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Cae Eglwys Nature Reserve
This reserve is a good example of a traditional wildflower meadow, a rare habitat in these days of intensively managed farmland where large quantities of both fertiliser and grazing animals are applied to meadows that may have once looked like this, but are now bright green with very few plant species surviving.
Location
Sarnau.
Nearest town postcode: LD3 9PR.
OS Map Reference
Main entrance: SO 025 333View on What3Words
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When to visit
Opening times
Open access reserveBest time to visit
Spring and summerAbout the reserve
The meadow is home to a range of colourful and less common plants. In spring look out for adder’s tongue fern and flower spikes of common spotted orchids. In the summer, knapweed, bird’s foot trefoil, fleabane and the delicate flowers of harebell provide a kaleidoscope of colour.
All these wildflowers attract a wide range of butterflies and brown hare lie up in the dense grass cover. In winter birds come to feed on the seedheads still standing and on the many insects living in the sward.
The meadow also affords stunning views across to both the Brecon Beacons and the Black Mountains.
