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Skomer Island

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This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

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Location: Marloes And St. Brides, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom

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1. Skomer Island — Parc Cenedlaethol Arfordir Penfro / Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

6.45km

01:48

120m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Runwayskiln Café – Martin's Haven loop from Marloes

18.5km

04:58

210m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Skomer Island – The Wick Puffin Viewing Point loop from Marloes

5.17km

01:25

80m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Adie

July 12, 2023

Skomer is the largest of Pembrokeshire's islands. And while it still isn't large, it is truly a fascinating place to explore. The island is perhaps at its very best in spring and early summer.

Skomer has thousands of razorbills and guillemots, along with fulmars and kittiwakes, who raise their young on cliff ledges while puffins nest in burrows in the clifftop.

Not enough birdlife for you? Skomer also happens to have the largest colony of Manx shearwaters in the world! More than 100,000 pairs of shearwaters nest on the island.

Holly

February 6, 2024

What can I say but WOW. It was such an amazing trip, I immediately booked to go back the next year, a month later, when the puffins are feeding their young!

There really are Puffins everywhere! They're full of character, and we there in May, when they were greeting their mates again, ready to nest. It was amazing.

The Manx Sheerwaters fledge at night, so if you want the best chance of seeing them, then it is a good idea to stay overnight on Skomer.

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Location: Marloes And St. Brides, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom

Skomer Island

1. Skomer Island — Parc Cenedlaethol Arfordir Penfro / Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

2. Runwayskiln Café – Martin's Haven loop from Marloes

3. Skomer Island – The Wick Puffin Viewing Point loop from Marloes

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