Croeso pawb.
Nice to see the weather has finally broken from the gloomy, but thankfully dry phase it has been in for a while.
Natural Resources Wales have just completed the remedial and enhancement works to the peat bog at Llyn Llech Owain, I'll give an outline of the why's and what's.
In around 2019 work as carried out by contractors to mitigate the loss of water from the northern section of peat bog, with bunds and pools created to reduce the water runoff. The work seemed to have done the trick, however in 2023 with NRW having conducted a Lidar survey, (Lidar - Wikipedia) it was discovered that the 2019 works hadn't had the overall effect that it could have with the use of modern technology and changes, through learning, of peatbog management.
The work carried out through October and into November has been guided by the latest technology and best practices for peatbog restoration with a major component being to follow the natural contour lines of the land