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Cathy Owen

The Welsh island called 'exceptional' by David Attenborough just a 15 minute trip from Wales' most famous beach

During the opening episode of Sir David Attenborough's latest programme, he visits a tiny island off the coast of Pembrokeshire and explains to viewers why it is so exceptional. Wild Isles on BBC One sees the wildlife expert sticking closer to home and travelling around the UK.

And one of the places he visited in person was Skomer Island, the island located less than a mile off the Welsh coast which is renowned for its puffin colony between April and July.

A colony that Sir David described as an "exception" compared to other parts of the world. Read more about the The record numbers of puffins that are now populating Skomer and Skokholm islands here.

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