WWT National Wetlands Centre is one of nine
wetland reserves managed by the
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, a
nature conservation charity. The 500 acre reserve is situated one mile east of
Llanelli[?] and five miles north of
Swansea in south
Wales, on the eastern side of
Carmarthen[?] Bay, and part of the Burry Inlet
estuary which is an
SSSI (
Site of Special Scientific Interest), an
SPA (
Special Protection Area), and a
Ramsar Site[?].
One of the endangered species protected at the centre is the Little Egret[?]. In winter, more than 60,000 birds return here to overwinter.