Thursdays Child - Skomer Island II

Skomer Island II

Thursdays Child

Robin & Joanna Minchin

Wed 13 May 2026 20:08

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Skomer Island II

Couple of photos from our visit to Skomer Island, none of them do justice as the light was low and they all moved very fast.

We were so lucky to visit this very special place in ideal conditions. There was never a quiet moment; we woke a few times in the night and just lay listening to the fabulous sounds from all the wildlife surrounding us. It was constant through the night, and especially raucous at dawn!

Slightly concerned at the ‘mackerel scales’ clouds above us ..…

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2026

Jun 2026

Wed 3 Jun 21:06
- Puilladobhrain, Seil Island
Tue 2 Jun 19:59
- Ardfern
Mon 1 Jun 16:49
- Crinan II

May 2026

Sun 31 May 22:43
- Crinan
Sat 30 May 21:58
- Carsaig Bay, Sound of Jura
Fri 29 May 21:09
- Ardminish Bay, Gigha Island
Thu 28 May 20:14
- Scotland
Wed 27 May 21:58
- Glenarm
Tue 26 May 19:02
- Belfast
Mon 25 May 22:02
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Sun 24 May 19:04
- Belfast Lough, Northern Ireland
Sat 23 May 20:03
- Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland
Fri 22 May 21:09
- Peel, Isle of Man
Thu 21 May 18:33
- Holyhead V
Wed 20 May 21:49
- Holyhead....London....Holyhead
- Holyhead III
Mon 18 May 15:47
- Holyhead II
Sun 17 May 17:30
- Holyhead
Sat 16 May 22:26
- Aberdaron Bay II
Fri 15 May 17:29
- Aberdaron Bay
Thu 14 May 16:53
- Pwllheli II
Wed 13 May 20:12
- Pwllheli
- Skomer Island II
Mon 11 May 19:56
- Skomer Island
Sun 10 May 19:31
- Dale Bay, Milford Haven III
Sat 9 May 17:37
- Milford Haven Marina
Fri 8 May 17:19
- Dale Bay, Milford Haven II
Thu 7 May 20:45
- Dale Bay, Milford Haven
Wed 6 May 12:31
- Underway
Tue 5 May 20:38
- St Agnes and Gugh II
Mon 4 May 21:19
- St Agnes and Gugh
Sun 3 May 17:37
- Bryher
Sat 2 May 21:19
- Tresco
Fri 1 May 21:17
- Tresco, Isles of Scilly

Apr 2026

Thu 30 Apr 18:57
- Penzance now calm
Wed 29 Apr 19:03
- Penzance in a gale
Tue 28 Apr 17:31
- To Penzance
Mon 27 Apr 20:45
- Falmouth
Sun 26 Apr 16:43
- St Mawes
Sat 25 Apr 20:47
- Plymouth
Fri 24 Apr 19:58
- Spring time up the River Dart
Thu 23 Apr 19:11
- Engine repair
Wed 22 Apr 16:30
- Harry heads off via the steam train
Tue 21 Apr 21:27
- Dittisham and Kingswear
Mon 20 Apr 12:54
- Upstream on the River Dart
Sun 19 Apr 21:17
- Overnight sail to Dartmouth
Sat 18 Apr 19:16
- Portland Bill from the land
Fri 17 Apr 22:51
- In Weymouth
Thu 16 Apr 18:04
- Thursday's Child underway
Wed 15 Apr 20:19
- Fwd: Tech blog to enable Thursday's Child to sail to Scotland

Feb 2026

Fri 27 Feb 09:10
- Celtic Trip

2015

Jun 2015

Thu 18 Jun 10:01
- Email address for feedback
Fri 12 Jun 23:28
- Our final blog entry ~ highs, lows and thoughts
- HOME PORT YARMOUTH
Thu 11 Jun 05:31
- Ouistreham gale bound day III
Tue 9 Jun 19:34
- Gale bound day II
Mon 8 Jun 21:07
- Gale-bound in Ouistreham
Sun 7 Jun 21:05
- Last day in Ouistreham
Sat 6 Jun 20:52
- Ouisterham D Day +71years
Fri 5 Jun 20:22
- Ouistreham Friday
Thu 4 Jun 21:38
- Thursday visit to Pegasus Bridge
Wed 3 Jun 20:35
- Caen 3rd
Tue 2 Jun 21:21
- Sword Beach, Ouisterham Tue 2nd
Mon 1 Jun 21:30
- Ouistreham Monday 1st

