June 2018 - Isle of May

One of the things we were most excited about seeing in our trip to Scotland was puffins. We went to the Isle of May, where tens of thousands of puffins breed every summer. And they were everywhere! It was a beautiful island even without the birds, and then throw in more than a hundred thousand nesting sea birds and it's a truly magical place.

Getting prepped for the trip	Our little speedboat for heading out to the island	Pulling up to the island
Getting prepped for the trip	Our little speedboat for heading out to the island	Pulling up to the island
Cliffs covered in seabirds	Guillemots, just standing around on the cliffs	Gulls about to fill the air
Cliffs covered in seabirds	Guillemots, just standing around on the cliffs	Gulls about to fill the air
		Rocks full of arctic terns
		Rocks full of arctic terns
The crowd of arctic terns all leaving at the same time	Fresh fish!
The crowd of arctic terns all leaving at the same time	Fresh fish!
Puffins!	Lunch to go!
Puffins!	Lunch to go!
Slow-motion flight
Slow-motion flight
Another mouth full of fish	And another
Another mouth full of fish	And another
And another		And another
And another		And another
		Taking flight
		Taking flight
	The ground dotted with puffins and the skies full of puffins	Cliffs full of nesting birds!
	The ground dotted with puffins and the skies full of puffins	Cliffs full of nesting birds!
	A guillemot	A razorbill
	A guillemot	A razorbill
A shag nesting on the cliff		More giant clumps of birds
A shag nesting on the cliff		More giant clumps of birds
		Razorbills
		Razorbills
	Guillemot cruising	Bird city! Words and pictures cannot do justice to the number of birds here.
	Guillemot cruising	Bird city! Words and pictures cannot do justice to the number of birds here.
Cliffs all around the island
Cliffs all around the island
A big stretch of island	A May bunny	Big smiles on baby swallows
A big stretch of island	A May bunny	Big smiles on baby swallows
A pied wagtail	Baby great black-backed gulls	An oystercatcher among the puffin burrows
A pied wagtail	Baby great black-backed gulls	An oystercatcher among the puffin burrows
Photo action shot	The lighthouse
Photo action shot	The lighthouse
The other lighthouse	Ruins of a 13th century chapel	Grey seals basking on the rocks, and swimming in the water
The other lighthouse	Ruins of a 13th century chapel	Grey seals basking on the rocks, and swimming in the water
Pulling into Anstruther harbor
Pulling into Anstruther harbor