Carneddau. They have long gone, and, besides the ubiquitous sheep, there are now red foxes, moles, mice, a few pine martens (probably extinct), polecats, and an increasing number of otters. Birds breeding here include common buzzard, kestrel, merlin and peregrine, raven and chough. The rare ring ouzel, the wheatear and the stonechat are all at home here, as are the skylark and the meadow pipit. Common sandpipers nest beside the lakes, the rare twite inhabits the Nant Ffrancon Valley and dotterels are found passing through the upper slopes. Wild ponies roam the Carneddau, and a study of their DNA in 2012 revealed that they have been isolated as a breed for at least several hundred years. Numbers were severely reduced by the heavy snows of spring 2013. List of summits See also Carneddau ponies References Abergwyngregyn Caerhun Capel Curig Conwy Dolgarrog Llanllechid Llanfairfechan Penmaenmawr Trefriw Mountains and hills of Conwy County Borough Mountains and hills of Gwynedd Mountains and hills of Snowdonia