Skomer Island last year - the Island

Today I was to have crossed from Martin Haven in Pembrokeshire to spend a week on Skokholm Island, living in basic accommodation with other like-minded passengers.   Hopefully that trip will take place next year when there will be masses of breeding coastal seabirds to photograph - up close.

Instead here are photographs of birds seen when three of us visited Skomer Island for the day this time last year.   The colours, the scents, the bird call, the scapes (sea and land) and the summery weather made for a memorable trip.   We were hoping to have been on West Hook Campsite again this year - each with our VW T4 campervans - but Coronavirus put pay to that.