Red Wharf Bay

The bay attracts wildlife, including waterfowl and wading birds, such as oystercatcher, shelduck, purple sandpiper, curlew and dunlin.

Some of these dunes are rich in shell fragments that support the flora common to lime-rich areas, including the pyramidal orchid.

Each year the Red Wharf Bay Sailing Club Anglesey Offshore Dinghy Race takes place from Beaumaris to Traeth Bychan.

[1] The name of Traeth Coch is believed to originate from a battle involving Vikings in 1170 that left the beach soaked in blood.

[3] Historian Mark Redknap wrote that "The Red Wharf Bay arm-rings are probably contemporary with the Cuerdale Hoard (buried c. 905), and it's been suggested that Ingimund’s activities on Anglesey in 903 might have led to the deposition and their non-recovery.