The RSPB has bought a 96-hectare upland area known as Gallt-y-bere in Carmarthenshire, describing it as the "vital missing link" between two separated parts of its Gwenffrwd-Dinas nature reserve in the Elenydd. Situated by the banks of the River Tywi, the purchase allows conservationists to reconnect a fragmented landscape for the first time in 60 years, enabling wildlife to move across the different areas and helping to build stronger, more diverse and sustainable ecosystems.

The site is home to internationally important habitats, including rare Atlantic oak woodlands (also known as Celtic rainforests), ffridd (upland fringe), ancient woodland and peat bogs, and supports species such as pied flycatchers, hen harriers, cuckoos, wood warblers, pine martens and whinchats. The acquisition was funded through a philanthropic loan and donations from thousands of people responding to a fundraising appeal, and the enlarged reserve is now big enough to support breeding hen harriers. Surveys over the summer, funded by Natural Resources Wales, will map the habitats and species present to inform future management, while the RSPB plans to work with local farming tenants and communities to combine nature recovery with sustainable farming.