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
Know before you go
Dogs
Please keep dogs on a lead to prevent disturbing ground nesting birds.
When to visit
Opening times
Open access.Best time to visit
SummerAbout 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.