Cors Fochno
| Cors Fochno | |
|---|---|
| Borth Bog | |
 Cors Fochno, Aberleri Nature Reserve. | |
| Country | Wales |
| County | Ceredigion |
| Location | Borth |
| - coordinates | 52°30′14″N 4°02′31″W / 52.50376°N 4.04193°WCoordinates: 52°30′14″N 4°02′31″W / 52.50376°N 4.04193°W |
| Biome | Raised bog |
| Plant | Bracken, gorse, heather, Scots pine |
| Animals | Adder, badger, blackcap, buzzard, Dartford warbler, fallow deer, nightingale, nightjar, willow warbler, woodcock, Otters, red kites, peregrines, hen harriers, Welsh Mountain Ponies |
| Managed by | Countryside Council for Wales |
| Designated | 5 January 1976 |
Cors Fochno is a raised peat mire located near to 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 (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) biosphere reserve in 1976, and is the only such reserve in Wales.[1]
A significant portion of the 652 acres (264 ha) 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]
General site character
- Bogs. Marshes. Water fringed vegetation. Fens (85%)
- Heath. Scrub. Maquis and garrigue. Phygrana (9%)
- Humid grassland. Mesophile grassland (5%)
- Improved grassland (1%)[2]
Ecology
Part of the Dyfi National Nature Reserve, Cors Fochno contains several varieties of peat moss and carnivorous plant.[3]
Wildlife
Otters, red kites, common buzzards, peregrines and 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.
In popular culture
- Borth, Borth bog, and the Borth railway station form the backdrop to the main storyline in Season 1, Episode 4 ("The Girl in the Water") of Y Gwyll (Hinterland in English), transmitted on S4C in 2013 and BBC1 Wales in January 2014.
Footnotes
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Borth. |
- www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Cors Fochno and surrounding area
- Cors Fochno Dig: bbc.co.uk/wales
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee