I’ve never seen a Manx Shearwater, however following a number of long and highly informative conversations at BirdFair with the nice folks at The Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales, I’d very much like one day to make the effort to reach Skomer and avail myself of the opportunity to do so.

Mark Avery, I suspect, has seen a Manx Shearwater – likely more than one, in fact – and describes them as “wonderful birds.” However…