Cors Fochno
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  Cors Fochno shown within the United Kingdom |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| Principal area | Ceredigion |
| Ceremonial county | Dyfed |
| Constituent country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| European Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Ceredigion |
| List of places: UK • Wales • Ceredigion | |
Cors Fochno is a raised peat mire located near to the village of Borth, in the county of Ceredigion, and is the only UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Biosphere reserve in Wales. [1]
[edit] Ecology
Part of the Dyfi National Nature Reserve, Cors Fochno contains several varieties of peat moss and carnivorous plant. [2]
[edit] Wildlife
Otters, Red Kites, Common Buzzards, Peregrines and Hen Harriers can be found here together with a number of Welsh Mountain Ponies. [3]
[edit] References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
- ^ Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) 20 March 2008
- ^ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/mid/sites/reserves/pages/cors_fochno.shtml BBC Wales - Cors Fochno 20 March 2008]
- ^ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/mid/sites/reserves/pages/cors_fochno.shtml BBC Wales - Cors Fochno 20 March 2008]
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