Applications now closed for Puffin-counting volunteers on island off Pembrokeshire coast

                                     

Puffin - one of Britain's most popular seabirds

APPLICATIONS have now closed for volunteers to count Puffins on Skomer Island off the Pembrokeshire Coast for a week at a time during the 2026 breeding season.

The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales says: "Volunteering for Skomer is always very oversubscribed - last year we had three times as many applicants as places."

Applications for 2027 will open on September 1, 2026. 

                                  

Skomer Island - breeding birds also include Manx Shearwaters (photo: vist Wales)