Aberystwyth Cemetery

Aberystwyth Municipal Cemetery - Invertebrate Report (2021). A well-illustrated and comprehensive report produced by George Ryley Entomology including bees, beetles, bugs and butterflies, with management advice on how to keep the cemetery rich in wildlife.

Invertebrate Report (33 pages) (in PDF format).

Invertebrate Survey Records  (you need Excel to read this file).

 Aberystwyth Municipal Cemetery - Moth Survey (2015). GAG carried out this survey with the help of members of the Ceredigion Moth Group. This is a follow up to the Cemetery Management Plan, written by GAG and adopted by Ceredigion CCC.  It gives a base line reference with the intention of demonstrating the benefits of the new management regime to wildlife and so supporting CCC action.

4-page Summary of the moth survey (in PDF format).

List of moth species found in the cemetery (you need Excel to read this file).

Aberystwyth Municipal Cemetery - Nature-friendly Management Plan (2010) - Appendixes.

Management Plan

Appendix 1: History of the Cemetery

Appendix 4: Lichens

Appendix 5: Plant List (for Microsoft Excel)

Appendix 6: Macromoth survey (for Microsoft Excel)

Parc y Llyn, Aberystwyth

A one-year odonata-survey of a recently repaired pond in a welsh public park (2020)  Chloe Griffiths, Penparcau, David and Meg Kirby, Aberystwyth.

Craig Lais (Constitution Hill)

A four-year survey of moths at Craig-lais (Constitution Hill), 2016-19, by Peter Major.

ABSTRACT: In a four year survey of night-flying moths at Craig-lais, immediately to the north of Aberystwyth, thirteen nationally scarce species of moth were recorded. Within Ceredigion, a similarly high number of notable species is extremely unlikely to be recorded other than in (or near) National Nature Reserves. The majority of the
notable Craig-lais species exploit the grassland habitat of the unstable coastal scree found along the seaward slopes of Craig-lais. The findings of this survey in themselves justify the designation of the site as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) on account of its invertebrate fauna.

The Moths of Craig-lais (Constitution Hill) 2016 by Peter Major.

SUMMARY: Moths represent vital food sources for a wide range of other animals and pollinate many flowers. Well over 2000 species of moth breed in Britain but there has been a recent dramatic decline in the numbers of many of them, raising concerns about our lack of knowledge of where many of these species occur. During 2016, a light-trap was run periodically at a single site within the Craigyfulfran and Clarach SSSI, immediately to the north of Aberystwyth, in order to identify which species of moth live at this site. 145 species of moth were recorded, including five nationally scarce species. Several of the moths are species found exclusively on coastal grassy scree, indicating the importance of the site for the conservation of biodiversity. The report includes photographs of some of the moths, brief recommendations on the management of the site for wildlife and a discussion of the likely benefits of limiting light pollution at and near the site.

Parc Natur Penglais

Moth survey of Parc Natur Penglais Bryn y Mor Extension (2016)  by Peter Major & Peter Walters Davies.

Parc Natur Penglais (PNP), on the north side of Aberystwyth, was established as a Local Nature Reserve in 1995. In 2015, a strip of land (approximately 350 m long and 80 m at its widest), to the west of the Aberystwyth Golf Course, was incorporated by Ceredigion County Council into PNP as a northwards extension from the disused quarry area of the reserve.

Bryophytes in the Parc Natur Penglais area. We are grateful to Sue Rubinstein (formerly of Pen-y-Graig) for contributing a useful list of mosses and liverworts in the PNP area.