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Gannets from Skomer

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While having our lunch on Skomer Head we noticed some large white birds which turned out, as suspected, to be Gannets

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small birds on skomer: meadow pipit, wren and wheatear

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With all the sea birds and owls on skomer its easy to miss the small birds. One of the first birds we saw up on the top of the cliffs were some meadow pipits calling away

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Gulls of Skomer

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I saw 4 species of gull while on Skomer. The first species we had a good view of was the lesser black backed gull. A pair were courting each other not far from the path soon after we started walking along the cliff

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Guillemots on Skomer

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Sorry for the break in posting, Ive been busy working, in Kent at the weekend and driving around generally: I passed my driving test which makes sooooo many more reserves accessible to me! :D Oh and it might help my job prospects or something......:D

Anyway back to more from Pembrokeshire, Skomer specificially: Guillemots.

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Short eared owl on Skomer

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One of the main attactions to Skomer, other than the coastal birds, are the Short eared owls, Asio flammeus.

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Skomer - Razorbills

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I've taken enough photos in Pembrokeshire to last me a week or two so I may start posting 2 a day at some point! But for now, here are the razorbill photos

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Skomer: fulmars

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Ive managed to process all the photos from skomer now (still more from pembrokeshire to go though!), so I'll start proper with the fulmars.

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Puffin on Skomer

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Im STILL working my way through 1200 odd images, so here is another of my favourite puffin images from Skomer

Puffin

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Apologies for the lack of post and comments, but Ive been away in Pembrokeshire, which included a visit to Skomer Island, where I found this chapOk its not pin sharp but its one of my best action shots. The conditions wern't perfect either, but more on that, along with more puffins and other pembrokeshire residents probably all this week - if I ever manage to edit all the photos I took!