Single-storey. Two bedrooms: 1 x double, 1 x family room with single and bunk. Shower room with walk-in shower, basin, and WC. Open-plan living space with kitchen, dining area, and sitting area
Lodge 4 – Bron Eifion is a single-storey lodge consisting of an open-plan living space with a kitchen, dining area, and sitting area with TV. The kitchen includes an oven, gas hob, microwave, fridge/freezer, washing machine, kettle, and toaster. The bedrooms consist of a double and a family room with single and bunk, served by a shower room with a walk-in shower, basin, and WC. Gas central heating charged by meter reading. Bed linen is included in the rent; please bring your own towels. Outside, there is decking with furniture and off-road parking for 2 cars. Two well-behaved pets are welcome. Sorry, no smoking. Shop and pub 1.3 miles, beach 0.8 miles, lake 0.1 miles, river 1 mile. Enjoy lakeside days and woodland surroundings at Lodge 4 – Bron Eifion. Note: Fishing is available for an additional charge (45GBP per week or 9GBP per day for Adults; 40GBP per week or 8GBP per day for OAPs and Under 16 years). Note: Due to the remote location, WiFi is poor, but 5G works perfectly fine. Note: Electricity is not included with booking; electric coin meter 1GBP coins. Note: Barbecue available to hire (5GBP payable at the park). Note: Ramp up to property. Note: CCTV in operation on-site. Note: Good Housekeeping Bond 100 GBP. Please note: the property’s gas is payable to the owner upon departure.
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.
