The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park is a spectacular and distinctive coastal area. It’s Britain’s Only Coastal National Park, as it’s the only one of Britain’s 14 National Parks to be entirely coastal in nature...
186 miles of walkers paradise on both ild headlands and pristine beaches with picturesque towns and villages like Tenby, St Davids and Solva en route. Most people walk a little bit a time, coming back year after year to explore a bit more. If you want to do the whole lot, allow 15 days...
No other county in Britain has more Blue Flag Beaches or Seaside Award beaches than Pembrokeshire. With over 50 beaches to choose from, there’s going to one that’s perfect for you, whether you want surfing, kayaking or kite surfing, or just somewhere peaceful to relax, sunbathe and build sandcastles... 
There are 51 forts and castles in Pembrokeshire including enormous stone fortresses like Pembroke castle, Manorbier castle and Carew castle. There are medieval walled towns of Tenby and Pembroke and fortified Bishops Palaces at St Davids and Lamphey. 
A pristine environment, clean seas, very little population and lush vegetation makes for rich and varied habitats, most important of which are the Islands: Skomer, Skokholm, Ramsey, Grassholm and Caldey. Home to thousands of Puffins, Gannets and other sea birds. Dolphin, Porpoise and Whale watching boat trips are popular too...
Wildlife in Pembrokeshire
Birdwatching
Where to go:
The Cleddau estuary, a complex area of creeks, mud flats and saltings, so there is a need to view from several places. The following are recommended:
- Landshipping Quay
- Lawrenny coast road
- Carew Mill Pond
- East Angle Bay
- The Gann near Dale
- Westfield Pill Nature Reserve at Neyland
Elegug stacks on the Castlemartin peninsula to see colonies of guillemots, razorbills and kittiwakes. A handy way of seeing these seabirds for those unable to visit the islands. A few puffins and choughs also nest in this area. To check if the ranges are open telephone 01646 662367.
The Welsh Wildlife Centre at Cilgerran where you can find extensive reed-bed habitat abutting the Teifi estuary and flanked by woodland. There's a modernistic cafe and shop on site and the reserve is fully equipped with accessible hides.
Strumble Head lookout is the finest sea watching site in Wales. It's especially good to spot migrating birds in spring and autumn, including auks, skuas, petrels and numerous species of wildfowl.
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Pembrokeshire Birds (opens new window)
ID: 1516 Revised: 16/9/2011
