Woodlands & Wildlife

Wander through our sustainably managed woodlands, keeping an eye out for interesting and rare species of wildlife.

When CAT was first established, there was little here except piles of slate. From the start, making the site a better home for wildlife was a priority.

And it has paid off; the site is now home to lesser horseshoe bats, dormice, pied flycatchers, wood warblers, yellowhammers, red kites, buzzards, otters, polecats and peregrine falcons, as well as rare species of mushrooms and a wide diversity of mosses, ferns and trees.

Woodland Management

The woodlands of CAT are managed to be productive and to improve biodiversity. As you walk around, you’ll see mature stands of trees and areas of coppice (a traditional woodland management technique, where areas of woodland are periodically felled for firewood or timber and left to regenerate from the stumps).