Wildlife
The Burn is untouched and is one of the last coastal wildlife havens in South Ayrshire. Parts are designated as a Wildlife Corridor and as a Wildlife Site. It has locally rare habitats and nationally rare species as well as locally uncommon species.
All sorts of plants and animals have been sighted at the Pow, including sea otters, red admiral, many species of rare dragonfly and hundreds of songbirds such as thrush and nightingale. There has been a decline in the number of waxwings migrating to the area. The Pow Burn is managed by the local council for conservation and recreation. It provides an area where families can picnic beside the burn and play on the sand dunes west of the burn. The dunes were once a sand quarry.
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