Cors Fochno | |
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Location | Ceredigion, Wales |
Coordinates | 52°30′14″N 4°02′31″W / 52.50376°N 4.04193°W |
Governing body | Countryside Council for Wales |
Cors Fochno (Welsh pronunciation: [kɔrs ˈvɔχnɔ]) is a raised peat bog near the village of Borth, in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. Lying on the south side of the Dyfi estuary, it forms a component part of the Dyfi National Nature Reserve. It was designated a UNESCO biosphere reserve in 1976, and is the only such reserve in Wales. [1]. A boardwalk leading from the northern edge of the bog skirts the edges of the bog and surrounding woodland.
A significant portion of the 264 hectares (652 acres) former peatland complex was taken for agriculture; the surviving core area supports the largest expanse of primary near-natural raised bog in an estuarine context within the United Kingdom. [2]
Part of the Dyfi National Nature Reserve, Cors Fochno contains several varieties of peat moss and carnivorous plant. [3]
Otters, red kites, common buzzards, peregrines and, in the winter, hen harriers can be found here together with a number of Welsh Mountain Ponies, [3] and adder, badger, blackcap, Dartford warbler, fallow deer, nightingale, nightjar, willow warbler, and woodcock. The site holds a population of rosy marsh moth, a very rare species in the UK. The site holds significant populations of Eriophorum angustifolium, the common cottongrass, as well as Round-leaved sundew, all visible from the boardwalk which skirts the northern edge of the bog. In 2019, an extremely rare species of orchid for Great Britain, the Irish Lady's-tresses, was found on the bog [4]. The population has persisted into 2024
Cors Fochno | |
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Location | Ceredigion, Wales |
Coordinates | 52°30′14″N 4°02′31″W / 52.50376°N 4.04193°W |
Governing body | Countryside Council for Wales |
Cors Fochno (Welsh pronunciation: [kɔrs ˈvɔχnɔ]) is a raised peat bog near the village of Borth, in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. Lying on the south side of the Dyfi estuary, it forms a component part of the Dyfi National Nature Reserve. It was designated a UNESCO biosphere reserve in 1976, and is the only such reserve in Wales. [1]. A boardwalk leading from the northern edge of the bog skirts the edges of the bog and surrounding woodland.
A significant portion of the 264 hectares (652 acres) former peatland complex was taken for agriculture; the surviving core area supports the largest expanse of primary near-natural raised bog in an estuarine context within the United Kingdom. [2]
Part of the Dyfi National Nature Reserve, Cors Fochno contains several varieties of peat moss and carnivorous plant. [3]
Otters, red kites, common buzzards, peregrines and, in the winter, hen harriers can be found here together with a number of Welsh Mountain Ponies, [3] and adder, badger, blackcap, Dartford warbler, fallow deer, nightingale, nightjar, willow warbler, and woodcock. The site holds a population of rosy marsh moth, a very rare species in the UK. The site holds significant populations of Eriophorum angustifolium, the common cottongrass, as well as Round-leaved sundew, all visible from the boardwalk which skirts the northern edge of the bog. In 2019, an extremely rare species of orchid for Great Britain, the Irish Lady's-tresses, was found on the bog [4]. The population has persisted into 2024