Around Gors Maen Llwyd NR and Llyn Brenig 27th May 2023

Mike in his Marie Curie Shirt - about to set off on a training walk, ready for his Three Peaks Of Yorkshire sponsored walk on the 17th June 2023.

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The start of the track round Gors Maen Llwyd NR.

First view of the Osprey nesting platform.

Getting closer to the Osprey nesting platform.

Not an Osprey, just a Meadow pipit.

The Osprey Nesting Platform, but can you see an Osprey?

The Osprey Nesting Platform, but can you see an Osprey?

The Osprey Nesting Platform, but can you see an Osprey?

The view from our lunch spot near the Visitor Centre.

Looking northward from Llyn Brenig dam.

Walk stats:
Distance: 11.4 miles. Climb: 771’.
Time: 5 hours 47 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.6 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.9 m.p.h.
Temperature: Max -22.4 Celsius. 21.2 Celsius at lunch in the near the visitor centre  overlooking the reservoir.
Beaufort Wind Force: Max - 3, briefly reaching a pleasant 9.8 m.p.h. gentle breeze as we crossed the dam after lunch.
Group: Martyn, Mike and Ed.
Another good day for walking, although at times it was a little on the warm side, only mitigated briefly by the occasional gentle breeze.
We started the walk from Gors Maen Llwyd NR parking area on the B4501 road.
We started by exploring the paths around the Gors Maen Llwyd NR, following a good track through the moor down to the water edge. We walked on the stony shore before picking up the path through the heather. At one point we had our nearest view of the Osprey nesting platform and could just about make out the head of a bird on the nest. We had better views from the Wildlife Trusts Observation Point where we were able to view the Ospreys through their telescopes.
From start to finish, we heard Cuckoos calling, but as on Wednesday we didn’t actually see one with any degree of certainty.
Birds seen or heard today included: Cuckoo, Meadow pipit, Skylark, Willow warbler, Stonechat, Carrion crow, Winter wren, Woodpigeon, Greylag goose, Canada goose, Common chaffinch, Herring gull, Lesser black-back gull, Common buzzard and Osprey.
The landscape looks totally different as we walked along forest tracks with only tree stumps to see and stacks of felled tree trunks next to the track waiting to be collected.
Llyn Brenig was a popular place today with plenty of boats on the water, mainly used by people fishing.
We arrived back at the cars, having had a good walk, but still glad to take our boots off and let our feet enjoy being exposed to the fresh air!
After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Blue Bell Inn, where we had to suffer the smell of pork being roasted on a spit in the car park and watch people enjoying a pulled pork batch. My pork pie when I got home didn’t quite cut it!