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WWT National Wetlands Centre is one of nine wetland reserves managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, a nature conservation charity. The 500 acre (2.0 kmē) reserve is situated one mile east of Llanelli and five miles (8 km) 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 speciesAn endangered species is a species whose population is so small that it is in danger of becoming extinct. Many countries have laws offering special protection to these species (forbidding hunting, banning their habitats from development, etc. to prevent t protected at the centre is the Little EgretLittle Egret : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Ciconiiformes : Ardeidae Egretta garzetta Binomial name Egretta garzetta Linnaeus, 1766 The Little Egret Egretta garzetta is a small white heron. It is the Old World counterpart to the very similar New World Sno. In winter, more than 60,000 birds return here to overwinter.

National CarmarthenshireCarmarthenshire ( Welsh: Sir Gaerfyrddin is a county in Wales. Its main towns are Carmarthen, Llanelli and Ammanford. Old info about old Carmarthenshire below Known in Welsh as Sir Gaerfyrddin. A maritime County bounded N. by Cardiganshire, E. by Brecknoc

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