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Cae Bryntywarch

Reserve information


  Location
Remote location, near village of Trecastle.  On entering Trecastle from Brecon, turn left at the Castle Hotel and leave the village. After one and a half miles turn left after the red telephone box, and continue for another half mile until the road turns sharply to the right with a track going off to the left. The reserve entrance gate is on the corner, to the right. 
Nearest town: Trecastle. Post code LD3 8YD.
Map reference
SN 853 267

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  Opening Times
24/7/365

  Size
1.9 hectares

  Access
Unsuitable for wheelchairs

  Walking information
The reserve is an open access reserve, you are allowed to visit the reserve on foot for your quiet enjoyment of the wildlife present. The site can be very wet at any time of year.
 

  Parking
Parking is limited; do not obstruct the farm access track.

  Dogs
Dogs must be under close control and on a lead during the breeding season of ground-nesting birds (March-July).

  Grazing animals
There may be cattle or ponies on site, please do not approach them or feed them. Additionally there may be electric fencing to keep them off parts of the site, please cross this with care.
 

  Reserve manager
Brecknock Wildlife Trust
Tel: (01874) 625708

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Cae Bryntywarch

Red kite

Cae Bryntywarch Nature Reserve

This wildflower meadow has always been managed traditionally with grazing by cattle or ponies from spring to autumn. This kind of rough, damp grassland is known in Wales as Rhos pasture and is becoming rare. Please keep dogs on a lead as skylarks often nest within the rough grass.

 

What to look out for:

The meadow is home to a range of colourful plants. In spring it is flecked with the pinks of common spotted and heath spotted orchids, which are then followed by the yellows of bog asphodel and dyer’s greenweed. In the summer, the dense lilac-blue heads of devil's-bit scabious flowers add to the colourful display.
 
Standing towards the top of the meadow gives good views of the surrounding farmland. Buzzards and red kites can sometimes be seen soaring overhead and in the spring the distinctive call of the cuckoo can sometimes be heard.

 

Species and habitats

Nearby nature reserves

Daudraeth Illtyd
10.7 miles - Brecknock Wildlife Trust
Poor Mans Wood
11.5 miles - The Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales
Coed Dyrysiog
12.2 miles - Brecknock Wildlife Trust

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