Thousand Islands Expeditions

Thousand Islands Expeditions Boat trips around Ramsey Island, Skomer Island and Grassholm Island, St Davids, Pembrokeshire Coast

Traditional boat trips to land on the RSPB Nature Reserve of Ramsey Island, trips around Ramsey Island with a wildlife guide onboard, visiting the bays and caves and to see our resident Atlantic Grey Seals and Harbour Porpoise. Offshore whale and dolphin watching trips, RSPB guided walks on Ramsey Island and to see Grassholm Island. See our website for more details and wildlife sighting records.

Don't forget to join in on the worlds largest garden wildlife survey this weekend. Each year hundreds of thousands of pa...
22/01/2025

Don't forget to join in on the worlds largest garden wildlife survey this weekend. Each year hundreds of thousands of passionate, nature lovers take part, helping us understand how garden birds are fairing.

REGISTER ON THE LINK BELOW ⬇️

Our last one of these this year with only days away now.

Have you spotted any of these on your patch recently? Any you hope to?

Don't forget to register: https://brnw.ch/21wQ4R5

Great to be featured as one of the attractions in this from The Times highlighting some of the best things to do on holi...
20/01/2025

Great to be featured as one of the attractions in this from The Times highlighting some of the best things to do on holiday in Wales. Roll on the 2025 season!

From seaweed soaks and dark-sky glamping to 100mph ziplines and trampoline mines – make the most of a Welsh stay

16/01/2025

A 100-tonne boat with engine failure is currently stranded on Newgale beach following an unsuccessful rescue mission

A lovely photo of Ramsey island’s south harbour featured in the winter/spring 2025 editrion of ‘Y Barcud’, the RSPB Cymr...
11/01/2025

A lovely photo of Ramsey island’s south harbour featured in the winter/spring 2025 editrion of ‘Y Barcud’, the RSPB Cymru’s quarterly publication sent out to all RSPB members in wales. The front cover photo has been used for an article on the important bio security work carried out by the RSPB and Biosecurity for Wales in protecting glabally important seabird colonies on many of Wales’s offshore islands. The article highlights the important work of ‘Jinx’ the Conservation detection dog and his handler Greg Morgan.

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07/01/2025

Do you know a young person who loves wildlife and the outdoors? We have spaces available in our marine biology club for the current term! We have groups available for ages 10-17 and activities include rockpooling, cetacean surveys, birdwatching walks, helping out in our aquarium as well as lessons and games to learn more about our local wildlife! 🌊🐋
Contact [email protected] for more information or if you'd like to sign up.

Thank you to the South Hook LNG Community Fund for their support of this club.

Happy New Year from all the team at Thousand Islands Expeditions and Blue Shark Charters! We have been verry busy behind...
01/01/2025

Happy New Year from all the team at Thousand Islands Expeditions and Blue Shark Charters!
We have been verry busy behind the scenes over the last month so our social media has been very quiet! A few exciting new trips to offer this year and we cant wait to be back on the water with all of our lovely customers old and new!

14 days to go!🎄⛄🎅🎄With Christmas only two weeks away, we wanted to update you with our plans over the festive period.☃Ou...
11/12/2024

14 days to go!🎄⛄🎅

🎄With Christmas only two weeks away, we wanted to update you with our plans over the festive period.

☃Our office will be open Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday, until the 23rd December, from 1000 - 1500, which means you still have time to pop in and get some last minute Xmas gifts from our shop, we have recently stocked some new items, perfect for a gift for a loved one, so pop in for a browse.

🎅If your still looking for something special to gift someone, then why not purchase a voucher for one of our many trips, and give a memory which will last with someone for a lifetime.

❄️We may look at running trips over the festive period, if conditions allow, so please keep and eye out for updates, or pop into our office and we can let you know our schedule and if we think we can run our trips.

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THANK YOU!This weekend saw the last trips of the full-time season, and its fair to say that its been another memorable y...
03/11/2024

THANK YOU!

This weekend saw the last trips of the full-time season, and its fair to say that its been another memorable year out on the water.

We would like to thank you all for your continued support, we feel incredibly lucky and grateful that we get to share some of Pembrokeshire's magical coastline, wildlife and nature reserves with thousands of people each year, it really is an absolute pleasure.

Going forward, our office will be open three days a week, on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturdays. We will also be scheduling trips these days, so if the conditions play ball, we will be running trips.

We have scheduled trips over the festive period, from December 20th-23rd, and have vouchers available if your looking at gifting someone special, a memorable experience for Christmas.

Our booking schedule is live for the 2025 season, so if your wanting to book your trips nice and early then you can do so, but also keep an eye out on social media, we have some exciting new trips planned for next year.

We look forward to seeing you all again soon,

Team TIEX ❤️

☎ 01437 721721

🖥 https://thousandislands.co.uk/

RAMSEY ISLAND UPDATE:⚓Yesterday, Thursday 31st, was the last day of the season in which we took day visitors over to Ram...
01/11/2024

RAMSEY ISLAND UPDATE:

⚓Yesterday, Thursday 31st, was the last day of the season in which we took day visitors over to Ramsey, as the Island is now closed until April 2025.

🌞We would like to thank you all for your support this season, we are incredibly grateful that you chose to join us on our ferry over to the Island, and we are already excited to see you all again next year.

🦭A massive thanks to Nia, Alys and Greg from for all there help getting passengers on and off the Island, and for all the hard work they do day to day, we cant wait to see you all again next season.

🛥Although the Island is closed for day visits, we are still running trips around Ramsey over the weekend, and will still be running on set days through November and December, so keep an eye out for updates in the next few days regarding our schedule.

