Solva harbour and the Gwadn (Solva’s stony ‘secret beach’ tucked away beyond the Gribin) yield low-tide rockpools that reward investigation. During the summer months, the village quay provides entertainment for young locals and visitors alike using crab lines. On the coastal path, kestrels, peregrine falcons, chough and stonechat are regularly seen – and during the winter, whooper swans and hen harriers have been sighted on Dowrog Common at the centre of the St Davids Peninsula. There are also said to be otters on the Solva river, up as far as Middle Mill, and there are also reposted to be fields of alpaca – but that’s another story…
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