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LIDICKER
1971
Rayland, via the A40 through Brecon & Carmarthen to Haverfordwest.
Stags!!
After lunch I went to Martins Haven where
we were to get a boat to Stokkholm Island. The
boatman had not yet arrived and the wind was blowing
stiffly from the coast. We walked up onto the headland
& the back to the barrow. About 10 the boatman arrived
(David's David's)
(Terry Davies from St.
). The weather was clearing
a little but the wind was still strong. At 11:15 he
left for Skomer Island with a load of "day trippers",
promising to return for me. We waited until noon
and when David returned we loaded on gear.
Around Martins Haven we saw: Pied Wag-tail, Robin,
Reven-2, Jack-dawn, Dunrock, Yellowhammer, Linnets,
possibly the Twite,
Buzzard -1, Gannets, Cormorant (I caught a nice
starey
a large fish in the haven), Domestic pigeon, Sweller,
Lambs tongue
Wood pigeon, Capercaillie-2g. flock. On my way
to catch some clams & shag. The trip out was very
rough & we all got soaking wet. We had to land at
the "north landing" on Stokkholm which is just a
slippery shelved point of rocks below a cliff. (The
south landing is a better one, but moves little when
easterly & easterly winds are blowing which they were then -
strongly). After a rather precarious landing we carried
our gear up the cliffs to the Bird Observatory, had lunch
about 2 pm.
Beated up 100 Longwells right a track 50 to the
right-hand side on the south end of the island, around