Surrounded on three sides by  sea, the St Davids Peninsula is the most westerly point in Wales.  It's a mosaic of precious habitats, from rocky shore and sea cliff to cliff top grazing and lowland heath.  Internationally recognized for it's nature conservation importance.

Every autumn grey seals come ashore to have their pups on the sheltered beaches around the coast.  Their strong-hold is Ramsey Island, where around 500 pups are born each year.

The rushing tides of Ramsey Sound bring fish to the surface providing a fast-food stop for porpoises.  There's a good chance of seeing porpoise in the Sound, especially on the ebb tide, as well as sea birds diving in search of fish.

Towering cliffs provide nesting space for thousands of seabirds, kittiwake, guillemots and razorbill (emblem of the National Park) are among the species that inhabit the precarious ledges, while on the cliff tops gulls roost.  Peregrine falcon and buzzard are common sights hovering in mid air watching for prey.  Puffin once nested on Ramsey Island, but rats came and destroyed their burrow nests, these delightful birds can seen by visiting  Skomer or Skokholm Islands to the south of us.

Inland the peninsula is an open plateau scoured by sea winds with few trees, except in the steep sided valleys, and large areas of lowland heath.  this increasingly scarce habitat provides a life support system for rare plants and insects, including many orchids and butterflies.  A few remaining hay meadows provide shelter for the now endangered skylark,  their numbers have fallen dramatically over the last few years across the whole country as farming methods have changed.  Skylarks nest in long meadow grass, this was fine when the grass was left to grow  before cutting for hay in late July or August (after the chicks had flown), however with the change to cutting grass for silage in May and June the nests and chicks have been destroyed in the process.  The National Park has now secured their survival in this area through its management of the old St Davids airfield.

The cliff tops grassland are famous as one of the last strongholds of the chough, a rare member of the crow family.  It's easily recognized by it's glossy black plumage, red beak and legs and it's acrobatic tumbling flight.  The National Park is working with local residents and farmers for the conservation of the St Davids coastline