May 2015

Sun 31 May 21:03
- St Vaast Sunday
Sat 30 May 20:39
- St Vaast
Fri 29 May 21:42
- Cherbourg Friday
Thu 28 May 21:14
- Cherbourg
Wed 27 May 20:21
- Guernsey ~ propeller back on again
Tue 26 May 21:01
- Guernsey Tuesday
Mon 25 May 22:22
- St Peter port Monday 25th May
Sun 24 May 22:22
- Guernsey Sunday
Sat 23 May 21:11
- Guernsey Saturday
Fri 22 May 21:24
- Guernsey Friday and a better day
Thu 21 May 22:01
- Guernsey Thursday
Wed 20 May 21:40
- Guernsey Wednesday
Tue 19 May 20:29
- Guernsey around the island
Mon 18 May 21:36
- Guernsey Monday
Sun 17 May 20:43
- Guernsey Sunday
Sat 16 May 22:14
- St Peter Port, Sat 16th
Fri 15 May 19:51
- Guernsey
Thu 14 May 21:02
- Alderney
Wed 13 May 19:04
- Alderney
Tue 12 May 19:38
- Cherbourg
Mon 11 May 21:33
- Cherbourg
- Cherbourg
Sat 9 May 19:48
- Back at sea with swallows in the cockpit
Fri 8 May 20:04
- Camaret
Thu 7 May 14:07
- Bay of Biscay day II
Wed 6 May 13:07
- Bay of Biscay
Tue 5 May 15:26
- La Coruna to .....
Mon 4 May 21:58
- La Coruna II
- La Coruna
Sat 2 May 20:05
- Muros II
Fri 1 May 21:17
- Muros

Apr 2015

Thu 30 Apr 20:18
- Bayona
Wed 29 Apr 17:34
- Towards Bayona
Tue 28 Apr 20:52
- Peniche to Nazare
Mon 27 Apr 21:43
- Cascais to Peniche
- FW: Shalfleet 26th
Sun 26 Apr 21:11
- Lagos to Cascais
Fri 24 Apr 21:50
- Friday 24th April Lagos
Thu 23 Apr 22:43
- Lagos Thursday 23rd
Wed 22 Apr 21:08
- Lagos Wednesday
Tue 21 Apr 20:41
- Lagos Tuesday
Mon 20 Apr 23:34
- Lagos: Thursday 20th
Sun 19 Apr 21:10
- Alvor Sunday
Sat 18 Apr 21:04
- Alvor Saturday
Fri 17 Apr 21:16
- Alvor
Thu 16 Apr 20:08
- Portimao anchorage
Wed 15 Apr 21:24
- Portimao anchorage
Tue 14 Apr 21:25
- Portimao
Mon 13 Apr 22:19
- Portimao
Sun 12 Apr 22:15
- Culatra
Sat 11 Apr 21:50
- Culatra Saturday 11th
Fri 10 Apr 20:26
- Ilha da Culatra, Faro
Thu 9 Apr 21:23
- Vila Real de San Antonio
Wed 8 Apr 21:07
- Vila Real de San Antonio
Tue 7 Apr 20:36
- Tuesday Alcoutim
Mon 6 Apr 21:39
- Monday Alcoutim
Sun 5 Apr 22:39
- Easter Sunday Alcoutim
Sat 4 Apr 20:56
- Happy Easter
Fri 3 Apr 21:41
- Good Friday Vascão to Alcoutim
Thu 2 Apr 21:12
- Thursday Vascão
Wed 1 Apr 22:02
- River Vascão 1st April

Mar 2015

Tue 31 Mar 21:44
- River Vascão
Mon 30 Mar 20:33
- Pomarão to Vascão 30th March
Sun 29 Mar 22:01
- Pomarão Sun 29th
Sat 28 Mar 20:35
- Pomarão Sat 28th
Fri 27 Mar 21:35
- Pomarão
Thu 26 Mar 22:07
- Alcoutim Thursday 26th March
Wed 25 Mar 23:24
- Alcoutim Wednesday
Tue 24 Mar 21:51
- Alcoutim Tuesday
Mon 23 Mar 17:57
- Monday Alcoutim
Sun 22 Mar 19:15
- Alcoutim
Sat 21 Mar 21:08
- Saturday 20th March Vascao
Fri 20 Mar 22:03
- Friday 20th Ribeira do Vascão
Thu 19 Mar 22:18
- Pomarão
Wed 18 Mar 20:36
- Pomarão
Tue 17 Mar 22:08
- Vascao Tuesday 17th
Mon 16 Mar 22:31
- Vascao Monday
Sun 15 Mar 21:55
- Ribeira do Vascao
Sat 14 Mar 15:08
- Alcoutim Saturday
Fri 13 Mar 16:13
- Alcoutim Friday 13th
Thu 12 Mar 16:03
- Alcoutim Thursday
Wed 11 Mar 15:20
- Alcoutim Wednesday
Tue 10 Mar 15:11
- Alcoutim Tuesday
Mon 9 Mar 21:38
- Alcoutim Monday
Sun 8 Mar 20:13
- Alcoutim Sunday
Sat 7 Mar 21:36
- River Guadiana
Fri 6 Mar 20:47
- Mazagon
Thu 5 Mar 21:18
- Mazagon
Wed 4 Mar 20:44
- Rota Wednesday
Tue 3 Mar 21:26
- Rota Tuesday 3rd March
Mon 2 Mar 22:41
- Rota Monday
Sun 1 Mar 20:11
- Rota Sunday

