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Isle Of May
Also known as 'the Jewel of the Forth', the Isle of May is a small island around five miles off the coast of the East Neuk of Fife. The only way there (unless you are good at parachuting) is by means of a small ferry - appropriately named the May Princess - which leaves from the harbour at Anstruther and takes 45 minutes to reach its destination.
The journey itself - assuming the weather is fine - is very pleasant and as you approach the Isle, you beome aware of the enormous number of puffins. And shortly after that, you start to notice all the Atlantic Grey seals who pop up from beneath the water to see who is approaching their home. Apparently there are around 250,000 birds on the Isle, despite its very small size. I went there for the first time with a group from my camera club.
Not surprisingly, one of the primary reasons for visiting the Isle of May is to photograph the birds. Never one to follow the crowd, I photographed the landscape and the three lighthouses there - one of which is the oldest lighthouse in Scotland, dating all the way back to 1636, and still in one piece.
The sheer variety of breeds of bird on the Isle is astonishing - everywhere you look, there seem to be puffins flying overhead with their beaks filled with sand eels, ready to feed their young. I hadn't realised that puffins are quite so cute as they are.
Apart from the birds and the seals, the landscape on the Isle of May is lovely and very photogenic - from the rugged and very sheer cliffs, to the wild grasses and plants to be found there. It's the sort of place that when you have been there once, you want to go back again.
And that is exactly what I'd like to do.
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