Help us gain bathing water recognition for Llyn Padarn

Maintaining good water quality in Llyn Padarn is essential to protect the health and well-being of the local residents and visitors who swim and paddle on the lake. We believe that achieving Bathing Waters designation for Llyn Padarn under the Bathing Water Directive...

Returning the Arctic Charr

Remember back in December 2012 we covered the collection of Padarn Arctic charr eggs and sperm (milt)? The fish were caught at their spawning beds in the Afon y Bala, at the top of the lake and the fertilised eggs taken to the Mawddach hatchery near Dolgellau. After...

Where does all the water go?

When you flush the toilet, pour water in your sink or empty the bath, the water obviously goes somewhere…..but do you know where and what happens to it? Last week the Loving our Lake team sent out copies of ‘Looking after your septic tank: A guide and logbook...