Wonderful time on Skomer Island, just off the coast in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. The island is famed for its puffins, who at this time of year are busy fetching sand eels and other fish for their young. They are mostly safe here because there are no rats or other mammal predators on the island. The main threat is gulls stealing their fish. The puffins build burrows or occupy those left by the many rabbits on the island and both parents share the work of raising one chick inside the burrow. The chicks will leave in July and not return until they are ready to breed in three to five years time.
Skomer Island
