Photographing puffins on Skomer

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hi guys,

I'm wanting to visit Skomer for the puffins in the next few weeks, and was wondering if this is the best time to go?

Any advice etc gratefully received.

Kind regards

sarah
 
hypnotic said:
I very much doubt that there will be any puffins on the island by then.
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Oh no! Whys that then? When are they on the island?

Apologies about my naivety with this - I've not had experience with puffins.
 
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Noooo. We're staying very, very local on the last week of August and I was hoping to visit. What will be on the island?
 
Byker28i said:
Noooo. We're staying very, very local on the last week of August and I was hoping to visit. What will be on the island?
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It's still a great area and the island would still be worth a visit even if the cliffs are not heaving with seabirds. Marloes beach is fabulous at any time of the year. For birding, The Gann, just north of Dale is good; best at high tide. Marloes Mere can also be good for birding esp. at migration times, which end august is.

So enjoy it anyway!
 
I'm afraid they've probably already left, until next year :(

From the Skomer Puffins Fact Sheet:

Puffins can be seen on Skomer from April until August, though in early April they may be here in large numbers on one day with none the next, until they settle mid-month. Mid-June to mid-July is the time to see really big numbers, as parents are busy to-ing and fro-ing with food for theiri chicks. Numbers are also swelled then by birds too young to breed but are prospecting for the future. By the first week in August only a handful remain, and these are soon to depart, leaving the Puffin colonies deserted again until the following spring.
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It'll be worth a trip anyway as it's a lovely peaceful place. A couple of hours in one of the hides might be well worthwhile.

Also, Marloes beach is stonking with some very cool upended rock strata like this:

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Oh well. Going to have to be done then if there's nice stuff like the above. We've got the lighthouse at St Annes head for the week.
 
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