Visited Skomer Island (Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales) on May 11th on a misty and wet day. Pity as it was full of Bluebells and Red Campions that would look much nicer in the sun. Still did what I could in pp and they have come out 'acceptable'. I have put a separate set of Puffins on the birds link.
Approaching Skomer Island - Wildlife Turst building in view.
Skomer Island, Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales, Pembrokeshire
by Stanley Eastwood, on Flickr
Landscape with Bluebells and Red Campions
Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire
by Stanley Eastwood, on Flickr
Landscape - coast
Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire
by Stanley Eastwood, on Flickr
Inland (not by far):
MK4_2618
by Stanley Eastwood, on Flickr
'Kit' - baby rabbit in its burrow:
Rabbit 'Kit' in burrow - Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire
by Stanley Eastwood, on Flickr
The island is only a couple of miles long but undulates a lot and the paths are all rough ground and rock. You are not allowed off the paths except where you are on rock. To do so could collapse a burrow - there are 50,000 of them for the Puffins alone. Then there is all the rabbits. Seagulls/Gulls by the thousands as well as Terns, Owls, Geese and other wildfowl.
Good day but a lot of climbing (waling up steep steps and paths) and walking on uneven ground.
Comments gratefully accepted.
StanII
Approaching Skomer Island - Wildlife Turst building in view.
Skomer Island, Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales, Pembrokeshire
by Stanley Eastwood, on Flickr
Landscape with Bluebells and Red Campions
Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire
by Stanley Eastwood, on Flickr
Landscape - coast
Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire
by Stanley Eastwood, on Flickr
Inland (not by far):
MK4_2618
by Stanley Eastwood, on Flickr
'Kit' - baby rabbit in its burrow:
Rabbit 'Kit' in burrow - Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire
by Stanley Eastwood, on Flickr
The island is only a couple of miles long but undulates a lot and the paths are all rough ground and rock. You are not allowed off the paths except where you are on rock. To do so could collapse a burrow - there are 50,000 of them for the Puffins alone. Then there is all the rabbits. Seagulls/Gulls by the thousands as well as Terns, Owls, Geese and other wildfowl.
Good day but a lot of climbing (waling up steep steps and paths) and walking on uneven ground.
Comments gratefully accepted.
StanII
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