#gwynedd

[wild-e-eep]

Rainy day in North Wales.

[reasonsforhope]

"Two so-called “Celtic rainforests” in the UK are to be restored with a mixture of native planting and natural reforestation.

The hope is that they will provide rich habitats for dozens of species, improve groundwater quality and flood prevention, and allow residents and tourists to experience an exceptionally rare forest biome called temperate rainforest.

The most famous and largest temperate rainforests on Earth are found in the US states of Oregon and Washington, along Brazil’s Atlantic coast (known as the Atlantic Forest), and on New Zealand.

Pictured: Map of the global distribution of temperate rainforests. Source: Wikipedia

Britain, especially Wales, would have featured a certain amount of these Celtic rainforests in areas that experience high moisture content coming off the ocean, and low variations in annual temperatures.

One such place is Creg y Cowin on the Isle of Man, where 28 hectares (70 acres) of native Celtic rainforest will be planted by hand, and another 8 hectares (20 acres) left to regenerate naturally.

The Manx Wildlife Trust will be responsible for the project, and it anticipates “the return of oakwood dwellers such as wood warbler, pied flycatcher, and redstart, as well as raptors, owls, and woodland invertebrates.”

Historic agricultural dwellings called “tholtans” will be left on the landscape for their historical and cultural significance.

Elsewhere, in Gwynedd, North Wales, another 40 hectares (112 acres) of Celtic rainforest will be raised via a mixture of native planting and regeneration. The selected site is the peak and slopes of Bwlch Mawr, near the university town of Byrn Mawr.

“There’s real momentum now to restore and expand our amazing temperate rainforests, and it’s brilliant to see the Wildlife Trusts advancing their plans,” Guy Shrubsole, environmental campaigner and author of The Lost Rainforests of Britain, told the Guardian in the wake of the announcements."

-via Good News Network, 4/7/23

[thesilicontribesman]

Caer Bach Iron Age Hut Circle, nr. Rowen, Conwy Valley, Gwynedd, Wales

Sited just outside the hillfort and displacing part of its earthen ramparts, the hut circle is now a flat plateau of mainly small stones.

[mothmiso]

Wales (2) (3) by mark his view

[opelman]

Typhoon by Treflyn Lloyd-Roberts Via Flickr: RAF Typhoon ZK341 speeds past Bwlch in the Mach Loop on a low level training sortie. Aircraft: Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.4 ZK341. Location: Bwlch yr Oerddrws, Gwynedd, Wales.

[aneverydaything]

Day 2261, 31 August 2024

Tryweryn River (Afor Tryweryn) at Bala, Gwynedd, Wales

I had taken part in the Pont Y Bala Parkrun this morning which follows this beautiful river along the path on the right hand side of the photograph

[lotolle]

Doodling a request for my dearest friend's wife! Her Baldur's Gate OC with her fave, Halsin~

[theshatterednotes]

British philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate in 1950 and mentor to Ludwig Wittgenstein

[sowhatifiliveinfukuoka]

My former life...

Talsarnau, Gwynedd, Wales (flickr)

[hikinguk]

Dinorwic Quarry, Eryri National park

[travelella]

Portmeirion, Gwynedd, UK

Aneta Pawlik

[wild-e-eep]

Tremella mesenterica - yellow brain fungus - adding some brightness to a dull day. :-)

[emilytakesphoto]

grazing

[mothmiso]

Wales 2018 (2) (3) by GRAHAM DICKINSON

Via Flickr:

(1) River Glaslyn. (2) A view from Caernarfon Castle. (3) Snowdonia National Park.     

[opelman]

Texan Two by Treflyn Lloyd-Roberts Via Flickr: Panned shot of RAF Texan T.1 ZM343 as it passes Bwlch in the Mach Loop on a low level training sortie. Aircraft: Royal Air Force Beech T-6C Texan II T.1 ZM343. Location: Bwlch yr Oerddrws, Gwynedd, Wales.

[aneverydaything]

Day 2260, 30 August 2024

Welsh countryside near Bala in Gwynedd

Today I managed a relaxing walk in the hills of Wales