Tour Scotland travel video, with Scottish fiddle music, of Gannets on the Island Of Boreray, Scottish Gaelic: Boraraigh, an uninhabited island, on visit to archipelago of St Kilda, North Atlantic. Boreray is located 41 miles west-northwest of North Uist. Boreray has the Cleitean MacPhàidein, a " cleit village " of three small bothies used regularly during fowling expeditions from Hirta. Gannets are seabirds comprising the genus Morus, in the family Sulidae, closely related to boobies. Gannet is derived from Old English ganot, ultimately from the same Old Germanic root as gander. Gannets are large white birds with yellowish heads; black-tipped wings; and long bills. Northern gannets are the largest seabirds in the North Atlantic, having a wingspan of up to 6.6 feet. 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. In many parts of the United Kingdom, the term " gannet " is used to refer to people who steadily eat vast quantities of food, especially at public functions. Young gannets were historically used as a food source in Scotland, where they were called guga.
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