Last Wednesday on our second day on Pembrokeshire, we decided to spend some time on the Marloes Peninsula, famous for being the gateway to Skomer Island. We opted not pay a hefty £42.00 round trip fee to visit the Island and instead walked out on the cliffs of Martins Haven.
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Martins Haven is such a fantastic place. As we walked through the bracken, we disturbed flocks of Linnets and were scolded at by Stonechats. The rocks and cliff edges had Rock Pipits and Chough (a maximum count of 12 at one time) and the rocky beaches in secluded coves had seal pups lounging on the pebbles.
We decided to stay in the area for the whole day, also making a trip to Marloes Mere, which held Lapwing, Little Grebe and loads of Swallows (unfortunately the long staying Glossy Ibis had decided to relocate to Somerset a couple of days before).
At dusk, we decided to visit again and witnessed a fantastic sunset over the Irish Sea where there was small rafts of Manx Shearwaters waiting for darkness to fall before flying back to Skomer.
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