A Week of Wildlife Photography on Skomer Island: Puffins, Manx shearwater!

Skomer Island is home to 26,000 Puffins and 300,000 breeding pairs of Manx shearwater in the Summer, and I recently lived on the island for a week!
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Skomer Island is lovingly managed by The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales who work tirelessly to monitor and maintain the habitat on Skomer Island. The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales are a small, independent charity working hard towards the management and conservation of our precious wild places in Wales.
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Goose Clip: The Aristocats (1970)

[@kelvinsmallwood6315]

Thks Dani for another brilliant video. The scenery is beautiful & the birds are excellent models for you.

[@barreracandres]

I love your videos, thanks for sharing, love

[@heiko4297]

Your story-telling is just unbelievably superb.

[@cidie1]

Puffins always makes me laugh, I hope I get to see some of these silly looking birds one day.

[@RemiStardust]

I'm getting Wes Anderson " Life Aquatic" vibes!

[@havery9465]

Dani, I love how you bring these birds to life through your story.... I'm living vicariously through your journeys and loving it !

[@ulrichhauser-ehninger7669]

I live in Switzerland, but lived in Cardiff during my PhD. Being a bird's fan Skomer was my personal highlight of visiting birds (that must have been around 2005). There's nothing like this little island. You bring back quite some merories to me.

[@D3lor34n]

Your videos are inspiring. Awesome pictures und moments.

[@moilami1]

This channel deserves to get a few million more subs.

[@gordonhamnett1289]

It is such a treat to see your videos- especially now that so many of us continue to be shut inside. Love the puffins. Wonderful camera work! Thank you!!

[@ppllyyss]

Having once been heavily involved with photography I find your videos absolutely interesting and amazing. For someone so young your talents are second to none, Keep up with the great work Dani

[@tracey7867]

When I was a teenager we stayed in Pembroke and spent a magical day on Skomer with the Puffin's. Wonderful to see it again. It was the beginning of my love affair with Puffin's. Lovely film

[@TomeRodrigo]

Nice, I've been there with my 400mm f2.8, beautiful place.

[@zeus10331]

Beautiful birds

[@sodoityourself5920]

Wow amazing video! You got some wonderful pictures of those beautiful creatures. Thanks for sharing!

[@bottomendbliss]

Those puffins seem like real characters. Loving your docos. Thanks.

[@helenejainek3666]

I went to skomer 10 years ago and felt nostalgic and I randomly found this video... How happy I am! great shots, great video! Well done

[@featherlessbiped6586]

Omg they are adorable! I saw a volunteer job ad for this place, awesome that you managed to go and film the puffins!

[@incawarrior68]

Great images editing narration flow humour and music. Keep up the great work.👍

[@philgreaves1]

Beautiful little video Dani. Thank you.

[@DaniConnorWild]

Thank you for watching! :)

[@RoyJenkinsPacker]

Great video, nice touch with cartoon clip. Thanks for sharing.

[@brigitteshantieaglemeare4350]

Your videos never fail to delight!

[@andreaschudzinski-buchholz4221]

Hi Danni 🤗 What an beautiful island, the Puffins are so funny and the sunset is so fantastic, lovely greetings from Andreas and Balou 🐕 xx 💛

[@yvonnevandermeer8471]

Dani, wonderful to see. I go and of June on a photography trip to Iceland and go to Drangey eiland for the puffins. I hope i can take lovely pictures of them. Greetings from the Netherlands.

[@swayammohapatra2790]

Very inspiring shots !

[@brianpetersen2364]

Nice assignment, looks like the Puffin numbers are healthy

[@AndrewTurpin]

Some lovely footage, Dani. Must have been amazing to stay out there.

[@DaniConnorWild]

It was incredible Andrew! Glad you enjoyed the footage :)

[@janinehenschel4988]

Oh my goodness they are just TOO ADORABLE those PUFFINS and how they came up to your show and was picking at it, NO FEAR at all, lol what a great experience ! I also LOVE your ACCENT too and you do have a PEACE about you, your videos are GREAT to watch, I hope that you can make some extra money on KZbin with your videos "BACK OFF FROM MY GIRL MATE, SHE'S MINE~! LOL

[@javiercabrera3517]

Your videos and stories are beautiful. Thank you for doing what you do. Thank you.