Feb 2015

Sat 28 Feb 21:46
- Rota Saturday
Fri 27 Feb 21:16
- Friday 27th Feb Sevilla
- Beautiful Seville
Wed 25 Feb 21:15
- Rota Wednesday 25th
Tue 24 Feb 20:46
- Rota Tuesday
Mon 23 Feb 21:15
- Rota Monday
Sun 22 Feb 20:19
- Rota Sunday
Sat 21 Feb 22:14
- Rota
Fri 20 Feb 22:17
- Barbate
Thu 19 Feb 19:48
- Stage II begins
Wed 18 Feb 21:38
- La Linea Wednesday
Tue 17 Feb 21:13
- La Linea
Mon 16 Feb 21:06
- Ceuta Monday
Sun 15 Feb 21:00
- Ceuta
Sat 14 Feb 20:37
- AFRICA
Fri 13 Feb 20:00
- Friday 13th
Thu 12 Feb 21:15
- Thursday 12th Feb
Wed 11 Feb 20:46
- Wednesday 11th Feb
Tue 10 Feb 20:59
- Tuesday 10th Feb
Mon 9 Feb 22:03
- Monday 9th Feb
Sun 8 Feb 20:09
- Sunday 8th Feb
Sat 7 Feb 20:58
- Saturday 7th
Fri 6 Feb 21:33
- Friday 6th Feb
Thu 5 Feb 21:47
- Thursday 5th Feb
Wed 4 Feb 19:46
- Wed 4th Feb
Tue 3 Feb 22:25
- Tuesday 3rd Feb
Mon 2 Feb 21:01
- Monday 2nd Feb
Sun 1 Feb 22:01
- Sunday 1st Feb

Jan 2015

Sat 31 Jan 21:27
- Gibraltar Sat 31st
Fri 30 Jan 20:55
- Friday 30th Jan
Thu 29 Jan 21:44
- Gibraltar Thurs 29th
Wed 28 Jan 21:57
- Gibraltar Wed 28th
Tue 27 Jan 21:50
- Gibraltar Tue 27th
Mon 26 Jan 23:26
- Gibraltar Mon 27th
Sun 25 Jan 21:10
- Gibraltar Sunday 25th
Sat 24 Jan 21:38
- Gibraltar Sat 24th
Fri 23 Jan 21:55
- Gibraltar Friday 23rd
Thu 22 Jan 21:42
- Thursday 22nd Jan
Wed 21 Jan 20:32
- Gibraltar Wednesday 21st
Tue 20 Jan 20:51
- Gibraltar Tuesday 20th Jan
Mon 19 Jan 21:51
- Gibraltar Monday 19th Jan
Sun 18 Jan 21:36
- Gibraltar Sunday 18th Jan
Sat 17 Jan 21:12
- Gibraltar
- GIBRALTAR
Thu 15 Jan 20:20
- Barbate
Wed 14 Jan 19:53
- Sancti Petri
Tue 13 Jan 21:23
- Rota
Mon 12 Jan 23:07
- TC's Battle off Cape Trafalgar
Sun 11 Jan 20:09
- Cadiz II
Sat 10 Jan 21:26
- Cadiz
Fri 9 Jan 21:57
- Rota, Bahia da Cadiz
Thu 8 Jan 19:49
- Mazagon
Wed 7 Jan 15:36
- Finally left Alcoutim
Tue 6 Jan 18:48
- Jan 6th
Mon 5 Jan 17:22
- Alcoutim
Sun 4 Jan 19:50
- Alcoutim Sunday 4th Jan
Sat 3 Jan 16:59
- Alcoutim Saturday
Fri 2 Jan 15:18
- Alcoutim 2015

