Northern gannet
Famed for its super-fast fishing dives into the sea, the northern gannet (or gannet) is a distinctive white bird with a yellow head and black wingtips. It nests in large, noisy, smelly colonies on…
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Skomer Archaeology Walk 2025 - SOLD OUT
Back again after a successful day in 2024, this is an exclusive opportunity to join Dr Toby Driver and Louise Barker, both senior archaeologists at the Royal Commission, Wales, on a guided…
#WILDFundraiser's Dave and Amanda's Great Skomer swim is complete!
On Wednesday 3rd August Trust supporters David Astins and Amanda Love swam around Skomer Island off the Pembrokeshire Coast, raising over £2000 for the Wildlife Trust’s vital conservation work on…
Skomer Art 2025 - SOLD OUT
Back by popular demand, we're pleased to be running Skomer Art for its second year in 2025, 30th August - 2nd September!
Skokholm Island Long-term Volunteering 2025
Each season we invite four volunteers to come to Skokholm and help the Wardens manage the island and monitor its wildlife. Applications are now open for 2025.
Skomer Biosecurity Update 30/01/2023
We have been trying to get out to Skomer for nearly six weeks, to follow up the Biosecurity incursion work we carried out in December. Finally the wild and windy Atlantic weather pattern we’ve…
Skomer Shearwater Week 2025 - SOLD OUT
Skomer Shearwater Week is back for its 11th year in 2025. Come and join us to talk all things Shearwater on one of our two night stays, 20th-22nd August, 22nd-24th August or 24th-26th August.
Skomer Young Birders' Week 2025 - SOLD OUT
Calling all wildlife enthusiasts aged 18 to 25 - Skomer Young Birders' Week is back for 2025, 3rd-6th September and 7th-10th September!
Lucky finds from rabbit hole re-write prehistory of Skokholm Island!
Chance finds dating back 9000 years tell a new story of Skokholm Island, Pembrokeshire.
Skomer Folk 2025 - LIMITED AVAILABILITY
Back after popular demand, Filkin's Drift are back to lead our folk retreat in 2025, 17th-20th August!
Skomer Yoga 2025 - LIMITED AVAILABILITY
Due to popular demand, we are running two two-night yoga retreats in 2025, 26th-28th August and 28th-30th August!
Common rock-rose
Golden banks of common rock-rose make a spectacular sight on our chalk and limestone grasslands in summer. A creeping shrub, it is good for bees, moths and butterflies.