[@GalwayCritters]

Fantastic video! Great footage & images and well written :)

[@mdsiddi8934]

Very good good so much

[@sameeralazawee7524]

How beautiful

[@liammedwards]

Great work Danielle. :)

[@phillylifer]

Cute birds. Your videos are excellent too. Great work!

[@nevcartledge]

Great channel Dani.. Really enjoying catching up with your videos.

[@pureeye4332]

beautiful, your work must get more view on youtube. impressive story

[@soctieubao269]

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[@pschweiz]

fantastic pictures!

[@matthitchins4525]

Great video. Really looking forward to visiting Skomer in the near future!

[@mitzinicoleritter211]

Very talented! I look forward to seeing more of your work!💯

[@AikoSukdolak]

Very sympathetic and informative way of presenting to - and of cause wonderful pictures!

[@AikoSukdolak]

Amazing video! Well done cinematography and great wildlife/bird footage 👌👏

[@jeetendrachoudhary2542]

Yes This Video Is Too Good And This Island Is So Beautiful

[@rinohals]

Very nice and informative video. 👍🙂

[@lindyhageman4617]

Omg Dani I love thisssss!!! Now you made me want to go there even more haha. Very beautiful, perfect video!!

[@DaniConnorWild]

You must goooooooo! Thank you Lindy :)

[@howardtowler6146]

Amazing what a life

[@gideonknight8566]

Awesome!

[@DaniConnorWild]

thank you Gid!

[@marcwhite7733]

I will look forward to visiting Skomer with my family this summer, never been there before although we visit Pembrokeshire regularly.

[@UnMecQuiCommente]

Great vid! Keep up thegoodwork :))

[@leestockton9367]

Love theme from Top Gun. Wished I'd have known that was coming I'd have put my Tena for men on!

[@paulmoore4344]

Fantastic!

[@jasonlaugharne3946]

Great video and a great place. Luckily I live in Pembrokeshire so Skomer is on my doorstep, hope restrictions are lifted so I can get out there this year.

[@welshgoldferret5107]

I love it Thank You! I was born and bred here in Wales (Aberystwyth). I've sailed past these set of islands many times (Ramsey, Skomer Skokholm etc...) but never set foot on the islands themselves so this is a great insight! :)

[@A2ZPhotography2012]

I NEED to visit here!! so absolutely GORGEOUS!!! (woodswildswatersnl)

[@Overnity]

when are you planning on getting a NIGHT VISION camera...? you got some good kit already, and you really know how to use it, your very dedicated and thats why people admire you, your not a party animal you would rather be with animals ! its clear to see... good luck to you Dani, stay safe '~'

[@zacharygoode8341]

Awesome film Danielle! Filled with interesting facts and beautiful photography 👍 I'm wondering if there are any predators on the island?

[@andrewmcgleish61]

Ravens, Carrion Crow, Great Black-backed, Lesser Black-backed and Herring Gulls, Short-eared Owl plus visits from Peregrine and Buzzards. No mammalian predators

[@audreychen9605]

Really enjoyed this. How do u sign up as a volunteer on skomer ? It’s my childhood fav bird

[@samh1432]

Great video Danielle, very informative and comical in places, nice choice of music and clips. I have thought about doing bts videos, but I'm too camera shy and think I could be quite boring. What camera set up did you use for vlogging the trip if I may ask, as I have a 700D as extra camera. carrying 2 large dslrs can be a bit tricky haha.

[@DaniConnorWild]

Thanks so much Sam! I tried to make it humorous but it was hard not to seem real cringy haha. I used my Iphone for vlogging. All the the non wildlife clips are filmed on my phone! As long as you have a good story, you don't need lots of fancy gear!

[@kelvinsmallwood6315]

@@DaniConnorWild Hi Dani, I read the question & your answer. I don't do or ever tried videoing with a camera but you must have a very good Iphone camera as your videos are high quality.

[@johnshirley5342]

👍👍👍

[@user-bn9oi2if4j]

عزیزم عالی بود

[@benfairbairn1505]

What camera do you use?

[@vishalnaik7027]

What month of the year did u visit the skomer ?

[@Raevenswood]

is this the same island that has the infamous seagulls that eat rabbits whole?