2014

Dec 2014

Wed 31 Dec 17:19
- Alcoutim New Year's Eve
Tue 30 Dec 18:08
- Alcoutim Tuesday
Mon 29 Dec 15:15
- Alcoutim Monday
Sun 28 Dec 17:21
- Alcoutim Sunday
Sat 27 Dec 13:15
- Alcoutim Saturday
Fri 26 Dec 13:03
- Boxing Day
Tue 23 Dec 21:32
- Alcoutim Tuesday 23-12-14 Merry Christmas
Mon 22 Dec 21:43
- Day visit to Mertola
- Back in Alcoutim
Sat 20 Dec 21:44
- Rio Vascao
Fri 19 Dec 00:15
- Guadiana Thursday 18th
Wed 17 Dec 21:58
- Alcoutim Wednesday
Tue 16 Dec 20:48
- Alcoutin Tuesday
Mon 15 Dec 22:38
- Alcoutim Monday
Sun 14 Dec 22:17
- Alcoutim Sunday
Sat 13 Dec 21:33
- Alcoutim Saturday
Fri 12 Dec 22:02
- Alcoutim Friday
- Alcoutim Friday
Thu 11 Dec 21:36
- Alcoutim
Wed 10 Dec 21:23
- Re: Rio Guadiana Tuesday
Tue 9 Dec 17:06
- Rio Guadiana Tuesday
Mon 8 Dec 13:23
- Rio Guadiana
Fri 5 Dec 22:40
- River Guadiana
Thu 4 Dec 23:27
- Faro to La Guadiana River
Wed 3 Dec 22:10
- Faro town
Tue 2 Dec 22:29
- Ilha da Calutra, nr Faro
Mon 1 Dec 22:16
- Faro

Nov 2014

Sun 30 Nov 22:29
- Portimao
Sat 29 Nov 23:25
- Marina de Portimao
Fri 28 Nov 18:51
- Portimao Friday
Thu 27 Nov 11:18
- Alvor Wednesday & Thursday
- Alvor Wednesday & Thursday
- Alvor Wednesday & Thursday
- Alvor Wednesday & Thursday
Tue 25 Nov 22:15
- Alvor
Mon 24 Nov 22:16
- Lagos Monday
Sun 23 Nov 20:59
- Lagos Sunday
Sat 22 Nov 21:12
- Lagos Saturday
Fri 21 Nov 21:11
- Lagos Friday
Thu 20 Nov 22:05
- Lagos Thursday
Wed 19 Nov 20:49
- Lagos Wednesday
Tue 18 Nov 21:24
- Lagos Tuesday
Mon 17 Nov 22:01
- Lagos Monday
Sun 16 Nov 21:06
- Thursday's Child's Battle off Cape St Vincent
- LAGOS
Fri 14 Nov 22:06
- Sines final?
Thu 13 Nov 23:05
- Sines Thursday
Wed 12 Nov 22:13
- Sines Wednesday
Tue 11 Nov 23:07
- Sines Tuesday
Mon 10 Nov 22:37
- Sines Monday
Sun 9 Nov 22:32
- Sines Sunday
Sat 8 Nov 19:31
- Sines
Fri 7 Nov 21:01
- Back in Sines!
- Back in Sines!
Thu 6 Nov 18:58
- Sines
Wed 5 Nov 22:18
- Sines all calm again
Tue 4 Nov 21:46
- Sines
Mon 3 Nov 22:32
- Sines Marina
Sun 2 Nov 21:32
- Sines
Sat 1 Nov 23:01
- Back in Oeiras

Oct 2014

Fri 31 Oct 23:23
- Lisbon walkabout
Thu 30 Oct 23:17
- Lisbon
- Lisbon
Wed 29 Oct 23:45
- Oeiras Marina
Tue 28 Oct 22:35
- Oeiras, Tuesday
Mon 27 Oct 23:31
- Cascais Monday
Sun 26 Oct 21:13
- Cascais anchorage Sunday
Sat 25 Oct 20:41
- Cascais anchorage
Fri 24 Oct 21:20
- Cascais anchorage, Nr Lisbon
Thu 23 Oct 16:28
- Safe arrival Lisbon
Wed 22 Oct 16:23
- Sailing south finally off Portuguese coast
- Sailing south finally off Portuguese coast
Mon 20 Oct 22:31
- Leixoes, Monday
Sun 19 Oct 22:51
- Leixoes, Sunday
Sat 18 Oct 22:39
- Leixoes, sunny Saturday
Fri 17 Oct 21:50
- Leixoes, Friday
- Leixoes, gale Thursday
Wed 15 Oct 21:56
- Leixois wet 'n' windy Wednesday
Tue 14 Oct 22:30
- Isabelle is eight in Portugal
Mon 13 Oct 23:03
- Leixoes, Monday
Sun 12 Oct 21:08
- Leixoes Sunday
Sat 11 Oct 22:52
- Leixoes, Nr Porto, Portugal
Fri 10 Oct 17:23
- Portugal
Thu 9 Oct 15:31
- 2nd attempt to leave Bayona
Wed 8 Oct 19:48
- Bayona wet Wednesday
Tue 7 Oct 20:55
- Bayona worm Tuesday
Mon 6 Oct 21:05
- Bayona wet Monday
Sun 5 Oct 21:02
- Bayona Sunday: Work day
Sat 4 Oct 20:54
- False start
- Leaving Bayona
Fri 3 Oct 21:28
- Bayona day 4
Thu 2 Oct 21:28
- Bayona day 3
Wed 1 Oct 20:28
- Bayona

