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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
51.83362, -4.60194
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Blue Tit +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Blue Tit +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Butterfly-bush, Holly +102 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Landsker Borderlands Trail; Named hiking route nearby: Landsker Borderlands Trail
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Landsker Borderlands TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Information panel in Whitland Abbey church
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Wildlife to spot
1,658 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,658 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Chaffinch · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Carrion Crow · Pied Wagtail +31
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- MagpiePica pica2015
- JackdawColoeus monedula2015
- SwiftApus apus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2018
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2015
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2014
Hedgehog · Red Fox · Otter
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2018
- OtterLutra lutra2016
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2015▾
Common Toad
Painted Lady · Peacock
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
- PeacockAglais io
🌿Plants54 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Butterfly-bush · Himalayan Balsam · Holly · Bluebell · Wilson's Honeysuckle +49
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2022
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2015
- HollyIlex aquifolium2015
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2018
- Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida2016
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,658 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Chaffinch · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Carrion Crow · Pied Wagtail +31
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- MagpiePica pica2015
- JackdawColoeus monedula2015
- SwiftApus apus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2018
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2015
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2014
Hedgehog · Red Fox · Otter
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2018
- OtterLutra lutra2016
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2015▾
Common Toad
Painted Lady · Peacock
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
- PeacockAglais io
🌿Plants54 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Butterfly-bush · Himalayan Balsam · Holly · Bluebell · Wilson's Honeysuckle +49
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2022
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2015
- HollyIlex aquifolium2015
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2018
- Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida2016
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rhododendron
Rhododendron
Rhododendron ponticum2015
Rhododendron ponticum2015
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2015BrambleRubus fruticosus2015MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2024MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2024Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2018Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2018Curly WaterweedLagarosiphon major2015Curly WaterweedLagarosiphon major2015Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2015Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2015Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborineBroad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborineEntire-leaved CotoneasterCotoneaster integrifolius2022Entire-leaved CotoneasterCotoneaster integrifolius2022Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2022Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2022White StonecropSedum album2022White StonecropSedum album2022Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2022Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2022Brazilian Giant-rhubarbGunnera manicata2014Brazilian Giant-rhubarbGunnera manicata2014CotoneasterCotoneaster2014CotoneasterCotoneaster2014Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2014Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2014Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2014Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2014Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2011Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2011Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2011Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2011Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2011Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2011Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha2011Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha2011Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides2011Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides2011Flat NeckeraNeckera complanata2011Flat NeckeraNeckera complanata2011Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2011Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2011Juicy Silk-mossPlagiothecium succulentum2011Juicy Silk-mossPlagiothecium succulentum2011Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2011Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2011Dwarf NeckeraNeckera pumila2011Dwarf NeckeraNeckera pumila2011Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum2011Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum2011Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2011Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2011Dwarf Feather-mossMicroeurhynchium pumilum2011Dwarf Feather-mossMicroeurhynchium pumilum2011Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta2011Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta2011Hair-pointed Feather-mossCirriphyllum piliferum2011Hair-pointed Feather-mossCirriphyllum piliferum2011Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2011Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2011Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2011Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2011Sessile GrimmiaSchistidium apocarpum2011Sessile GrimmiaSchistidium apocarpum2011Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2011Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2011Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2011Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2011Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2011Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2011Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2011Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2011Fissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoides2011Fissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoides2011Even ScalewortRadula complanata2011Even ScalewortRadula complanata2011Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum2011Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum2011Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2011Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2011Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2011Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2011Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2011Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2011Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum2011Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum2011River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare2011River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare2011Tender Feather-mossRhynchostegiella tenella2011Tender Feather-mossRhynchostegiella tenella2011Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides2011Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides2011Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2011Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2011