While Skomer Island in Wales often gets the headlines for its puffin colony, I’ve discovered an Irish outpost that is home to a large colony and is easier to visit. A friend of mine has long disputed ...

Puffin numbers are declining in many areas, but Skomer is bucking the trend A record number of puffins have been counted for the second year running on a small island off Pembrokeshire. The Wildlife ...

PEMBROKESHIRE, WALES—The first excavation on Skomer Island, known for its puffins and other seabirds, has examined a cooking mound containing fire-cracked stones. “This mound built up from numerous ...

Have you ever wanted to take a break from the hustle and bustle of the rat race and just pack up and go and live on an island for a while? Well, now you can, and you won’t even have to travel more ...

Over the past few decades, Skomer Island off the south coast of Wales has witnessed a remarkable resurgence in its guillemot population. Before 1930, Skomer was home to over 100,000 common guillemots.

That perfect picture of a puffin on United Kingdom’s Skomer Island is coming at a price. Wardens on Skomer Island are warning photographers to walk carefully on the island after several people have ...

A 21-year-old diver has described it as "awesome" to swim with thousands of puffins on Skomer Island. Iestyn Morgan, from ...