Hills of Britain and Ireland
OS Map of Garreg Lwyd
Height: 498m / 1634ft • Prominence: 205m / 673ft • Summit : ground within 1m of arranged flat stones • Trip reports (hill-bagging)
Machimus atricapillus (m)
A male kite-tailed robber fly parked on a dead oak leaf in Nannerth Fawr. The name comes from his unusually-shaped genitalia. I usually associate robber flies with the local coastal sand dunes. First time I have come across one of the woodland species.
15-Jul-22 • Roy Lowry • flickr
machimusatricapillus kitetailedrobberfly robberfly fly nannerthfawr 52272166349
Heath Spotted Orchid
These pretty orchids pop up in a number of locations around Nannerth Fawr but I was surprised to see them thriving in bracken. Most are various pale shades of purple. Finding the odd white one was a real joy.
15-Jul-22 • Roy Lowry • flickr
heathspottedorchid dactylorhizamaculata orchid nannerthfawr 52264744046
Anoplotrupes stercorosus
This is one of the insects working hard to keep Wales clean by burying sheep dung. It's an impressive beetle with hints of iridescent purple and blue on the legs and pronotum. I didn't disturb it by picking it up but if I had I would have seen the underside is all this colour. One wonders why! Photographed in the woodlands of Nannerth Fawr country holidays.
15-Jul-22 • Roy Lowry • flickr
anoplotrupesstercorosus nannerthfawr dorbeetle dungbeetle beetle 52229332551
Thistle Forest
This is the latest area of Nannerth Fawr to be planted with deciduous trees in early 2022. At the moment the dominant species looks to be marsh thistle but hopefully in a couple of years the young oak and rowan will grow upwards and shade out the thistles.
14-Jul-22 • Roy Lowry • flickr
nannerthfawr marshthistle 52268984347
A470 n of Rhayader, Wye valley
04-Nov-21 • Carneddau • flickr
a487 afongwy wyevalley fromcar nofrhayader 51674214223
OS Map
This is OS mapping. In some areas, OpenStreetMap shows more footpaths
Spatial NI has online OSNI mapping. Click "Basemap Gallery" (4 squares icon at the top).
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Photos
Please tag your photos and upload them to the British and Irish Mountains group on Flickr
The other photos have been geo-tagged as on or around the summit. For less busy mountains, it can be a little hit and miss.
Machimus atricapillus (m)
A male kite-tailed robber fly parked on a dead oak leaf in Nannerth Fawr. The name comes from his unusually-shaped genitalia. I usually associate robber flies with the local coastal sand dunes. First time I have come across one of the woodland species.
15-Jul-22 • Roy Lowry • flickr
machimusatricapillus kitetailedrobberfly robberfly fly nannerthfawr 52272166349
Heath Spotted Orchid
These pretty orchids pop up in a number of locations around Nannerth Fawr but I was surprised to see them thriving in bracken. Most are various pale shades of purple. Finding the odd white one was a real joy.
15-Jul-22 • Roy Lowry • flickr
heathspottedorchid dactylorhizamaculata orchid nannerthfawr 52264744046
Anoplotrupes stercorosus
This is one of the insects working hard to keep Wales clean by burying sheep dung. It's an impressive beetle with hints of iridescent purple and blue on the legs and pronotum. I didn't disturb it by picking it up but if I had I would have seen the underside is all this colour. One wonders why! Photographed in the woodlands of Nannerth Fawr country holidays.
15-Jul-22 • Roy Lowry • flickr
anoplotrupesstercorosus nannerthfawr dorbeetle dungbeetle beetle 52229332551
Thistle Forest
This is the latest area of Nannerth Fawr to be planted with deciduous trees in early 2022. At the moment the dominant species looks to be marsh thistle but hopefully in a couple of years the young oak and rowan will grow upwards and shade out the thistles.
14-Jul-22 • Roy Lowry • flickr
nannerthfawr marshthistle 52268984347
A470 n of Rhayader, Wye valley
04-Nov-21 • Carneddau • flickr
a487 afongwy wyevalley fromcar nofrhayader 51674214223
Cambrian Mountains, Wales, Powys, Radnorshire
Drive along very narrow track from Rhayader to Llangurig following the River Wye
24-Aug-19 • Paul_Jean • flickr
wales powys radnorshire riverwye cambrianmountains rhayader llangurig 48638233222
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Notes
- Data: Database of British and Irish Hills v18.2
- Maps: We use OS mapping for England, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. Sadly, Channel Islands, Northern (OSNI) and Southern Ireland (OSI) mapping isn't available online, so we use Openstreetmap.