Thousand Islands Expeditions

Thousand Islands Expeditions Boat trips around Ramsey Island, Skomer Island and Grassholm Island, St Davids, Pembrokeshire Coast

Traditional boat trips to land on the RSPB Nature Reserve of Ramsey Island, trips around Ramsey Island with a wildlife guide onboard, visiting the bays and caves and to see our resident Atlantic Grey Seals and Harbour Porpoise. Offshore whale and dolphin watching trips, RSPB guided walks on Ramsey Island and to see Grassholm Island. See our website for more details and wildlife sighting records.

As we look back at the summer, we’re feeling incredibly grateful. It’s been a season full of support, sunshine and unfor...
05/09/2026

As we look back at the summer, we’re feeling incredibly grateful. It’s been a season full of support, sunshine and unforgettable moments on the water.

We were lucky to spend time around Ramsey, Skomer and Grassholm during the early season — three islands, each offering its own unforgettable wildlife experience. Ramsey greeted us with its rugged cliffs, wheeling choughs and the steady presence of grey seals tucked into quiet coves. Skomer gave us those bright, busy moments among puffins, razorbills and guillemots. And Grassholm, wild and remote, surrounded us with the sheer scale of its gannet colony — tens of thousands of birds turning the island into a living, breathing white‑capped world. Sharing all of that with so many of you made the start of the season feel truly special.

Although summer has come to an end, the season certainly hasn’t. Autumn is one of the most beautiful times to explore the Pembrokeshire coast — golden light, calmer days and wildlife at its most memorable. Seal pups are now the big draw, tucked into Ramsey’s sheltered bays and growing fast.

We’re still running day visits to Ramsey Island until 31 October, along with our wildlife trips around the island. There’s plenty of time to join us for an autumn adventure and experience this incredible coastline as it settles into its quieter, more atmospheric season.

MANX SHEARWATER RESCUE📢 Please help us spread the word about how to report a stranded Manx Shearwater in Pembrokeshire o...
04/09/2026

MANX SHEARWATER RESCUE

📢 Please help us spread the word about how to report a stranded Manx Shearwater in Pembrokeshire or neighbouring areas using our hotline. Share this post with you contacts now and help us save as many stranded Manxies as possible this season.

☎️ The volunteer operated hotline is now live 24/7 although will go to answerphone during the night and messages will be picked up and replied to in the morning.

🦆 Please note that it’s only rescue and release Manx Shearwaters and not other seabirds or wildlife. If you find other injured seabirds please contact the RSPCA or local wildlife rescue centres.

Please Call - 01437 723193

Manx Shearwater Rescue

27/08/2026

📣 The 2026 fledging season is upon us and our posters will be appearing across Pembrokeshire over the next few days as we promote our Manx Shearwater Rescue hotline.

👀 Please do keep your eyes peeled over the next month or so for young Manxies that might become stranded on land.

💡 Please help us encourage anyone living near the cost to ensure their curtains are closed when it's dark outside and if possible to switch off outside lights to help reduce artificial light attracting young birds landwards.

🤝 We really hope local businesses, community councils and organisations will support us again this year, especially in areas like Newgale, Broad Haven, Solva, Little Haven, St Davids but also in Haverfordwest, Milford, Pembroke Dock and elsewhere around the county.

💨 ⛈️We've got some cheeky weather inbound soon so please do help us spread the word!

Follow us on Facebook to hear how the season goes and the amazing work of our volunteers.

Huge thanks to Eco Dewi , The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales - WTSWW & RSPB Cymru for their continued support this year.

This evening’s Sole Eclipse trip at 18:00 is set to be a special event, and we are delighted to welcome guests aboard fo...
12/08/2026

This evening’s Sole Eclipse trip at 18:00 is set to be a special event, and we are delighted to welcome guests aboard for such a rare spectacle. Experiencing an eclipse from the boat provides an unparalleled vantage point, with the surrounding seascape adding to the atmosphere.

Wherever you are watching the eclipse from, please remember to wear sunglasses.

We look forward to sharing an exceptional evening with you on the water.

Happy Solar Eclipse! 🌒🌒🌒🌒

🌒 Eclipse Evening Cruise – Wednesday 12thNext Wednesday has all the makings of a quietly unforgettable night. We’re head...
04/08/2026

🌒 Eclipse Evening Cruise – Wednesday 12th

Next Wednesday has all the makings of a quietly unforgettable night. We’re heading out for our Evening Shearwater Cruise — but this one comes with a cosmic twist - a deep partial solar eclipse drifting over Ramsey.

As we move through Ramsey Sound, the water settles into that calm, glassy evening mood, the cliffs warm into soft gold, and kittiwakes glide overhead like they’re taking it all in with us. The islands slip into that gentle hush… and then the eclipse begins.

Ramsey Island sits right inside the prime viewing zone for the August 12th eclipse — the most significant solar eclipse visible from Wales since 1999. With around 94% of the sun obscured, the coastline will fall into an eerie, beautiful twilight. And because Ramsey closes to day visitors at 16:00, the only way to experience the eclipse from the water — with the island as your backdrop — is on this one‑off cruise.

