Today was an early start off at 6:45am heading to Anstruther to catch the ferry to the Isle of May, located in the Firth of Forth, approximately 8 km (5.0 mi) off the coast. It is 1.8 km long and less than half a kilometer wide. The island is owned and managed by Scottish Natural Heritage as a National Nature Reserve.

The Isle of May is an important breeding site for seabirds and seals, the island is protected as part of the Forth Islands Special Protection Area.

During the height of the breeding season, over 200,000 seabirds of 14 species nest on the island, including Puffins, Black-legged Kittiwakes, Razorbills, Guillemots, Shags, Fulmars, Oystercatchers, Eider ducks, and various species of Tern and Gull.

Arriving at the Island we headed east to the Lady’s Bed view point where i captured the following images

Puffins

Shag

Guillemot

Heading back west over the island we stopped near the South Horn to see the birds nesting on the cliff face

A place i will definitely be going back to and hopefully soon when the Puffin’s are feeding their young

Before headng back to the mainland – the boat toured around the island giving us a view of more wildlife where both Harbour Seals and Grey Seals can also be seen on the island