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The village of Abergwyngregyn lies at the mouth of the narrow Valley that cuts into the foot hills of Carneddau mountain range . As you look with your back to the mountains, there are acres of low level farm land leading down to Traeth Lavan and the Menai Straits. were seabirds, wildfowl and waders feed in front of you. The afon Aber has carved out a deep Valley flanked by steeply wooded slopes. the journey along the river is a short one, the Valley includes a wide range of different habitats. everything leads up to Rhaeadr Fawr - The Big Waterfall- whose waters rise in the wide ,peaty moorland on the Carneddau, from there the river sets out on its journey down to Morfa Aber and the Menai Straights.
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At low tide, The sands of Traeth Lavan stretch almost all the way across the Menai Straights that flows between Anglsey and the Mainland. This is where our forefathers ,including the Welsh Prince Llywelyn Fawr and More recently drovers used to cross to and from the mainland and Anglesey. These days, the sand and mud offer rich pickings for pickings for an impressive numbers of wading birds and wintering wildfowl. The Morfa Aber Nature reserve was created by the Gwynedd County Council in the early 1990s on a former rubbish tip The aim was to create a mosaic of different habitats, in order to attract wading birds The cross, along rectangle and a Manx leg are contrary to some local myths sheep shelters one of college farm experiments. The river is called by different names depending on were you are on its length, above the waterfall its Afon Goch, between the Falls and Bont Newydd its Afon Raeadr Fawr and after Bont Newydd its Afon Aber. from its source it drops 850 metres in a few miles
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