Pembrokeshire Coastal Photography
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  • Intro
  • 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 -Preseli-Ceredigion-Gower-Glamorgan+++
    • 6.1 - Ceredigion Coast Path
    • 6.2 - Scenes to the EAST of AMROTH
    • 6.3 - Gower Heritage Coast
    • 6.4 - Glamorgan Heritage Coast
    • 6.5 - Mynydd Preseli
    • 6.6 - Gwaun Valley
    • 6.7 - Marine - Fauna / Flora
    • 6.8 - Wildlife
    • 6.8a - Insects
    • 6.9 - Birds and Moths
    • 6.10 - Lichens , Fungi
    • 6.11 - Pembrokeshire Buildings
    • 6.12 - Geology , +
    • 6.13a - Flowers - 1
    • 6.13b - Flowers - 2
    • 6.14 - Miscellaneous
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Deer Park

Deer Park

Seals

Seals

Landing Area

Landing Area

South Haven Bay

South Haven Bay

Peter's Bay

Peter's Bay

The Neck

The Neck

Spy Rock

Spy Rock

Outcrop

Outcrop

Path

Path

Sugar Loaf

Sugar Loaf

Skokholm Lighthouse

Skokholm Lighthouse

The Quarry

The Quarry

Mad Bay Point

Mad Bay Point

Red Sandstone Sea Cliffs

Red Sandstone Sea Cliffs

Purple Cove

Purple Cove

Burrows

Burrows

Little Bay Point

Little Bay Point

Point

Point

"The Stack"

"The Stack"

Peters Bay

Peters Bay

Puffins

Puffins

5.4 - Skokholm Island

Skokholm Island ( in welsh - "Ynys Sgogwm" )
The name Skokholm is Old Norse for 'Wooded Island' or 'Island in the Sound'.

The Island is about 1.25 miles x .5 miles / an area of 240 acres / 2 miles south of Skomer .
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A Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales Nature Reserve , with limited access .
Check Website of www.welshwildlife.org
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Skokholm was used as a rabbit warren in the Middle ages and farmed from the 1700`s till 1912 , with cattle , sheep / thousands of carcasses of wild sea birds being shipped out!!

Britains first Bird Observatory established in 1933 , through the work of Richard Lockley .

The Lighthouse was built in 1916 , with a range of 15 miles .

Island famous for its Birds - Manx Shearwaters ( 90,000 ) , Storm Petrels ( 6000 ? ) , both active on the islands at Dusk . The Birds Return to there burrows at Night , to avoid predators , after feeding in nearby waters during the day .
Also Puffins ( 4500 ) , Guillemots , Razorbills .

Large numbers of Shearwaters near the Lighthouse . Puffins near South Haven and Crab Bay . Petrils in the Quarry , where stone for the lighthouse was extracted .

A Colony of Atlantic Grey Seals on the east side of the Island / Porpoise , Dolphins may be seen on the west coast , feeding in the tidal race .
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