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The Skerries

The Skerries
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Puffin perching on rock

A group of small, inter-connected islands with breeding terns – particularly Arctic tern (over 2,000 pairs) and common terns, but also with occasional breeding roseate tern. The islands also hold significant numbers of breeding herring and lesser black-backed gulls and locally important numbers of breeding puffins.

Habitats on the islands include maritime grassland, characterised by common scurvey-grass, lesser sea-spurrey, red fescue and common sorrel, inter-tidal rocks and pools and low maritime cliff with associated ledges and crevices. Of particular interest are species-rich sediment-floored rockpools and the small cushion star.

The islands are owned by Trinity House.

Contact information

North Wales Office
Maes y Ffynnon
Penrhosgarnedd
Bangor
LL57 2DW
Telephone: 01248 363800

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