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Puffin Burrows
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Firth of Forth - Isle of May
Puffins (Fratercula arctica) nest in burrows, where they lay a single egg with each parent taking it in turns to incubate it. To create their burrows Puffins use their bills to cut into the soil and then shovel away loose material using their feet, the high density of Puffins resulting in large areas of bare ground. Photograph taken by Gemma Woodford.
28 July 2020
Gannetry on Ailsa Craig
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Firth of Clyde - Ailsa Craig Gannets
An overview from the sea of a large part of the Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) breeding colony or gannetry on Ailsa Craig, which in 2014 was over 33,000 pairs.
05 August 2008
A small section of the gannetry, Ailsa Craig
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Firth of Clyde - Ailsa Craig Gannets
A small section of the gannetry, Ailsa Craig, Firth of Clyde. The colony of Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) on Ailsa Craig amounts to some 33,000 pairs in 2014.
01 July 2007
A small section of the gannetry, Ailsa Craig
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Firth of Clyde - Ailsa Craig Gannets
A small section of the gannetry, Ailsa Craig, Firth of Clyde. The colony of Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) on Ailsa Craig amounts to some 33,000 pairs in 2014.
01 July 2007
Colony of Shags and Razorbills on Craigleith, Firth of Forth
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Firth of Forth - Craigleith
Colony of Shags (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) and Razorbills (Alca torda) on Craigleith, Firth of Forth, taken by Claudia Caporusso.
29 June 2019
Puffins on Craigleith, Firth of Forth
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Firth of Forth - Craigleith
Puffins (Fratercula arctica) on Craigleith, Firth of Forth, showing the Scottish Seabird Centre's solar powered camera which can be operated remotely by visitors to the centre in North Berwick, and on the web. Picture taken by Claudia Caporusso.
