Single-storey. Studio-style living space with double bed, kitchenette, dining area, and sitting area with woodburning stove
Cwt Bugail consists of a single-storey studio-style living space with a double bed, kitchenette, dining area, and sitting area with a woodburning stove. The kitchenette is equipped with a gas hob, air fryer, fridge with icebox, and kettle. There is a shared external shower block and shared external toilets. Fuel, power, and starter pack for woodburning stove are included in the rent, along with bed linen and towels. Outside, there is off-road parking, EV charging available at an additional cost, and a garden with a gravelled area, lawn space, and picnic bench. One small well-behaved pet welcome. Sorry, no smoking. You will find a shop within 0.2 miles, a pub and lake within 0.3 miles, a river within 1.4 miles, and a beach within 0.8 miles. Cwt Bugail is a charming choice for a coastal stay with sea views and easy access to the shore. Note: Three steps up to property. Note: SHARED EXTERNAL SHOWER BLOCK AND TOILETS. Note: Additional logs for woodburning stove can be purchased on-site. Note: This property has a Good Housekeeping Bond of 100 GBP. Note: Dogs to be kept on lead around the property. New Hot Tub included.
Gwynedd is a mountainous county with much of the east covered by Snowdonia National Park. To the west is the Llyn Peninsula which is flatter and has some of North Wales’s most beautiful coastlines.
The lagoons, wetlands, grasslands and reedbeds of Spinnies Aberogwen nature reserve near Bangor attract a wonderful variety of birds all year round but in particular during spring and autumn migrations. In the summer look out for kingfishers, little egrets, and grey herons in the reeds as they hunt for small fish, while in winter, water rails, great-crested grebes, and snipe, are joined by dunlins, lapwings, and redshanks looking for shelter. The reserve has a hide as well as bird feeders giving you the opportunity to see the wildlife up close.
Just south of Porthmadog is Traeth Glaslyn nature reserve made up of salt marsh, willow woodland, and grassland and a haven for wildlife and birds including teals, wigeons, curlews, black-tailed godwits. There is a hide here too, but please note at high tide the reserve can become submerged so check tide times before you go.
Another wetland reserve is the RSPB’s Arthog Bog in the Mawddach Valley. It may be small but it’s crammed with wildlife. Visit in spring for the opportunity to see summer migrants such as sedge warblers, whitethroats, and cuckoos. In autumn, flocks of redwings and fieldfares arrive for the winter. There’s a good chance to see goldfinches, linnets, and siskins feeding on seeds all year round.
For woodland birds head to Nantporth nature reserve, overlooking the Menai Strait and home to blackcaps, treecreepers, nuthatches, and jays. It’s also a good place to spot carrion crows, ravens, and jackdaws which often flock to the foreshore.
Also in the Menai Straits, is Traeth Lafan or Lavan Sands, an intertidal sandbank that is important for waterfowl in particular oystercatchers, as well as ringed plovers, knots, greenshanks, and turnstones.
Although ospreys can be spotted all over Gwynedd, for fans of these magnificent birds of prey a trip to Bywyd Gwyllt Glaslyn Wildlife is a must. A pair of ospreys has been breeding at the site since 2004 and in spring, visitors can watch on camera as the parents deliver fish to feed their chicks at the nest. There are also viewing platforms, hides, and scopes, and volunteers on hand to answer any questions you might have.
