Aberdunant Hall
Part of the Aberdunant Hall holiday park, which is set on 200 acres of ancient woodland, that…
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The woodland at the Hafod Garregog NNR near Beddgelert is a typical sessile oak wood found in rocky river gorges in this part of North Wales. The rivers running through the gorges make the air very humid, creating an ideal environment for mosses, ferns, liverworts and lichens, and Hafod Garregog is well known for these kinds of plants. The spring flora, including carpets of bluebells, are delightful, and other plants to look out for are common cow-wheat, lady’s-mantle, water avens and sweet vernal grass. Insects thrive in the moist environment of the Haford Garregog woodlands, which makes them a good place to see summer migrant birds which find plenty of food to feed their young. These include pied flycatchers, wood warblers, tree pipits and redstarts. The drumming of the great spotted woodpecker can be heard from spring onwards, and along the river look out for dippers and grey wagtails.
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Discover Gwynedd
The county of Gwynedd is home to most of the Snowdonia National Park – including the wettest spot in Britain, an arête running up to Snowdon’s summit that receives an average annual rainfall of 4,473mm. With its mighty peaks, rivers and strong Welsh heritage (it has the highest proportion of Welsh-speakers in all of Wales), it’s always been an extremely popular place to visit and live. The busiest part is around Snowdon; around 750,000 people climb, walk or ride the train to the summit each year.
Also in Gwynedd is the Llyn Peninsula, a remote part of Wales sticking 30 miles out into the Irish Sea. At the base of the peninsula is Porthmadog, a small town linked to Snowdonia by two steam railways – the Welsh Highland Railway and the Ffestiniog Railway. Other popular places are Criccieth, with a castle on its headland overlooking the beach, Pwllheli, and Abersoch and the St Tudwal Islands. Elsewhere, the peninsula is all about wildlife, tranquillity, and ancient sacred sites. Tre’r Ceiri hill fort is an Iron Age settlement set beside the coastal mountain of Yr Eifl, while Bardsey Island, at the tip of the peninsula, was the site of a fifth-century Celtic monastery.
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