Nant Ffrancon, Snowdonia National Park, Gwynedd

Nant Ffrancon in the Snowdonia National Park is located between Bethesda and Llyn Ogwen. It contains the A5 Holyhead to London trunk road, which was re-engineered by Thomas Telford between 1810 and 1826, but a parallel minor single track road also provides access to some very good habitat for upland birds. Nant Ffrancon itself is a steep-sided glacial valley dropping to Bethesda between the Glyderau and Carneddau mountains of Snowdonia.

Date: 7th May 2022

Location: view from the minor road north of Llyn Ogwen