Birding in the UK: Scottish Seabirds in the Firth of Forth and North Sea
Before we ended our time in Scotland last summer, I just had to spend a little time with some of the many amazing seabirds that call the icy North Sea home. While visiting family in Dunbar, Scotland, we were conveniently close to the town of North Berwick, home of the Scottish Seabird Centre. From this delightful seaside village, visitors may embark on boat trips from the harbor at North Berwick out to several of the rocky islands that rise from the waves where the Firth of Forth meets the North Sea. While these wave-battered rocks look inhospitable to humans, they are critical breeding habitat for an array of seabirds, which nest on the craggy rocks or in stony burrows. The longest boat trips from North Berwick go all the way to the Isle of May, while the islands of Lamb, Craigleith and iconic Bass Rock are closer to shore. Bass Rock, home to the world's largest breeding colony of Northern Gannets, as well as a host of other seabirds....
