Old Photograph Gannet Hunter Sula Sgeir Scotland

Old photograph of a Gannet hunter on Sula Sgeir, a small, uninhabited Scottish island located more than forty miles north of the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The most important nesting ground for northern gannets is the United Kingdom with about two thirds of the world's population. These live mainly in Scotland, including the Shetland Isles. The rest of the world's population is divided between Canada, Ireland, Faroe Islands and Iceland, with small numbers in France, they are often seen in the Bay of Biscay, the Channel Islands, Norway and a single colony in Germany on Heligoland. The biggest northern gannet colony is on Scotland's Bass Rock. Sulasgeir off the coast of the Isle of Lewis, St. Kilda, Grassholm in Pembrokeshire, Bempton Cliffs in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Sceilig Bheag, Ireland and Bonaventure Island, Quebec, Canada, are also important northern gannet breeding sites. History Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.



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