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Aberfraw is a village on the south-west coast of Anglesey at the mouth of the Afon Ffraw, historically famous as the royal seat of the Princes of Gwynedd, whose palace stood here for centuries. The Aberffraw dune system to the south, managed as a Site of Special Scientific Interest, carries wild thyme, kidney vetch, bird's-foot trefoil and sea spurge — a richly varied coastal dune flora that local colonies can work through summer. Gorse on the dune margin and the commons towards Llangaffo provides a spring pollen source; inland farmland adds hawthorn hedges and oilseed rape on the plateau. The Anglesey BKA covers Aberfraw and the south-west island parishes.

Oilseed rape on the Anglesey plateau — grown widely between Llangefni, Gwalchmai and Llanerchymedd — gives a generous early May crop. Hawthorn on deep double-hedges follows through the agricultural lanes; white clover persists on the dairy pastures through summer. Gorse dominates the west-coast clifftops and coastal heath of Holy Island and the Lligwy headland from March onward; heather and bilberry add a late-August supplement on Mynydd Llwydiarth and the higher Mynydd Parys plateau. Coastal dune slacks at Newborough Warren and Aberffraw carry wild thyme, kidney vetch and bird's-foot trefoil — distinctive forage found in few other Welsh regions. Sea lavender on the Malltraeth Estuary and Cefni margins adds seasoning; bramble is universal on scrub, hedgerow and forest edge; ivy on old stone farmhouses and coastal cottages closes the year.