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Short-eared Owl

A pair of Short-eared Owl are nesting in the island's southern heathland again in 2013. This bird has been defending its chicks and territory, flying high over the visitor trail, displaying and giving...

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Spring Squill

The spring flowers are late this year, with the Squill and Bluebells still looking at their best in the second week of June.Photo - Lisa Morgan

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Ramsey Bluebells

The Bluebells have been very late this year but the colours have been stunning this week with the gorse on the mainland and the blue of squill and bluebells on the island.Photo - Lisa Morgan

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Kittiwake feeding

The flood tide in Ramsey Sound has been attracting up to 300 Kittiwakes to feed during the second week of June.Photo - G Morgan

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Feeding Frenzy

Kittiwakes, Herring and Lesser black-backed Gulls join the feeding frenzy in Ramsey Sound as the tide floods.Photo - Greg Morgan

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Panoramic View

View from Ramsey's highest point, looking back to the Pembrokeshire mainlandPhoto - Lisa Morgan

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Nesting Kittiwake

Black-legged Kittiwake incubating eggs on Ramsey's south coast.Photo - Greg Morgan

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Chough

Chough on the bank outside the Ramsey farmhouse.Photo - Greg Morgan

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Sea Campion

Campion growing on the rocks of Ramsey's west coastline, where teh seacliffs rise to over 100 metres above sea-level.Photo - Lisa Morgan

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Gwyneth

Just had the most fantastic volunteer experience on Ramsey this July for 2 weeks.2 weeks of blazing sunshine calm seas and meeting different and interesting people.If you like people and also a bit of...

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Red Deer Stag by M Eyres

Here's a great photo of a Red Deer stag taken on Ramsey this July by day visitor Mairi.You can see from the photo that the antlers were still 'in velvet' at the time. Now we are well into August, the...

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Southern islets in storm

A big spring tide and a run of Atlantic low pressure sytems makes for some impressive seas around Ramsey. Here the waves are crashing onto the island's south coast with Ynys Cantwr, Gwelltog and Berry...

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Torrential Downpours

Crazy winter weather today. One minute just a gentle breeze, half an hour later it's blowing a SE Force 9. Torrential downpours, rainbows, hail and the briefest glimmer of sunshine.

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Peregrine Chicks

Great photo of a Ramsey Peregrine nest site taken by day visitor Paul Allen on 9 June 2014.Remarkably the image was taken on a mobile phone placed against the eyepiece of a telescope! You can just make...

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Black grey seal

A young grey seal beside the walkway at the harbour - September 2014

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Ramsey Island farmhouse

The wonderful view Greg & Lisa enjoy over the sea to St Justinian

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Deer on Ramsey Island

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Deer, Deer, Deer

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Seals sunbathing

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Chough flying past a Raven

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Chough flying

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South Bishops Lighthouse

View of South Bishops Lighthouse from Ramsey Island (8/4/15)

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Yellow Centaury

We were really excited to find the diminutive Yellow centaury, Cicendia filiformis, in flower on Ramsey Island last week, a bit of a rarity! In the path near the farmhouse going south, easy to overlook...

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Hoopoe - 29 April 2018

Hoopoe spent a few hours between Carn Ysgubor and Aber Mawr on 29 April 2018. Thanks to day visitors John and Sandra Whitting for sending me their photos. 

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Hoopoe - Credit J Whitting

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