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A great store of coneys

Though known as the “farm of birds” in the 14th century, the Pembrokeshire islands of Skokholm and Skomer, and those of Ramsey, Middleholm and Caldey, could well have been called the “farm of rabbits”. There were no predators such as foxes, badgers or stoats, so that their only foes were winged ones — buzzards and great black-backed gulls.

Various writers have remarked on the abundance of rabbits on these islands and the source of revenue they provided. An instance of their value in these early days may be taken from another island, that of Lundy, where in the reign of Henry III

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