Discover The Wildlife of Snowdonia - In Our 'Enviro Diary'
Now featuring over 239 pages of information, our Enviro diary is growing fast.
Our staff see wonderful things every day on the mountains hills, crags, rivers, lakes and sea around Snowdonia and North Wales. Whenever they see anything new, unusual or interesting we'll post it up here for you to look at, along with a few words from whoever made the observation.
For Mountain Leaders, kayak coaches, voluntary leaders or simply friends spending time together in the hills, these pages are packed with snippets of information on how to spot and identify wildlife. Why not spend some time looking through the entries - you may pick up a few things that you can pass on to your friends, colleagues or students next time you are out.
Of course, you may know a thing or two yourself, which is why we've added the option for you to post comments on the enviro diary pages, adding your own interesting facts and observations to the diary or maybe even correcting us if you think we've got it wrong.
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