Skokholm Island
Famed for its Manx Shearwaters and Storm Petrels, Skokholm Island is a truly wild island off the coast of Pembrokeshire.
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Famed for its Manx Shearwaters and Storm Petrels, Skokholm Island is a truly wild island off the coast of Pembrokeshire.
An island reserve with an unusually varied population of rabbits
With nearly 350,000 breeding pairs of Manx Shearwaters, over 41,500 Puffins, thousands of Guillemots, Razorbills and Kittiwakes and hundreds of Fulmars, Skomer is an internationally important…
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.
The most important seabird site in southern Britain
Thank you for your interest in volunteering on Skomer. Applications for the 2025 season are now closed. Please check back on 1st September 2025 for 2026 applications.
If you are interested…
Skomer Island Long-Term Volunteering – Applications for 2025 are now CLOSED. 2026 applications will open on 1st January 2026.
Here, Grace Hunt, Digital Fundraising and Communications Officer for The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales tells us about Skomer's shearwaters - who starred in the last episode of Wild…
A talk about the Farne Islands by Sophia Jackson, Area Ranger for National Trust.
A reserve with one of the rarest habitats in the UK; freshwater shingle
This month, Lincoln Area Group are joined by guest speaker, Gill Walsh who will introduce us to the wildlife and landscape of the Canary Islands and Madeira.