During the spring and summer months, the coastal seabirds of the United Kingdom return from over-wintering in the Atlantic to the shores of our coast to breed. The end of March sees the arrival of favourites such as the puffin, guillemot, razorbill, kittiwake, cormorant, shag and manx shearwater, among others. The Llyn Peninsula of North Wales is an important breeding area for great number of seabirds and some of the colonies are truly spectacular. Offshore islands such as the St. Tudwals, the Gwylans and Bardsey host many diverse colonies of breeding birds, including notable predators such as buzzards, ravens and peregrine falcons. The red-legged chough, once almost extinct in the region is now a very common sight along the cliffs and crags of the area.

The luxury charter cruiser "Shearwater", based in Pwllheli, conducts twice daily coastal cruises to these breeding grounds, which incidentally are also the home of grey seals and the spectacular bottlenose dolphins. Should you be visiting North Wales, consider a coastal cruise aboard "Shearwater". All Tourist Information Centres of the area hold brochures and details of our trips can be found on the boat website: www.shearwatercruises.com