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Cors Bodeilio is an internationally important wetland rich in wildlife.
Despite its name (cors means bog in Welsh), Cors Bodeilo is in fact a fen.
Follow our waymarked walks over the boardwalk out into the fen for great views and the chance to spot some of the wildlife and the wildflower display in spring and summer.
Cors Bodeilio is a nature reserve due to its unique mire (a wetland area without forest cover dominated by living, peat-forming plants). Mineral-rich water from the surrounding limestone drains into the wetland creating the perfect conditions for a whole host of rare plants, animals and wetland birds.
It is one of the three fens on Anglesey that have been designated as National Nature Reserves.
The walking trails are waymarked from start to finish.
Look out for the information panel at the start of the trails.
Find out about walking trail grades.
Enjoy the sight and sound of wetland birds in the reed bed.
There's always something to see or hear, no matter what time of year.
Enjoy the wildflower display in the meadows in spring and summer.
Cors Bodeilio is a National Nature Reserve.
National Nature Reserves are places with some of the very finest examples of wildlife habitats and geological features.
The landscape and wildlife varies depending on which time of year you visit – here’s what to look out for.
The fly orchid takes the prize here. It’s an extremely rare orchid in Wales – with an even rarer yellow form found here.
There are eight other orchids here including the narrow-leaved marsh orchid, marsh fragrant orchid, common twayblade, and marsh helleborine.
Typical fen species include the great fen sedge and bottle sedge.
Other wetland plants thrive here such as black bog rush, sweet gale and blunt flowered rush.
The star has to be the rare medicinal leech – the only British leech with teeth that can bite through human skin.
There are also rare flies, water beetles, moths and 19 species of butterflies.
Easiest of all to spot are the numerous dragonflies and damselflies that hover and dart across the open water.
You can find 130 bird species here!
The reserve hums and rattles in spring and summer with the calls of breeding birds like:
You may also see lapwings and curlew, or even flush out a snipe.
There are over 70 National Nature Reserves in Wales.
Three of the fens on Anglesey have been designated as National Nature Reserves:
Find out more about National Nature Reserves
Find out more about the Anglesey and Llŷn Fens LIFE Project Wildlife highlights
We want you to return home safely after your visit here.
You are responsible for your own safety as well as the safety of any children and animals with you during your visit.
Please note:
For advice and tips to help you plan your visit here go to Visiting our places safely.
See the top of this webpage for details of any planned closures or other changes to visitor facilities here.
For your safety, always follow instructions from staff and signs including those for trail diversions or closures.
We may divert or close trails whilst we undertake maintenance work or other operations and we may need to close other visitor facilities temporarily.
In extreme weather, we may close facilities at short notice due to the risk of injury to visitors and staff.
You may need permission from us to organise an event or to carry out some activities on our land.
Check if you are allowed to use our land.
Cors Bodeilio is 11 miles north west of Bangor.
The postcode is LL75 7DR.
Please note that this postcode may not take you to the car park if you use a sat nav or navigation app.
We suggest you follow the directions below or use the Google map on this page which has a pin on the car park’s location.
Take the A4087 from Bangor, continue to join the A55 heading towards Holyhead, going over the Britannia Bridge and onto Anglesey.
Leave the A55 at junction 8, taking the A5025.
Turn right at the end of the slip road, following signs towards Benllech. Continue for 5 miles until reaching Pentraeth.
In the village, turn left at the traffic lights, signposted to Llangefni.
Take the first left towards the school and follow this narrowing road for 1¼ miles and the car park is on your right.
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The Ordnance Survey (OS) grid reference for the car park is SH 506 773 (Explorer Map 263).
The nearest mainline railway station is in Bangor or Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (which is a request stop).
For details of public transport go to the Traveline Cymru website.
Parking is free of charge.
Overnight parking is not permitted.
There are no staff at this location.
Contact our customer team for general enquiries during office hours, Monday to Friday.