1 - Porthmadog to Abersoch
Wigeon - Glaslyn Marshes SSSI
From the lower path on The Cob a view over the Afon Glaslyn to a flock of Wigeon on Glaslyn Marshes /
Traeth Mawr an area of marsh , wet grassland ,woodland and scrub.
Possible Waterfowl at Glaslyn Marshes - Curlew ,Redshank ,Teal ,Wigeon ,Shelduck,...........
The Cob is an embankment built across the Glaslyn estuary , an area of marshland , in 1808 /11
to reclaim land for farming . The Afon Glaslyn now runs along the back of the embankment
to tidal sluice gates which allow the Glaslyn Marshes / Traeth Mawr to drain with the tides.
Ref: NW 1676
Date: 12/12/2022
Location: SH 5832 3799
