Oxwich Bay
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Oxwich Bay (Template:Langx) is a bay on the south of the Gower Peninsula, Wales.
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Its landscape features sand dunes, salt marshes and woodland. Oxwich Bay includes a Script error: No such module "convert". long sandy beach, accessible from the village of Oxwich. It is a popular spot for swimming and watersports including diving, sailing, water skiing and windsurfing.[1] There is a public footpath along the cliffs from Oxwich Bay, around Oxwich Point, and to Port Eynon Bay. Buses run every couple of hours between Oxwich and Port Eynon.[2]
A wetland site at the rear of the dunes forms Oxwich Burrows National Nature Reserve.[3] The dunes are crossed by a small stream called Nicholaston Pill.[4] The bay ends at the eastern end with the cliffs of High Tor; but at low tide, a continuous sandy beach connects with Three Cliffs Bay beyond.[5] Within the nature reserve there are rare plants such as the dune gentian and the round-leafed wintergreen, insects such as the small blue, beachcomber beetle and the hairy dragonfly while the wetlands are important for birds, a bird hide is located at Whitestones which is accessed by a boardwalk through the wetlands. The birds present include water rail, little grebe and wildfowl, as well as the occasional wintering great bittern.[3]
Submarine cables leave the mainland of Britain from Oxwich. These include the SOLAS cable across the Irish Sea, and the TAT-11 and Gemini North transatlantic telephone cables. These latter two do not terminate here but instead continue on to France (TAT-11) and England (Gemini).[6]
On 1 February 2007, Oxwich beach was named the most beautiful in Britain.[7]
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External links
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- Forces of Nature: Oxwich Bay: Beach information
- www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Oxwich Bay and surrounding area
- Landslide at Oxwich Bay December 2009 British Geological Survey
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