Highlight • Trail
Skomer Island
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Skomer Island National Nature Reserve
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Adie
July 12, 2023
Hiking
Skomer is the largest of Pembrokeshire's islands. And while it still isn't large, it is truly a fascinating place to explore. The island is perhaps at its very best in spring and early summer.
Skomer has thousands of razorbills and guillemots, along with fulmars and kittiwakes, who raise their young on cliff ledges while puffins nest in burrows in the clifftop.
Not enough birdlife for you? Skomer also happens to have the largest colony of Manx shearwaters in the world! More than 100,000 pairs of shearwaters nest on the island.
Skomer has thousands of razorbills and guillemots, along with fulmars and kittiwakes, who raise their young on cliff ledges while puffins nest in burrows in the clifftop.
Not enough birdlife for you? Skomer also happens to have the largest colony of Manx shearwaters in the world! More than 100,000 pairs of shearwaters nest on the island.
Holly
February 6, 2024
Hiking
What can I say but WOW. It was such an amazing trip, I immediately booked to go back the next year, a month later, when the puffins are feeding their young!
There really are Puffins everywhere! They're full of character, and we there in May, when they were greeting their mates again, ready to nest. It was amazing.
The Manx Sheerwaters fledge at night, so if you want the best chance of seeing them, then it is a good idea to stay overnight on Skomer.
There really are Puffins everywhere! They're full of character, and we there in May, when they were greeting their mates again, ready to nest. It was amazing.
The Manx Sheerwaters fledge at night, so if you want the best chance of seeing them, then it is a good idea to stay overnight on Skomer.
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