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Nestled at the very heart of Skomer Island lies an old converted farm building. Those of you who have visited Skomer will be familiar with the courtyard – complete with large picnic benches, and a…
Nestled at the very heart of Skomer Island lies an old converted farm building. Those of you who have visited Skomer will be familiar with the courtyard – complete with large picnic benches, and a…
We are sad to report the passing of David Saunders MBE in October 2023. David moved to Pembrokeshire in 1960 and was appointed first warden of Skomer Island, when it was declared a National…
The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales are delighted to announce a collaboration with The Emma Mason Gallery to raise funds to protect wildlife and wild spaces like Skomer Island.
We’ve been super busy here at the Welsh Wildlife Centre and Teifi Marshes Nature Reserve recently...
This huge gull can be seen around most of the UK's coasts in summer, with some venturing inland in winter.
Goose barnacles often wash up on our shores attached to flotsam after big storms.
Forests of kelp sway in shallow sunlit waters, offering shelter to a host of sea life from tiny worms to juvenile fish.
There's another world waiting beneath the waves. Seals weave in and out of sunlit kelp forests, cuttlefish flash all the colours of the rainbow, starfish graze along the muddy seabed and…
Caledonian forest forms an integral part of some of our wildest landscapes - extensive pine forests merge with heathlands, wetlands and montane habitats and create areas large enough for wildcat,…
The Dark bush-cricket, as its name suggests, is dark brown or reddish. It can be found in woodlands, hedgerows and gardens throughout summer. Its irregular chirpings are a familiar sound of summer…
This beautiful pink fungus appears in late summer and autumn.