Island sights in Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
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Skomer, Skokholm & Grassholm Islands
Lying off Wales' best beaches in St Brides Bay, the islands are a marine nature reserve populated by immense sea-bird colonies, grey seals and dolphins. Skomer is home to over 500,000 breeding sea birds and about 150 grey seal pups are born here annually. Skokholm is the habitat for 35,000 Manx shearwaters and puffins and Grassholm has 33,000 gannet pairs.
Skomer is the largest and easiest island to reach. Its breeding bird colonies include puffins, guillemots, razorbills, fulmars, cormorants, shags, and the burrow-breeding Manx shearwater. Together Skomer and Skokholm have the largest colony in the world: 160,000 strong.
To visit Skomer, the Dale Princess cruiser offers …
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St Catherine's Island
At low tide you can walk across the sand to St Catherine's Island, but it's a long, cold wait if you get trapped by the tide - check tide tables in Coast to Coast, at any newsagent or ask at the tourist office. The Victorian fort on the island is closed to the public.
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St Margaret's Island
Little St Margaret's Island at the western tip of Caldey is a nature reserve (landings are prohibited), home to grey seals and also Wales' biggest colony of cormorants.
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