Boardwalk paths flown into Berwyns; Farm & Country.HIGH above the Berwyn National Nature Reserve, near Bala, a helicopter carries old railway sleepers to the top of 830m Cadair Berwyn. Staff from the Countryside Council for Wales The Countryside Council for Wales (CCW; Welsh: Cyngor Cefn Gwlad Cymru (CCGC)) is an Assembly Sponsored Public Body. It is the Welsh Assembly Government's wildlife conservation authority for Wales. are using them to create new boardwalks for visitors and help prevent the erosion of footpaths. The Reserve is one of Wales' finest examples of heather moorland moor·land n. Land consisting of moors. moorland Noun Brit an area of moor Noun 1. . It is mainly a patchwork of blanket bog and heather on rolling hills, with many rare plants such as the cloudberry - a mountain blackberry - and the lesser twayblade. Breeding birds include the black grouse grouse, common name for a game bird of the colder parts of the Northern Hemisphere. There are about 18 species. Grouse are henlike terrestrial birds, protectively plumaged in shades of red, brown, and gray. , red grouse, curlew curlew (kûr`l  ), common name for large shore birds of both hemispheres, generally brown and buff in color and with decurved bills. and merlin.
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