Alexander's gallery
Mike Alexander was the fourth warden of Skomer.  With his wife Roseanne, both graduates freshly of from art school, he was  responsible for managing the island through the 1970s.  His  major physical legacy is the North Haven landing point, with its  flight of steps firmly engineered into a fragile cell of wind-blown  sand.  This required cultivating friendships with the helicopter  station at Brawdy, which willingly flew in the necessary sand  and cement.  With Mike's cajoling the R.A.F also provided  weekend work parties that secured the ruined shell of the  farmhouse by capping its exposed walls, and roofing the old  dairy.
You can access some of Mike's photographs, taken when he was Warden of Skomer, from the following link.  The gallery is based on this core collection of pictures he has donated free of copyright.
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