Glaslyn Ospreys Porthmadog — Attraction in Dolbenmaen

Brilliant place. All volunteers. Free parking; easy access. Wheelchair friendly. Very welcoming and knowledgeable staff. A big bonus for me is that both hides are close to the car park. Excellent viewing scopes, free to use. Small snack/ gift/ book shop with amazing nest cameras footage of both nests and growing chicks (see photo). I took my camera, plus 200/600mm lens and 1•4 multiplier but it wasn't enough.I took a couple of photos, of course, but the were well below average. However the photo shown is from their nest camera showing on the large flat screen. The chick's seemed close to fledging. Donations are welcome and by mid morning there were several amounts of paper money in the box. The small snacks/gifts/books shop within the first hide offered teas and coffee and you can top up your bill with a donation, since the whole place is without charge. My 600mm x 1•4=840mm was far to short for anything reasonable. My guess is you'd need 1800 to 2000mm to reach the kind of detail given by their scopes. Their ice cream is delicious. You could do worse than to make several visits. One of the best sites I've...

Excellent set up of a visiting center and a hide to observe the nests of the ospreys. There are monoculars provided and also cameras pointed at the nests to observe the chicks and adults. Volunteers are very friendly and knowledgeable. Also a great opportunity to observe smaller birds that feed next to the visitor centre. Would strongly recommend, we very much enjoyed...

Lucky enough to see 2 birds today and we were really pleased, the volunteers were informative nice and very helpful, a good cuppa with lots of variety of flavours ,snacks and just for a donation lovely seating area to have your own lunch , so good and...