Staffa and the Puffins

A couple of weeks ago I joined another boat trip to the islands of Staffa and Lunga, one of the Treshnish Isles where there are more than a few puffins nesting! Despite overcast conditions I still managed to take quite a few good photos...

Fingal's cave on Staffa, famous for its basalt columns and Mendelssohn's Hebridean Overture...

The whole of Staffa is made up of a mirad of basalt columns and hexagonal shaped rocks

After Staffa and a great Basking Shark just of Fingals Cave it was onto Lunga, the largest of the Treshnish Isles and the main nesting place for Puffins in the area. But it's not just puffins that Lunga boasts, Harp Rock has thousands of Razorbills and Guillemots nesting alongside Kittiwakes and Fulmars. Its an assault on the senses and a must see!

Hundreds of Guillemots nesting very close together on Harp Rock, very noisy, very smelly, but absolutely stunning!

Up close and personal with a Guillemot

'Here's looking at you!'

Razorbill's have to be one of the most hansome sea birds with its brilliant black plumage and that wonderful white line that runs down the bill to the eye.

Puffin's most definately steal the show on Lunga! So charismatic, so obliging and if your quiet and move slowly you can get in really really close to these wonderful little birds!