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A hiking tour along the Pembrokeshire coast guarantees close encounters Quite a few of the birds actually land so clumsily that they do a beak-dive and tumble, only to pick themselves up, look rapidly about to make sure no one is watching and then waddle over
July 21, 2021
A whirr of wings as a bird approaches the landing ground on a wide, green plateau of Skomer Island, guarded by majestic cliffs and the wild Atlantic.
Close-up, the powerful flier turns into an endearingly plump and ungainly figure, splaying out its big, webbed, orange feet and winding its wings back to slow and stall. Finally, it plops down into the grass near to its mate and their sandy burrow.
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UK staycation: Visiting the Skomer Island puffins on a hiking tour of the Pembrokeshire coast
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A PERSON had to be airlifted out of Wooltack Point, near Marloes, on Monday, May 31, after getting into difficulty on an isolated part of the headland. HM Coastguard Dale, along with National Coastwatch Institution s Wooltack Point Watch Station, Little & Broad Haven Lifeboat, and Search and Rescue UK helicopter 187, based at St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan, were all called to assist the person who got into trouble in what was described as difficult terrain near cliff-tops at an isolated part of the headland. HM Coastguard Dale released a statement saying: At 4.40pm on May 31we were requested by Milford Haven Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre to assist a casualty on Wooltack Point, near Marloes.