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wild-e-eep · 7 months

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Rainy day in North Wales.

#Coed Garth-byr #Gwynedd #Wales #UK #landscape photography

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reasonsforhope · 1 year

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"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

#uk #united kindgom #england #wales #gwynedd #rainforest #forest #temperate rainforest #rewilding #celtic #ecosystem #good news #hope

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thesilicontribesman · 9 months

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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.

#ice age #stone age #bronze age #copper age #iron age #neolithic #mesolithic #calcholithic #paleolithic #prehistory #prehistoric #hut circle #roundhouse #wales #outdoors #ancient living #ancient craft #Gwynedd #archaeology

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sowhatifiliveinfukuoka · 4 days

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My former life...

Llandecwyn, Gwynedd, Wales (flickr)

Coed Felenrhyd

#FLICKR #EUROPE #UK #WALES #GWYNEDD #LLANDECWYN #1994

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lovewales · 1 year

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Cwm Idwal | by Graham Watson

#Cwm Idwal #Wales #Snowdonia #Eryri #Landscapes #Photography #countryside #mountains #valley #Glyderau #Gwynedd #Conwy #lovewales #love wales #flickr #Graham Watson

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lotolle · 7 months

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

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate iii #halsin #tav #fanart #sketch #doodle #gwynedd

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emilytakesphoto · 4 months

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grazing

#photography #i dont know #gwynedd #sheep #graveyard #saint tudno

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mothmiso · 2 months

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Wales (2) (3) (4)by Steve Tilbury

Via Flickr:

(1) No.4 puffing hard. (2) Snowdonia National Park. (3) Gwesty Tyn Y Cornel Hotel in Mach Loop Valley. (4) Strumblehead Lighthouse.

#cloudy #train tracks #public transportation #landscape #lakes #mountains #coastal #lighthouses #wales #gwynedd #pembrokeshire

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bandcampsnoop · 7 months

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9/29/23.

Menai Bridge is an extremely cool compilation of some Welsh bands from Gwynedd in the northwest corner of Wales. These bands were active from 1980-1985. And if you listen to all 6 bands you'll realize there's quite a diversity of pop, folk, surf and post-punk sounds.

My personal favorites are Fay Ray and Third Spain. And while this cassette is sold out, you can find full lengths from several of these bands on Discogs.

This cassette was released by Edgewood, Maryland based label Travin Systems Records.

#Menai Bridge #Travin Systems Records #Maryland #Wales #Gwynedd #Fay Ray #Third Spain #Bandcamp

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wild-e-eep · 7 months

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