Isle of May Scotland
Scotland Fife Bird nature reserve boat trip Anstruther puffins
Isle of May crossing
One of our boat guides, Gavin McDougall, has created this special video using a GoPro. This just gives a little taste of what passengers will experience heading out to the Isle of May. National Nature Reserve.
Artists on the Isle of May 2018
Artists visit to the Isle of May National Nature Reserve, April 2018. ©Chris Leakey/SNH
This April a group of artists spent a week on the Isle of May NNR, immersing themselves in island-life and creating new works in the field. They talk about their time on the island and how they hope to convey the wildlife, landscape and the full experience in their work.
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Emily Ingrey-Counter -
Kittie Jones -
Liz Myhill -
Jane Smith -
Isle of May - the Jewel of the Forth
A trip on the May Princess from Anstruther to the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth, Scotland. The island is a National Nature Reserve owned and run by Scottish Natural Heritage. There are lots of Puffins, Guillemot, Razorbill etc. and the remains of a 12th Century monastery.
puffin tours near Edinburgh
Visit Scotland largest Gannet colony and the stunning nature reserve on the Isle of May that has up to 20,000 puffins, sperm whales, minke whales, seals and over 200 species of birds.
4 hour round trip.
Visitor numbers are restricted. Book ahead with a cruise from Anstruther or travel by RHIB inflatable from North Berwick, 40 mins from Scotland capital city, Edinburgh.
Full details on my blog post here.
The nature reserve is run by Scottish Natural heritage.
For further photo and film clips click on my portfolio on Pond5 here.
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Thanks for watching. Its a great day out, refunds are available if the trip is cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.
Puffins Isle Of May Firth Of Forth Scotland
Tour Scotland travel video of Puffins on the Isle Of May, located 5 miles off the Fife coast, the Isle of May is the largest of the islands of the Firth of Forth. It is noted amongst naturalists for its colonies of seabirds, its migrant birds and its colony of grey seals. Designated a national nature reserve in 1956, it is now recognised as an important seabird research centre. The island is accessed during the spring and summer when a regular boat service operates from Anstruther and Crail to the landing at Kirkhaven. Weekly stays are possible in the Bird Observatory by prior arrangement.
Noss National Nature Reserve
A short introductory film about Noss National Nature Reserve in Shetland, Scotland.
Video is the copyright of Scottish Natural Heritage, all rights reserved. Audio from the BBC SOUNDFXCD's, used under license.
Rewilding Voices - Scotland - The Isle of Carna
WildMatters has started a series of interviews to give a voice to people directly involved in the restoration of the Scottish environment. The aim is to bring you on a journey all around Scotland in order to understand what does it mean to rewild and how this philosophy is changing the way in which people inhabit the land.
Here we interviewed Andrew Jackson, director of the Isle of Carna Conservation Initiative.
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Historic climatic changes and the effects of the industrial revolution lead to much gradual deforestation of the local area including Carna. The subsequent overgrazing by intensive sheep farming peaking in the post war period, greatly reduced the biodiversity of habitats on the island. Over the last 15-20 years, with agricultural decline in the area, it has been given a chance to start recovering; with young native trees regenerating, an increase in the diversity of grasses and other flora, as well as an increase in the birds, bees, butterflies and many other species of wildlife that rely on them.
Unfortunately this decline also meant the loss of active management of the land which has now led to the opposite problem in some areas such as under grazing, the loss of wildflower meadow and invasion by damaging species such as bracken and rhododendron.
With a new generation beginning to take over the running of the island, Carna Conservation Initiative was formed with local partners to carefully restore and manage the habitats that exist on the island and the species they support in order to make sure they are valued and protected for the long term, as well as creating some new habitats such as wildlife ponds and new oak and hazel plantations.
Key to achieving this is the successful promotion of the island as a destination for eco-tourism, learning and research. Without economic sustainability the island will continue to decline and funds will not be available to carry out our planned ecological restorations and improvements. We also look forward to seeing this contribute to the economic sustainability of the wider area and communities which can be very fragile in the face of wider economic changes.
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Isle Of May Firth Of Forth Scotland
Tour Scotland travel video of the Isle Of May, located 5 miles off the Fife coast, the Isle of May is the largest of the islands of the Firth of Forth. It is noted amongst naturalists for its colonies of seabirds, its migrant birds and its colony of grey seals. Designated a national nature reserve in 1956, it is now recognised as an important seabird research centre. The island is accessed during the spring and summer when a regular boat service operates from Anstruther and Crail to the landing at Kirkhaven. Weekly stays are possible in the Bird Observatory by prior arrangement. Close to the Kirkhaven landing stand the ruins of the Chapel of St Aidan which are all that remain of a priory built in the 12th century and dedicated to the Christian missionary who was killed on the island by marauding Danes in AD 875. The Isle of May was an important religious centre until its monks moved to Pittenweem in the 16th century, but the island remained inhabited until the early 18th century. In 1636 Alexander Cunningham built a lighthouse beacon, the first permanently-manned lighthouse in Scotland and in 1844 a subsidiary 'Low Light' was built on the east side of the island. During both World Wars the island was under military occupation and in 1989 the Main Lighthouse became fully automated prior to the ownership of the island passing from the Northern Lighthouse Board to the Nature Conservancy Council, now Scottish Natural Heritage.
Sea eagles have landed
Environment Minister Michael Russell welcomes sea eagles arrival at Edinburgh Airport.
Isle of May 2013
photos and video combined - from trek to Isle of May on 8th June 2013
Isle of May, located about 5 miles off mainland Scotland, is reached (in our case) via ferry from Anstruther in Fife.
Owned and managed by Scottish Natural Heritage, this National Nature Reserve is about a mile long and less than half a mile wide, and is home to a variety of birds and wildlife. I have seen Puffins, Seagulls, Pigeons, Terns, Razorbills, Guillemots, Eiders, Shags, Cormorants, Kittiwakes, rabbits and seals.
Best Sport EVER! Land Sailing in SCOTLAND + Delicious CREPES!
It's our final day in Fife and we're going out with a bang! After a beautiful walk through Tentsmuir Nature Reserve, we snag some DELICIOUS crepes ????Then head off to do some Land Yachting (Land Sailing) for the first time!
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A Journey Through Taynish National Nature Reserve
Taynish is recognised as one of the finest examples of Atlantic oak woodland in Europe. Taynish has remained a special place for wildlife and people due to the sensitive management over generations. This 12 minute video gives a taste of the wonderful wildlife to be found at Taynish NNR. Produced by John Aitchison & Mary-Lou Aitchison; Narated by Charlie Self; Music by John V Saich. Copyright SNH 2007. For more information on Scotland's NNRs visit
Scotland's magical seabirds
A short video featuring (HD 720p) the magical spectacle of a seabird colony in summer at Fowlsheugh on the east coast of Scotland. The video and audio are the copyright of Scottish Natural Heritage.
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An Osprey in search of a feed!
This was taken about 10 miles from Aberfeldy heading south. I think the numbers of Ospreys in Scotland are on the rise.Fingers crossed. They`re braw birds
Sea Eagles at Vane Farm RSPB Reserve - Ken Jack
Three young sea eagles have become regular visitors to Vane Farm RSPB Reserve on Loch Leven in Scotland.
St Mary's Island Grey Seals
The Grey Seals hauling out at St. Mary's Island, Whiltey Bay, North East England.
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PORTGORDON INVASION OF THE SEALS
These are the resident Seals at Portgordon, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom following the fall of the tide.