Skomer Folk 2024 - Led by Filkin's Drift
A brand new event in Skomer Arts Week. Join Filkin's Drift for 3 days of folk music on Skomer, 21st-24th August 2024. £280 per person.
A brand new event in Skomer Arts Week. Join Filkin's Drift for 3 days of folk music on Skomer, 21st-24th August 2024. £280 per person.
A brand new event in Skomer Arts Week. Join Linda Norris for 3 days of art workshops on Skomer, 18th-21st August 2024. £280 per person.
The chocolate-brown, plump dipper can often be seen bobbing up and down on a stone in a fast-flowing river. It feeds on underwater insects by walking straight into, and under, the water.
The delightful fragrance of wild thyme can punctuate a summer walk over a chalk grassland. It forms low-growing mats with dense clusters of purple-pink flowers.
A breeding bird of fast-flowing, upland rivers, the grey wagtail can also be seen in lowland areas, farmyards and even towns in winter.
Familiar as the bristly plant that easily hooks on to our clothing as we walk through the countryside or do the gardening, cleavers uses its hooks to help it climb and to disperse its seeds.
Whether found in a garden or part of an agricultural landscape, ponds are oases of wildlife worth investigating. Even small ponds can support a wealth of species and collectively, ponds play a key…
The common octopus is a highly intelligent, active predator. It even has a secret weapon - special glands produce a venom that it uses to incapacitate its prey!
Selfheal is a low-growing, creeping plant that likes the short turf of grasslands, roadside verges or even lawns. Its clusters of violet flowers appear in summer.
Look – a boatman! Keira’s delight in learning about unusual creatures is even more special when she can find them herself.