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Skokholm
Native name:
Ynys Sgogwm
Skokholm from the mainland
Skokholm is located in Wales
Skokholm
Skokholm
Geography
LocationSt George's Channel
Coordinates51°41′52″N 5°16′50″W / 51.69788°N 5.28047°W / 51.69788; -5.28047
Area106 ha (260 acres)
Length1.6 km (0.99 mi)
Width.8 km (0.5 mi)
Administration
Wales
CountyPembrokeshire
CommunityDale
Demographics
Population2
Skokholm and its neighbouring islands

Skokholm (Welsh: Ynys Sgogwm) or Skokholm Island[1] is an island 2.5 miles (4.0 km) off the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales, south of the neighbouring island of Skomer.[2][3] The surrounding waters are a marine reserve and all are part of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Both islands are listed as Sites of Special Scientific Interest.

  1. ^ "Skokholm Island". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Marloes and St. Brides". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  3. ^ Ordnance Survey mapping

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Ronald Lockley

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Skomer

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island. There are around 10,000 breeding pairs of puffins on Skomer and Skokholm Islands, making them one of the most important puffin colonies in Britain...

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Viking Age

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David's, Haverfordwest, and Gower, among other places. Place names such as Skokholm, Skomer, and Swansea remain as evidence of the Norse settlement. The Vikings...

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Gateholm

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reefs and grey seals, whilst the Special Protection Area for 'Skomer, Skokholm and the seas off Pembrokeshire', gives protection for the large breeding...

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Marloes Sands

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curved and surrounded by cliffs. Walking on the beach gives great views of Skokholm Island and Gateholm Island. The beach is located SW from the Marloes village...

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Pembrokeshire

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the largest of which are Ramsey, Grassholm, Skokholm, Skomer and Caldey. The seas around Skomer and Skokholm, and some other areas off the Pembrokeshire...

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Atlantic puffin

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Caldey Island

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National Heritage Memorial Fund

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Procellariiformes

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shearwaters that nested on the island of Skokholm. In release experiments, a Manx shearwater flew from Boston to Skokholm, a distance of 3,000 miles (4,800 kilometres)...

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Trevor Fishlock

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Animal navigation

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of Skokholm. These small seabirds make one of the longest migrations of any bird—10,000 kilometres—but return to the exact nesting burrow on Skokholm year...

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Razorbill

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Pair of Razorbills calling, recorded on Skokholm, Wales...

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Ramsey Island

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Chris Perrins

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birds, particularly tits (Paridae), mute swans and seabirds on Skomer and Skokholm. He investigated animal lead poisoning of swans from lead shot. He is renowned...

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Northern storm petrel

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