A glorious day on Skomer yesterday with the Bluebells adding a stunning swathe of colour to the scene. Nothing unusual in the way of birds - plenty of Puffins, Guillemots, Razorbills, Kittiwakes, Fulmars with, it seemed, more birds on the sea than on land. But who needed more - Skomer was a joy on such a warm, sunny April day. As is usually the case there were good opportunities for photographing auks whilst waiting for the return trip on the Dale Princess - see pics below.I realised a few days ago that the Pembrokeshire Birds blog has just (unbelievably) passed it's Fifth birthday! The first posting was on 14 April 2004 and I never imagined when I set up the blog that it would be such a success. We now average over 3000 hits a week and in the last month alone have had visits from 37 countries including 122 hits from the USA, 5 from Canada, 2 from Argentina, 98 from France, 2 from India and 6 from Australia! The blog is monitored by all the national bird news websites and is the web based source of information for birding in Pembrokeshire. Thanks to all who contribute postings, visit the blog and especially to Richard Dobbins for his invaluable help in running the blog. Here's to the next 5 years!
