The International Ornithological Congress (IOC) landing at South Haven, Skokholm. The IOC had held their international scientific meeting in Oxford, with about 350 people from around the world attending. The week long Congress traditionally concluded with a 'long excursion', the British organizing committee chose Skokholm, the Pembrokeshire bird-island.
Photograph of Ronald Lockley (left), former King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (middle) and Captain Beer of the St David's Lifeboat (right). Photographed 8 July, 1934.
