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- 1946-1953 (Creation)
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1 small archival box (3 vols).
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Biographical history
Skokholm Island was the UK’s first bird observatory, established in 1933 by Ronald M. Lockley. In 1948 the West Wales Field Society (of which Lockley was a founder, now known as the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales) took over the lease of the island, which is located off the coast of south-west Pembrokeshire. The bird observatory itself had been re-opened two years earlier following evacuation of the island during the Second World War, but lost its status in the mid-1970s and the ringing of birds ceased. However, since 2006, Skokholm Island’s future was secured by the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales when the island was purchased from the Dale Castle Estate. It was designated as a National Nature Reserve in December 2008 and its status as a bird observatory was officially reaccredited in January 2014.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Skokholm Island National Nature Reserve per Mr Steve Sutcliffe; Dale, Haverfordwest ; Donation ; October 2014 ; 006787121
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Skokholm Island National Nature Reserve 'chatty log' diaries, 1946-1953.
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- English
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English
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
2016
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- English
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Archivist's note
Compiled by R. Davies, April 2016. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Graham Victor Frederick Thompson, The Natural History of Skokholm Island (Trafford Publishing, 2007) and http://www.welshwildlife.org/skomer-skokholm/skokholm/ (visited April 2016).