Skomer Birds

[pammosley]

Hi folks, I just though I`d share some of the photos of the birds we saw when we were at Skomer & area last week. It was an amazing experience, so close to the Puffins We were also lucky enough to see a Short Eared Owl hunting over the wild flower meadows-a first for us, amazing to watch





My daughter took this photo with my camera

[Jonners]

Great set Pam, and it certainly looks like you had a wonderful time. And well done to your daughter for capturing the image of the dancing puffin .

[JeffH]

Nice pics Pam and glad to hear you managed to get across to Skomer

I was down there (on North Pembrokeshire coast) a couple of weeks ago but sadly didn't manage to get onto the island due to the strong north easterly wind making it impossible to land safely and resulting in the boat trips being cancelled for several days

Jeff
(Schedule 1 Licence holder for Kingfishers, Barn Owls & Avocets)

[rossy]

nice photos well done to you and your daughter, and looks like you had nice weather as well, rossy.

[Tobyh]

Nice pics - looks like you had a great trip

[Carolinematt]

This is lovely set of pics Pam & congrats to your daughter on capturing a good photo.

I am visiting there on the weekend and I'm soooooooooo excited, I can't wait.

[pammosley]

Thanks all for your comments.
Jonners, your Puffin from the Farne Islands is a lovely photo, I hope you had a great time up there.
Jeff, it`s a shame you couldn`t get on a boat. We would have been so dissappointed if we couldn`t get across. I hope you get to go again soon.
Caroline, Welcome to WAB
I hope you have a lovely trip the weekend, the flower meadows are stunning
We arrived at Martins Haven at 8.45am on Thursday after a journey from Brum. All the tickets for that day had already been sold (250) even though they only sell on the day & the kiosk opens at 8.30am
We camped up the road & spoke to a couple of folk. One man said his wife had waited from 7am & they had got on the 2nd boat!
We decided to be up very early & waited for the ticket office to open from 6.45am on the Friday, we were first in line but alot of people came about 7am. Luckily the ticket office opened at 8am that day.
It was the school holidays & it was sunny after a few days of rain so I don`t know if this was normal or not. I prefered to wait & be sure of a place on the boat rather than be dissappointed

[welsh.lensman]

Great pictures Pam, well done to you and your daughter.
Myself and a couple of friends managed to get to the Island yesterday and I don't know if it was because it had rained all night down here or that the forecast for the day was not very encouraging, but we arrived at about 8.00am and there were only 6 people in front of us.
The forecast turned out to be completely wrong as usual and we had a glorious day of sunshine with lots of photographs taken.

Looking forward to my next visit already.

Regards

Wayne.

[Carolinematt]

Thanks for the information Pam, I am now planning on getting there really early to ensure we get a place on the boat.

I will certainly put my photos on here when I get back