The Brecon Beacons, Wales, 2026
Wider views across the Brecon Beacons beyond the waterfalls: ridgelines at sunset, a reservoir at dusk, a night of astrophotography over still water, and the moorland wildlife (skylarks, stonechats and a short-eared owl) that shares the hills with wild ponies.
Two days at the start of April 2026, and the clear night between them. The national park now officially uses its Welsh name, Bannau Brycheiniog, and at 886 metres Pen y Fan is the highest peak in southern Britain.
Pen y Fan appears in several frames: silhouetted above the heather, reflected in a reservoir at dusk, and catching the last light on the skyline. After dark, the stars came out over a campervan and doubled in the still water of the reservoir. By day the moorland birds were busy, with a stonechat caught in flight, a skylark among the heather and gorse, and a short-eared owl out over the hillside. A mare and her foal grazing below the mountain made for a quieter moment.
