Llyn Brianne
Llyn Brianne is a large reservoir of over 470 hectares in the upper Tywi valley in Carmarthenshire, created by damming the River Tywi in the early 1970s to supply water to Swansea and the surrounding region. The reservoir sits within one of the most extensive areas of wild upland terrain accessible by road in south Wales, surrounded by moorland, blanket bog and scattered conifer forest. The area is closely associated with the red kite, Wales's most celebrated wildlife success story, with the Tywi valley remaining the bird's last British stronghold through the twentieth century. Red kite feeding stations in the valley provide spectacular wildlife spectacles, and the reservoir road offers one of the most scenic and remote drives in mid-Wales.