Cae Lynden

Cwm Wanderers once played football on this site. It is now a nature reserve of wet tussocky grassland known as Rhos pasture. It is home to the rare marsh fritillary butterfly

Location

Nearest town is Ystradgynlais, SA9 1DW.

OS Map Reference

SN 776 101

Know before you go

Size

2 hectares

Parking information

Park at the roadside but please do not block roads or property entrances.

Grazing animals

There may be livestock, 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.

Walking trails

There are no site paths and the site can be wet in places at any time of year. Unfortunately there is no wheelchair access.

Access

This is an open access reserve, you are allowed to visit the reserve on foot for your quiet enjoyment of the wildlife present. There are no site paths and the site can be wet in places at any time of year.

Dogs

On a lead

Please keep dogs on a lead to prevent disturbing ground nesting birds.

When to visit

Opening times

Open access.

Best time to visit

Summer

About the reserve

In spring look for the bright yellow flash of the brimstone butterfly and in summer the grassland is full of ringlet, meadow brown and gatekeeper butterflies. The marsh fritillary flies in June laying eggs on devil’s bit scabious leaves. In August and September its caterpillars feed on devil’s bit scabious within their larval webs amongst mollinia tussocks. Late summer wildflower displays of purple flowering devil’s bit scabious and red ragged robin. Woodland birds in the oak woodland and snipe and woodcock in winter.