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Cors Fochno

Coordinates: 52°30′11″N 4°00′54″W / 52.503°N 4.015°W / 52.503; -4.015
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Cors Fochno
Cors Fochno, Aberleri Nature Reserve
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LocationCeredigion, Wales
Coordinates52°30′11″N 4°00′54″W / 52.503°N 4.015°W / 52.503; -4.015
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 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]

General site character

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Cors Fochno with Borth in the background
  • Bogs. Marshes. Water fringed vegetation. Fens (85%)
  • Heath. Scrub. Maquis and garrigue. (9%)
  • Humid grassland. Mesophile grassland (5%)
  • Improved grassland (1%)[2]

Ecology

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

Wildlife

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Cors Fochno

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


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  • 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.
  • Cors Fochno, and Borth and its surroundings also form the backdrop to the young adult classic novel and Newbery Honor Book winner, A String in the Harp, 1976, by Nancy Bond.

Footnotes

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  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
  4. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-49986492 [bare URL]
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