Pembrokeshire Coastal Photography
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  • 1-GALLERIES-SOUTH COAST
    • 1.1 - AMROTH - TENBY SOUTH
    • 1.2 - TENBY SOUTH - SKRINKLE HAVEN
    • 1.3 - SKRINKLE HAVEN - FRESHWATER EAST
    • 1.4 - FRESHWATER EAST - STACKPOLE QUAY
    • 1.5 - STACKPOLE QUAY - BROAD HAVEN(SOUTH)
    • 1.6 - BROAD HAVEN (SOUTH)- ST GOVAN'S CHAPEL
    • 1.7 - ST GOVAN'S CHAPEL - BULLSLAUGHTER BAY
    • 1.8 - BULLSLAUGHTER BAY - GREEN BRIDGE OF WALES
    • 1.9 - MOD RANGE WEST
    • 1.10 - FRESHWATER WEST - WEST ANGLE
  • 2-GALLERIES-MILFORD HAVEN
    • 2.1 - WEST ANGLE- PEMBROKE DOCK
    • 2.2 - PEMBROKE DOCK - HAVERFORD WEST
    • 2.3 HAVERFORD WEST - NEYLAND
    • 2.4 - NEYLAND - SANDY HAVEN
  • 3-GALLERIES-WEST COAST
    • 3.1 - SANDY HAVEN - DALE
    • 3.2 - DALE - MARLOES
    • 3.3 - MARLOES - MARTIN'S HAVEN
    • 3.4 - MARTIN'S HAVEN - ST BRIDES HAVEN
    • 3.5 - ST BRIDES HAVEN - LITTLE HAVEN
    • 3.6 - LITTLE HAVEN - NEWGALE
    • 3.7 - NEWGALE - SOLVA
    • 3.8 - SOLVA - PORTH CLAIS
    • 3.9 - PORTH CLAIS - ST JUSTINIAN`S
    • 3.10 - ST JUSTINIAN`S - WHITESANDS
  • 4-GALLERIES-NORTH COAST
    • 4.1 - WHITESANDS - ABEREIDDY
    • 4.2 - ABEREIDDY - ABER DRAW (Aber Felin)
    • 4.3 - ABER DRAW (Aber Felin) - ABER MAWR
    • 4.4 - ABER MAWR - STRUMBLE HEAD
    • 4.5 - STRUMBLE HEAD - GOODWICK
    • 4.6 - GOODWICK - DINAS HEAD
    • 4.7 - DINAS HEAD - NEWPORT
    • 4.8 - NEWPORT - CEIBWR BAY
    • 4.9 - CEIBWR - CEMAES HEAD
    • 4.10 - CEMAES HEAD - ST DOGMAELS
  • 5-GALLERIES-ISLANDS
    • 5.1 - Caldey Island
    • 5.2 - Grassholm Island
    • 5.3 - Ramsey Island
    • 5.4 - Skokholm Island
    • 5.5 - Skomer Island
  • 6-GALLERIES -Nature-Preseli-Ceredigion-Misc
    • 6.1 - Ceredigion Coast Path
    • 6.2 - Coastal scenes - to the EAST of AMROTH
    • 6.3 - Coastal Flowers
    • 6.4 - Insects
    • 6.5 - misc..
    • 6.6 - Marine - Fauna / Flora
    • 6.7 - Mynydd Preseli
    • 6.8 - Wildlife
    • 6.9 - Birds and Moths
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Grassholm Island

Grassholm Island

Grassholm Island

Grassholm Island

Seals

Seals

Island

Island

Gannets

Gannets

Grassholm

Grassholm

Gannets

Gannets

5.2 - Grassholm Island

Grassholm Island - "Ynys Gwales".
Name based on old norse for Grass Island .

A small flat topped island , 8 miles west of Skomer Island .
Wales most distant Island .
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An RSPB Reserve since 1948 / no access .
Boat Trips around the Island - from Martins Haven.
Check Website of www.dale-sailing.co.uk
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GEOLOGY:- Basalt ,Volcanic Igneous
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Home to the largest Gannet Colony in the North Atlantic.
About 39,000 breeding pairs .

At a distance the colony appears like a patch of snow on top of the Island .
In 1890 there were 500,000 puffins on the Island !
Also some Guillemots , Kittiwakes , Seals !

There are Gannets around Grassholm from February until October.

Gannets overwinter off the Iberian Penninsula and the West African coast , off Mauritania , Senegal.

Gannets make their nests out of seaweed, grass and feathers. They lay one to two eggs a year , between April and May and incubate them for 44 days and the chicks fledge at 90 days.
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