Shiant Islands, Scotland


The small red dot between Ulg and Stornoway are the Shiant Islands. The islands are one of the most important breeding colonies for seabirds in Europe – around 10 per cent of UK puffins and 7 per cent of UK razorbills breed here every year.  The islands recently completed the Seabird Recovery Project from 2014-2018 with the hope that new birds will set up colonies here.

Before every zodiac tour, a group of expedition staff go out and ensure that the conditions are good and everything is set up. These folks work 10-12 hour days, 7 days a week.
Some interesting colors in the rocks in one of the caves in the waters here.
There are thousands of birds in the water but it was hard to photograph them clearly due to some fog and the normal bouncing of the zodiac.

A lion’s mane jellyfish, fairly common in the North Atlantic