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Reserve managerRagged Robin is just one of several uncommon plants to be found here
Trewalkin Meadow Nature Reserve
Trewalkin Meadow is a small, damp, flower-rich meadow at the foot of the Black Mountains between Llangorse and Talgarth. It is how much of Brecknock would have looked 60 years ago, before the habitat was lost due to changes in farming.
What to look out for:
The meadow has interest throughout the year with cuckoo flower in the spring; common spotted and early purple orchids in the early summer; globeflower, betony, ragged robin, great burnet and meadowsweet in mid summer and devil's bit scabious in the early autumn.
The tall trees and high, thick hedges around the site provide valuable feeding and living opportunities for a wide range of insects and birds that rely on the nectar from blossom in spring and summer, and berries and nuts left on uncut hedges in the winter.
The flora's diversity is maintained by a late summer hay cut and some grazing if dry enough. This regular cropping reduces the dominance of the meadow's grasses.
Species and habitats
- Habitats
- Lowland Meadow, Rush Pasture, Hedgerows
- Species
- Bird's-foot-trefoil, Bracken, Bramble, Brimstone Moth, Brown Hare, Common Frog, Common Spotted Orchid, Common Toad, Cuckoo Flower, Crested Dog's-tail, Devil's-bit Scabious, Early-purple Orchid, Great Burnet, Green-veined White, Hogweed, Knapweed, Large White, Large Yellow Underwing, Meadow Brown, Meadow Buttercup, Meadowsweet, Peacock, Pepper-saxifrage, Ragged-Robin, Red Clover, Ribwort Plantain, Small White, Sweet Vernal-grass, Timothy, Tormentil, Wild Angelica, Yellow-rattle, Yorkshire-fog
Nearby nature reserves
- Pwll-y-Wrach
- 3.0 miles - Brecknock Wildlife Trust
- Y Byddwn
- 5.4 miles - Brecknock Wildlife Trust
- Pen-y-Waun
- 5.6 miles - Brecknock Wildlife Trust
- Drostre Wood
- 6.4 miles - Brecknock Wildlife Trust
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