Sep 2014

Tue 30 Sep 20:18
- Bayona
Mon 29 Sep 21:49
- Islas Cies
Sun 28 Sep 20:53
- Islas Cies
Sat 27 Sep 21:20
- Ria Arosa Saturday
Fri 26 Sep 21:10
- Arosa Friday
Thu 25 Sep 22:21
- Another tough day in Arousa
Wed 24 Sep 19:34
- Muros to Ria de Arosa
Tue 23 Sep 21:53
- Two ten four
Mon 22 Sep 21:55
- Muros Monday
Sun 21 Sep 22:24
- Muros Sunday
Sat 20 Sep 21:05
- Muros Saturday
Fri 19 Sep 21:34
- Muros Friday
Thu 18 Sep 20:51
- Muros Thursday
Wed 17 Sep 21:15
- Muros Wednesday
Tue 16 Sep 16:40
- Muros Tuesday
Mon 15 Sep 20:31
- Muros Monday
Sun 14 Sep 19:58
- Muros, Sunday
Sat 13 Sep 21:45
- Back in Muros II
Fri 12 Sep 19:56
- Back in Muros
Thu 11 Sep 22:20
- Portosin
Wed 10 Sep 20:00
- Muros to Portosin
Tue 9 Sep 21:01
- Muros II
Mon 8 Sep 20:15
- Muros II
Sun 7 Sep 20:52
- Past Cape Finisterre to Ria de Muros
Sat 6 Sep 21:15
- Camarinas still
Fri 5 Sep 21:04
- Camarinas IV last day
Thu 4 Sep 20:49
- Camarinas III
Wed 3 Sep 21:02
- Camarinas II
Tue 2 Sep 21:37
- Camarinas
Mon 1 Sep 20:50
- Sleigh ride to Ria de Camarinas

Aug 2014

Sun 31 Aug 18:26
- La Coruna V and final day
Sat 30 Aug 21:22
- La Coruna IV
Fri 29 Aug 22:04
- La Coruna III
Thu 28 Aug 20:44
- La Coruna II
Wed 27 Aug 21:14
- La Coruna
Tue 26 Aug 20:41
- Sada/Fontan II
Mon 25 Aug 20:58
- Sada/Fontan
Sun 24 Aug 21:17
- Communications technical blog
Sat 23 Aug 20:54
- Ria de Ares, La Coruna
Fri 22 Aug 19:52
- Cedeira II
Thu 21 Aug 21:02
- Cedeira
Wed 20 Aug 21:07
- Viveiro
Tue 19 Aug 21:03
- Viveiro
Mon 18 Aug 16:33
- Whale of a welcome to Spain
Sun 17 Aug 15:37
- Bay of Biscay
Thu 14 Aug 20:03
- Sainte Eventte
- Moored at Sainte Eventte at the entrance of Audierne
Tue 12 Aug 22:09
- Bay of Biscay
Mon 11 Aug 21:12
- Last night in Roscanvel
Sun 10 Aug 19:05
- The long awaited wind
Sat 9 Aug 21:26
- Walk ashore
- Roscanvel in more rain
Thu 7 Aug 21:08
- More firsts
- Roscanvel, across the river from Brest
Tue 5 Aug 21:33
- Camaret
Mon 4 Aug 21:56
- Arrival in France
Sat 2 Aug 10:43
- Helford photos
Fri 1 Aug 21:58
- Helford River. Last night in UK

Jul 2014

Thu 31 Jul 21:14
- St Mawes to Mylor and back via Falmouth
Wed 30 Jul 20:12
- Day off in St Mawes
Tue 29 Jul 20:49
Sat 26 Jul 09:19
- Dartmouth
- Lyme Bay to Dartmouth
Fri 25 Jul 22:20
- A fine first day on the boat
Wed 16 Jul 14:06
- Getting ready for the off.

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