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Stackpole National Nature Reserve

Nature Reserve · United Kingdom

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Where limestone grasslands meet freshwater lakes and coastal dunes, Stackpole unfolds across the Pembrokeshire peninsula as one of Wales's most ecologically diverse nature reserves. The reserve's 2,400 acres encompass a mosaic of habitats shaped by thousands of years of human land use and natural succession: rolling pastures dotted with ancient earthworks, clear-water lakes fringed by reedbeds and alder carr, windswept dunes anchored by marram grass, and limestone cliffs that tumble toward the sea. This maritime temperate landscape, kissed by Atlantic moisture and never truly dry, supports a rich tapestry of wildlife. Waders probe the marshy margins of the lakes during migration seasons, while reedbed songbirds and small mammals thrive among the emergent vegetation. Woodland birds forage in the scattered copses, and birds of prey quarter the open grasslands and wetland edges, their hunting patterns reflecting the abundance of rodents and other small vertebrates that the reserve's varied terrain supports.

WILDLIFE

Atlantic Puffin

Fratercula arctica

Anas platyrhynchos

Gallinula chloropus

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Haematopus ostralegus

Eurasian Curlew

Numenius arquata

Black-legged Kittiwake

Rissa tridactyla

Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

European Herring Gull

Larus argentatus

Great Black-backed Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Northern Fulmar

Fulmarus glacialis

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Gulosus aristotelis

Falco tinnunculus

Red-billed Chough

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

Western Jackdaw

Coloeus monedula

Eurasian Blue Tit

Cyanistes caeruleus

Eurasian Skylark

Alauda arvensis

Phylloscopus trochilus

Common Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus scirpaceus

Eurasian Nuthatch

Erithacus rubecula

European Stonechat

Saxicola rubicola

Northern Wheatear

Oenanthe oenanthe

Prunella modularis

European Rock Pipit

Anthus petrosus

Eurasian Chaffinch

Fringilla coelebs

Eurasian Bullfinch

Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Linaria cannabina

European Goldfinch

Carduelis carduelis

Common Reed Bunting

Emberiza schoeniclus

Corvus frugilegus

Riparia riparia

Hirundo rustica

Common Chiffchaff

Phylloscopus collybita

Regulus regulus

Troglodytes troglodytes

Common Shelduck

Tadorna tadorna

Aix galericulata

Northern Shoveler

Spatula clypeata

Mareca strepera

Eurasian Wigeon

Mareca penelope

Aythya fuligula

Common Goldeneye

Bucephala clangula

Common Merganser

Mergus merganser

Common Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus

Common Wood Pigeon

Columba palumbus

Eurasian Collared Dove

Streptopelia decaocto

Rallus aquaticus

Tachybaptus ruficollis

Northern Lapwing

Vanellus vanellus

Eurasian Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus

Eurasian Woodcock

Scolopax rusticola

Gallinago gallinago

Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

Common Redshank

Calidris alpina

Thalasseus sandvicensis

Mediterranean Gull

Ichthyaetus melanocephalus

Red-throated Loon

Manx Shearwater

Puffinus puffinus

Northern Gannet

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

Western Marsh Harrier

Circus aeruginosus

Common Kingfisher

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos major

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

Garrulus glandarius

Eurasian Magpie

Poecile palustris

Western House Martin

Delichon urbicum

Cetti's Warbler

Long-tailed Tit

Aegithalos caudatus

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Eurasian Blackcap

Sylvia atricapilla

Common Firecrest

Regulus ignicapilla

Eurasian Treecreeper

Certhia familiaris

Common Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Turdus philomelos

Turdus viscivorus

Common Blackbird

Spotted Flycatcher

Muscicapa striata

Passer domesticus

Western Yellow Wagtail

Motacilla flava

Motacilla cinerea

Anthus pratensis

European Greenfinch

Chloris chloris

Eurasian Siskin

European Rabbit

Oryctolagus cuniculus

Eastern Gray Squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

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Natural environment

Stackpole National Nature Reserve

Generally mild conditions, with noticeable seasonal changes.

Usual climateHumid temperate with mild summersLowland

Average annual temperature 11.0 °C Average of the twelve monthly means

Average elevation 38 m Lowland

Climate pattern Humid temperate with mild summers Main environment around this hotspot

A year of temperatures

Monthly means, with the coldest and warmest highlighted

Monthly minimum · February 6.6 °C Monthly maximum · August 16.0 °C

Global temperature scale

−40°−20°0°20°40°

Terrain and elevation

38 m · Lowland

Average terrain elevation estimate across the hotspot; the figure does not represent its highest summits.

Elevation scale

38 m

02,0004,0006,0008,000m

Lowland

Long-term climate averages, not live weather.

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