Eclipse Timing (BST)
🌒 18:13 — Partial eclipse begins, with the sun already low over the west‑northwest horizon.
🌒 19:12 — Maximum eclipse: 94% coverage and a striking shift in colour and atmosphere across the sea.
🌒 20:05 — The partial eclipse fades as daylight slowly returns.

Our crew will keep things relaxed with wildlife spotting, stories from the Sound, and a little eclipse science along the way. Expect seals stretched out on the rocks, seabirds settling in for the night, and that lovely moment when the sea goes quiet and twilight wraps itself around the islands.

It’s a rare mix of calm adventure, unforgettable wildlife, and a celestial spectacle that comes around only once in a generation.

Spaces are limited and interest is already bubbling, so early booking is definitely the way to go.

🕶 Solar Eclipse viewing glasses supplied

📞 01437 721721

[email protected]

🖥 https://thousandislands.co.uk/boat-trips

Out to sea - PuffinsThe puffins have now departed Skomer for the year, leaving the cliffs quiet after another spectacula...
31/07/2026

Out to sea - Puffins

The puffins have now departed Skomer for the year, leaving the cliffs quiet after another spectacular summer. Once their chicks have fledged, these brilliant little seabirds lift off and head straight for the open Atlantic, beginning one of the most remarkable migrations of any UK seabird.

Skomer’s puffins don’t stay close to home. As a west‑coast colony, they scatter far and wide across the ocean once the breeding season ends. Many travel deep into the Atlantic, roaming thousands of kilometres from Wales. Some push west towards Greenland, Iceland, and Newfoundland, riding the rich feeding grounds of the cold northern waters. Others head south, spending winter in the Bay of Biscay off France and Spain, or even slipping into the Western Mediterranean.

These journeys can reach 1,500 km or more, with puffins living entirely at sea — feeding, resting, and surviving on the waves until spring calls them back to Skomer’s burrows.

It’s been an exceptional season on Skomer, with over 52,000 puffins recorded at peak count this year. Their numbers remain strong, and every visit helps support the conservation work that keeps this globally important colony thriving.

For now, the puffins are gone… but they’ll be back next spring, and we can’t wait to welcome them — and you — again.

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It’s been a brilliant start to the summer holidays out on the water, and Ramsey Island is full of life. As we circle the...
25/07/2026

It’s been a brilliant start to the summer holidays out on the water, and Ramsey Island is full of life.

As we circle the island you’ll spot its towering high cliffs, seals tucked into quiet coves, and harbour porpoise surfacing in the tide races, their small triangular fins breaking the water as they feed.

The seabirds are still here for now — guillemots, razorbills and kittiwakes clinging to the cliffs — but they’ll soon be heading back out to sea, making this the perfect moment to catch their final days around the island.

Our traditional open‑deck boats are ideal for wildlife enthusiasts and photographers. Their spacious layout gives everyone room to move, steady themselves and capture the perfect shot, and open design offers clear views and quiet approaches that let you watch wildlife behaving naturally. It’s the closest you can get to Ramsey’s wild heart without stepping ashore.

🦭We have spaces on our Ramsey Island Adventure daily

🐶 Dog Friendly

📞 01437 721721

[email protected]

🖥 https://thousandislands.co.uk/boat-trips

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Out to Sea – GuillemotAs the season shifts and the cliffs begin to quiet, guillemots start to slip away for their winter...
24/07/2026

Out to Sea – Guillemot

As the season shifts and the cliffs begin to quiet, guillemots start to slip away for their winter at sea. As summer settles over Pembrokeshire and the last youngsters take to the water, these striking black‑and‑white seabirds vanish from Ramsey’s ledges and head out into open ocean. Most travel into the North Sea or the northern Atlantic, spreading across vast stretches of water where they spend the entire winter far from land. Some stay close to the British Isles, while others drift toward the coasts of France, Spain and Portugal, living a life shaped entirely by the sea.

Guillemots leave because their food moves. Their diet is built around small, energy‑rich fish — especially sand eels, sprats and young herring, and these shoals shift offshore as winter storms build. Out at sea, guillemots hunt with remarkable skill. They are exceptional divers, plunging to 150 metres or more, using their wings like powerful underwater oars. Beneath the surface they’re sleek and agile, twisting and banking with the precision of a bird built for deep water. Their dives are short, fast and efficient, perfectly adapted to chasing fish in cold, dark seas.

In the air, guillemots have a distinctive style. Their wings are short and narrow — perfect for diving but demanding in flight — so they beat rapidly to stay aloft. They skim low over the waves in tight lines or small groups, flying with a fast, flickering rhythm that carries them across long distances with surprising efficiency. It’s a flight shaped by evolution: direct, purposeful and built for life between sea and sky.

Guillemots drift back towards Pembrokeshire by early March, returning to the same cliffs they’ve used season after season. Ramsey’s ledges fill quickly, becoming dense, noisy colonies where birds pack shoulder‑to‑shoulder on narrow shelves. Pairs reunite, calls echo across the cliffs and the island comes alive with the sound of a new breeding season. By April, guillemots are once again one of the defining voices of Ramsey’s coastline.

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Best place in the world for a cuppa!
20/07/2026

Best place in the world for a cuppa!

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