Isle of May 2019
An afternoon photographing the wildlife on the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth in Scotland. The trips are run from the Scottish Seabird Centre in North Berwick.
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The Isle of May
Approaching the island from the south with the 19th century Stephenson Lighthouse, known as the Main Light, on the highest point of the island
The Isle of May
The South Horn - the old fog horn on the south side of the island
The Isle of May
The Low Light
The Isle of May
The view from the top of the Main Light Lighthouse looking towards the south
The Isle of May
The view from the top of The Main Light lighthouse looking towards the north end of the island
The Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Flying over the blue sea as we approached the Isle of May
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Puffins are extremely difficult to photograph in the air. They are small (30cm max) and fly low and fast near to the ground. They can change direction suddenly
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Young Herring gull (Larus argentatus)
Young Herring gull (Larus argentatus)
Herring gull (Larus argentatus)
Herring gull chick (Larus argentatus)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Sea campion (Silene maritima)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Arctic Tern Chick (Sterna paradisaea)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Fishing boat off the coast of the Isle of May
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Puffins nest underground in small burrows.
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Young Cormorants
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
The northern gannet (Morus bassanus)
The northern gannet (Morus bassanus)