💻We are already taking bookings for next years Ramsey Island Landings, from April 1st, so check out our schedule online, and tag someone in the comments who you'd wish to take you over to the Island with you.

Until next season, Ramsey Island 😃

🖥 https://thousandislands.co.uk/boat-trips/

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🦭SEAL PUPS!We have been getting lots of people asking us about the 'white fluffy things' they've spotted whilst walking ...
13/10/2024

🦭SEAL PUPS!

We have been getting lots of people asking us about the 'white fluffy things' they've spotted whilst walking the coastal path, and what exactly is the big draw for visitors to see whilst out on our Ramsey Trip this time of year?, and the answer to both, is of course, our furry little friend, the Seal Pup.

🦭Did you know?

Over the past few years, the RSPB has recorded up to 894 (2023) seal pups, being born each autumn. During the pupping season, September onwards, Ramsey Island becomes a play-school for these white, fluffy seal pups, which are typically 3-4 feet long and weigh between 15-30 Kilos (as newborns).

In the first 3-4 weeks, mother seals nurse their pups, helping to triple its birth weight by gaining roughly 2kg daily on milk that's 60% fat. Meanwhile, the mother loses up to a third of her body weight, shedding about 4 kg per day.

By the third or fourth week, the pups start to shed their white, non-waterproof coats and are weaned. Once weaned, the mother abandons their pups and returns to the sea. At this point the seals have increased their body weight to around 45-50 Kilos, and can survive on their own fat reserves while they learn to hunt and swim.

The mother mates with the dominant bull before leaving, but doesn’t become pregnant immediately due to her depleted state. Seals have a system of delayed implantation, where the fertilised egg remains dormant for about three months, which allows the mother to rebuild her reserves before pregnancy begins.

The unique viewing points around Ramsey, offers fantastic opportunities for passengers to spot the playful Seal Pups, when first born, during weaning, and once they are fully independent, it makes for a photographer's dream.

🦭The current estimated seal pup count at Ramsey Island for 2024, is 600-700, with all indications showing that number could rise to 900 new pups, which would be a record year!

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2025 BOOKING SCHEDULE LIVE!⚓2024 has been another incredible year out on the water, and we are thankful to all of our am...
12/10/2024

2025 BOOKING SCHEDULE LIVE!

⚓2024 has been another incredible year out on the water, and we are thankful to all of our amazing passengers, who have supported us so far this season, and have helped make our trips more memorable.

🛥 We're delighted to share that the 2025 seasons schedule is now live for bookings, but keep an eye out on social media, as we have some exciting new trips planned for next year.

🦭 We are still running trips over to Ramsey for day visitors until October 31st, and trips around the island, until the end of the year, so make the most of the Autumn weather, and join us for one of our trips.

🐬We feel incredibly fortunate that we get to share some of Pembrokeshire's rich Marine & Bird life with our passengers, as well as some of its magical nature reserves, and we look forward to welcoming you out on one of our trips next season, and seeing you all out on the water.

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On Tuesday we took a lovely passenger called Richard Evans over to Ramsey Island, who informed us he had a copy of the i...
27/09/2024

On Tuesday we took a lovely passenger called Richard Evans over to Ramsey Island, who informed us he had a copy of the islands sale brochure prior to it being purchased by the RSPB. He has kindly let us share these pictures of the brochure.

21/09/2024

October half term is just around the corner! Here are some other fantastic things to do in Pembrokeshire this year.

18/09/2024

How to report seal disturbance 🗣👮‍♂️🦭

We’ve posted a lot recently about seals and appropriate seal watching behaviour. But what should you do if you spot inappropriate behaviour towards seals?

If you think that someone is wilfully disturbing seals by:
🦭 getting too close - on land or from the water
🦭 making too much noise,
🦭 getting between a mother and pup
🦭 not controlling their dog,
🦭 actively ignoring seal signage

You can report disturbance to the Police: by ringing 101 or clicking ‘Report it’ on their website: https://www.dyfed-powys.police.uk/
Please specify that you are reporting a ‘wildlife crime’ so it gets flagged to the correct team.

Seals are a feature of SSSI sites and to disturb them is a criminal offence.

Pembrokeshire Coast
Dyfed-Powys Police
National Trust Cymru
Visit Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum
Sea Trust
Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru Morol / Natural Resources Wales Marine
The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales - WTSWW
Pembs Outdoor Charter Group

18/09/2024
What a fantastic day out in the Celtic Deep
17/09/2024

What a fantastic day out in the Celtic Deep

15/09/2024

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Saint David's
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Opening Hours

Monday 8:45am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:45am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:45am - 5pm
Thursday 8:45am - 5pm
Friday 8:45am - 5pm
Saturday 8:45am - 5pm
Sunday 8:45am - 5pm

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Ramsey Isand Boat Trips with Thousand Islands Expeditions

Wildlife boat trips to visit the beautiful RSPB Nature Reserve of Ramsey Island. The ferry boat departs daily from 1st April to 30th October (weather permitting). Take a look at our website for a list of guided walks with an RSPB warden.

Our leisurely boat Gower Ranger or Jet Boat Ocean Ranger take you for trips around the islands of Ramsey, Skomer and Grassholm with a wildlife guide onboard . The scenery around the islands is spectacular and as along the way we watch for our resident Atlantic Grey Seals, Harbour Porpoise, Sea Birds and other wildlife.

We run Offshore whale and dolphin watching trips, giving you the chance to visit the Celtic Deep in search of Rissos Dolphin, Common Dolphins, Minke whale and much more.

See our website for more details.