Cors Fochno
Cors Fochno, Aberleri Nature Reserve
LocationCeredigion, Wales
Coordinates52°30′14″N 4°02′31″W / 52.50376°N 4.04193°W / 52.50376; -4.04193
Governing bodyCountryside 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 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]

General site character

Cors Fochno with Borth in the background

Ecology

Part of the Dyfi National Nature Reserve, Cors Fochno contains several varieties of peat moss and carnivorous plant.[3]

Wildlife

Cors Fochno

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

Footnotes

  1. ^ [1] Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) 20 March 2008
  2. ^ a b Joint Nature Conservation Committee
  3. ^ a b [2] BBC Wales – Cors Fochno 20 March 2008

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