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Green Veined White Butterfly Meet the Species

South West Wales and its coastal waters are home to an enormous variety of wildlife ranging from the very small to the giant. Some of the key species that help make the area such a haven for nature are featured below. We've got the lowdown on some that you might find easy to see and others that are less conspicuous.

Adder's eye Adder

Badger Badger

Basking Shark Basking Shark

Bottle-nose dolphin Bottlenose Dolphin

Chough Chough

Common Ash Common Ash

Common Beech Common Beech

Common Oak Common Oak

Dragonfly Dragonfly

Fox Fox

Grey Seal Grey Seal

Harbour Porpoise Harbour Porpoise

Highclere Holly Holly

Honey Bee Honey Bee

Otter Otter

Parasol Mushroom Parasol Mushroom

Peregrine Peregrine

Pipistrelle Bat Pipistrelle Bat

Puffin Puffin

Razorbill - image:RSPB Razorbill

Hupeh Rowan Rowan

Skylark - photo: RSPB Skylark

Water Vole Water Vole

Weasel Weasel




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Adder
Badger
Basking Shark
Bottlenose Dolphin
Chough
Common Ash
Common Beech
Common Oak
Dragonfly
Fox
Grey Seal
Harbour Porpoise
Holly
Honey Bee
Otter
Parasol Mushroom
Peregrine
Pipistrelle Bat
Puffin
Razorbill
Rowan
Skylark
Water Vole
Weasel

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