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Learn the wildlife of Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

Wales · United Kingdom

2,686 species have research-grade observations inside Pembrokeshire Coast National Park on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, so you know what you're looking at before you go.

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Most recorded here

The species with the most research-grade observations on iNaturalist, and how many each has. Most recorded doesn't mean native.

Birds

  1. Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica637
  2. European Herring Gull Larus argentatus325
  3. Common Murre Uria aalge288
  4. European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola279
  5. Razorbill Alca torda277
  6. Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax261
  7. Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus227
  8. Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe195
  9. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica180
  10. Eurasian Linnet Linaria cannabina178

Plants

  1. Sea Campion Silene uniflora455
  2. Sea Thrift Armeria maritima451
  3. Wall Pennywort Umbilicus rupestris377
  4. Sheep's-bit Jasione montana326
  5. Red campion Silene dioica317
  6. English Stonecrop Sedum anglicum222
  7. Common Kidney-Vetch Anthyllis vulneraria212
  8. Spring Squill Scilla verna191
  9. Hart's-tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium167
  10. Purple foxglove Digitalis purpurea161

Mammals

  1. Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus384
  2. European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus133
  3. Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis33
  4. Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena30
  5. Walrus Odobenus rosmarus15

Insects

  1. Bloody-nosed Beetle Timarcha tenebricosa296
  2. Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria207
  3. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui162
  4. Common Blue Polyommatus icarus160
  5. Oak Eggar Lasiocampa quercus159
  6. The Lackey Malacosoma neustria149
  7. Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta144
  8. Wall Brown Lasiommata megera131
  9. Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus119
  10. Fox Moth Macrothylacia rubi118

Spiders and kin

  1. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus49
  2. Labyrinth spider Agelena labyrinthica23
  3. European Nursery Web spider Pisaura mirabilis18
  4. Noble False Widow Steatoda nobilis17

Reptiles

  1. Viviparous Lizard Zootoca vivipara92
  2. Common Slowworm Anguis fragilis59
  3. Adder Vipera berus42
  4. Barred Grass Snake Natrix helvetica21

Fish

  1. Two-spotted Goby Pomatoschistus flavescens103
  2. Shanny Lipophrys pholis75
  3. Atlantic Pollock Pollachius pollachius72
  4. European Seabass Dicentrarchus labrax35
  5. Ballan Wrasse Labrus bergylta26
  6. Tompot Blenny Parablennius gattorugine20
  7. Leopard-spotted Goby Thorogobius ephippiatus19
  8. Longspined Bullhead Taurulus bubalis18
  9. Montagu's Blenny Coryphoblennius galerita16

Mollusks

  1. Atlantic Dogwhelk Nucella lapillus131
  2. Crimora papillata100
  3. Garden Snail Cornu aspersum92
  4. Orange-clubbed Sea Slug Limacia clavigera89
  5. Brown-lipped Snail Cepaea nemoralis81
  6. Facelina annulicornis77
  7. Candiella lineata75
  8. Crowned Aeolis Facelina auriculata72
  9. Common Whelk Buccinum undatum69
  10. Diaphorodoris luteocincta68

How a trip works

A trip has its own trail of lessons: meet six species, match them to new photos, then practice with four choices. Species you learn go into your Fieldbook, and starting a trip earns its Passport stamp. Your home place stays as it is.

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Species lists and counts from research-grade observations on iNaturalist, as of October 2026. Parks outside the U.S. are from the World Database on Protected Areas (UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, Protected Planet). KnowKi is not affiliated with the National Park Service or any park's managers. Free, with no ads, no account, and no purchases.