Rhos Goch National Nature Reserve

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Overview

The Rhos Goch NNR near Builth Wells has a sequence of wetland habitats leading down from the raised bog that lies at the northeastern end. There are a number of interesting and unusual plants including bog mosses like sphagnum, which are found in water-filled hollows, and wetland wildflowers like bogbean, marsh cinquefoil, marsh marigold, greater and lesser spearwort, bladderwort and royal fern. The drier areas of the reserve are dominated by heather, cross-leaved heath and purple moor grass. The remnant alluvial forest and bog woodland which encircle the bog at Rhos Goch are also important features. Birdlife at Rhos Goch includes snipe, lapwing, curlew, reed bunting, sedge warbler and grasshopper warblers. The managed grazing at Rhos Goch creates bare muddy patches that are particularly good for invertebrates, and some rare species of beetles and spiders are present. The scarce blue-tailed damselfly lives in the wetter parts of the reserve.

Location

Rhosgoch

About the area

The largest unitary authority in Wales, Powys covers an area of approximately 2,000 square miles. Much of that is mountainous because it actually has the lowest population density of all the Welsh counties.

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