder which merges into drier deciduous woodland dominated by downy birch and sycamore higher up the slope.[3]

Flora and fauna

The wet carr around the Llyn Bedydd is notable for purple small reed and alder buckthorn which are very rare in Clwyd; tufted sedge and bay willow which are uncommon in Clwyd; and the nationally scarce cowbane. The thin fringing strip of fen supports other interesting plants, especially sedges. The fen creates a tussocky species rich floating mat at the southern end of the lake while on the land in the southeastern corner of the SSSI there is a small area of fen pasture which grades into a bog. Llyn Beddyd is relatively shallow but it has steeply shelving banks which are shaded by the woodlands and these restrict the development of stands of emergent and marginal vegetation.[3]

Llyn Bedydd is supports a rich invertebrate fauna, species recorded include the nationally scarce variable damselfly and the local red-eyed damselfly.[3] Llyn Bedydd contains common bream, common rudd, common carp, European perch, tench and common roach. The fishing is run by Warners Fishing Club.[2]

Archaeology

In 1877 a logboat was found in the Llyn Bedydd.[4]

References
  1. Hywel Wyn Owen & Ken Lloyd Gruffyd (2017). Place-Names of Flintshire. University of Wales Press. p. 19.
  2. "Llyn Bedydd". Fishing in Wales. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  3. A. Burgess; B. Goldsmith; T. Hatton-Ellis; M. Hughes; E. Shilland (2009). "CCW Standing Waters SSSI Monitoring 2007-8". Countryside Council for Wales. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  4. Alan Lane & Mark Redknapp (2020). Llangorse Crannog: The Excavation of an Early Medieval Royal Site in the Kingdom of Brycheiniog. Oxbow Books. p. 342. ISBN 1789253098.

See also
  • List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Clwyd

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