WelshFalcon
Well-known member
Skokholm, Skomer & Grasholm.
Skokholm was Britain’s first bird reserve. Breeding birds include 35,000 Manx Sheerwaters, large numbers of Storm Petrels [and if you don’t stay overnight, you’re unlikely to get good views of the former - and definitely won’t see the latter], many thousands of Auks [inc Puffins], Gulls, Kittewakes, Fulmars, etc., birds of prey, the occasional Chough and so on.Skomer’s Manx’s, at 150,000, are the biggest colony in Europe. As well as most of the above, it also has breeding S E Owls. Both islands also have a regular run of uncommon short-stay migrants and, a regular trickle of genuine rarities. Grasholm simply has the world’s second biggest colony of Northern Gannets [after St Kilda]. A few gulls, cormorants, etc., also breeding [tip: One way of "visiting" it is to take a pelagic on the Pembroke to Rosslare Ferry - it passes very close to Grasholm!].
Originally posted by Steve, but I've taken the liberty of splitting his site reports into the individual locations in the correct counties for ease of reference for those using the forum.
Skokholm was Britain’s first bird reserve. Breeding birds include 35,000 Manx Sheerwaters, large numbers of Storm Petrels [and if you don’t stay overnight, you’re unlikely to get good views of the former - and definitely won’t see the latter], many thousands of Auks [inc Puffins], Gulls, Kittewakes, Fulmars, etc., birds of prey, the occasional Chough and so on.Skomer’s Manx’s, at 150,000, are the biggest colony in Europe. As well as most of the above, it also has breeding S E Owls. Both islands also have a regular run of uncommon short-stay migrants and, a regular trickle of genuine rarities. Grasholm simply has the world’s second biggest colony of Northern Gannets [after St Kilda]. A few gulls, cormorants, etc., also breeding [tip: One way of "visiting" it is to take a pelagic on the Pembroke to Rosslare Ferry - it passes very close to Grasholm!].
Originally posted by Steve, but I've taken the liberty of splitting his site reports into the individual locations in the correct counties for ease of reference for those using the forum.
