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Haverfordwest Racecourse

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📷 Deborah Tilley · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome70 ha

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51.79627, -4.99630

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Little Egret
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Little Egret
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Little Egret, Black-headed Gull +81 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Mammals — Mole, Hedgehog, Badger +15 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Red-tailed Bumblebee +56 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Creeping Buttercup, Butterfly-bush +88 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Deceiver, Dryad's Saddle, Amanita Wridog +6 more · last seen 2023

Varies

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 public path nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

🚴

Cycling

26 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route

Named routeRef EV1International cycle route

National Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route

Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route677 m

Named routeRef 4Length 677 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route391 m

Named routeLength 391 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route2 km

Named routeRef 4Length 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route607 m

Named routeRef 4Length 607 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

6 public paths nearby

Public paths

Under the Hillsbridleway · 259 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 259 mPath type: unclassified

Under the Hillsbridleway · 144 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 144 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway

Bethany Roadbridleway · 61 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 61 mPath type: unclassified

Wildlife to spot

11,412 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,412 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

spring

2025

Canada Goose · Dipper · Peregrine · Robin · Jackdaw +56

Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
RookCorvus frugilegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WigeonMareca penelope2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
SnipeGallinago gallinago
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
GreenshankTringa nebularia2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
MerlinFalco columbarius
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SwiftApus apus2024
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024

🦌

Mammals9 species

autumn

2025

Harvest Mouse · Otter · Hedgehog · Noctule · Soprano Pipistrelle +4

Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
OtterLutra lutra
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024

🦎

Reptiles1 species

autumn

2024

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐝

Insects6 species

summer

2025

Speckled Bush-cricket · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Darter · Eristalis arbustorum · Chamomile Shark +1

Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Chamomile SharkCucullia chamomillae2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024

🌿

Plants2 species

summerautumn

2025

Butterfly-bush · American Skunk-cabbage

Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,412 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

spring

2025

Canada Goose · Dipper · Peregrine · Robin · Jackdaw +56

Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
RookCorvus frugilegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WigeonMareca penelope2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
SnipeGallinago gallinago
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
GreenshankTringa nebularia2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
RedshankTringa totanus2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
MerlinFalco columbarius
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SwiftApus apus2024
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024

🦌

Mammals9 species

autumn

2025

Harvest Mouse · Otter · Hedgehog · Noctule · Soprano Pipistrelle +4

Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
OtterLutra lutra
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024

🦎

Reptiles1 species

autumn

2024

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐝

Insects6 species

summer

2025

Speckled Bush-cricket · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Darter · Eristalis arbustorum · Chamomile Shark +1

Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Chamomile SharkCucullia chamomillae2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024

🌿

Plants2 species

summerautumn

2025

Butterfly-bush · American Skunk-cabbage

Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Deborah Tilley · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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