Cors Fochno
Raised peat bog in Ceredigion, Wales
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::summary Raised peat bog in Ceredigion, Wales ::
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| name | Cors Fochno |
| photo | Cors Fochno Aberleri Nature Reserve.jpg |
| photo_caption | Cors Fochno, Aberleri Nature Reserve |
| location | Ceredigion, Wales |
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| governing_body | Countryside Council for Wales |
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Cors Fochno () 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. A boardwalk leading from the northern edge of the bog skirts the edges of the bog and surrounding woodland.
A significant portion of the 652 acre 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.
A large peatland area south of Lago General Vintter in Chubut, Argentina, bears the name Cors Fochno, adopted in reference to the original peat bog in Ceredigion.
General site character
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- Bogs. Marshes. Water fringed vegetation. Fens (85%)
- Heath. Scrub. Maquis and garrigue. (9%)
- Humid grassland. Mesophile grassland (5%)
- Improved grassland (1%)
Ecology
Part of the Dyfi National Nature Reserve, Cors Fochno contains several varieties of peat moss and carnivorous plant.https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/nature/index.shtml BBC Wales – Cors Fochno 20 March 2008
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Wildlife
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Otters, red kites, common buzzards, peregrines and, in the winter,hen harriers can be found here together with a number of Welsh Mountain Ponies, 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. The population has persisted into 2024
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.
- 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
References
- [http://www.jncc.gov.uk/protectedsites/SACselection/sac.asp?EUCode=UK0014791] Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) 20 March 2008
- (December 2022). "Soil organic carbon stocks in mountain periglacial areas of northern Patagonia (Argentina)".
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- (9 October 2019). "Rare orchid Irish lady's-tresses spotted at Ceredigion nature reserve". BBC News.
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