In August I went with friends to the Edinburgh Festival. I again took a day off while there in order to get away from the crowds of humans and instead see crowds of birds - thousands of Northern Gannets that cover Bass Rock in the summer in order to breed and have their chicks - guga.
This is a view of Bass Rock taken from North Berwick on the mainland. The rock is white with the Gannets that cover it for a few months in the summer. The photo was actually taken later in the day, after our boat ride, as the sun came out for five minutes.
It was actually a dismal rainy day and we were on an open boat! We were very determined to go on the journey to the rock. However, when we got to the rock, it stopped raining so I was able to get my camera out and take some photographs. The building near the lighthouse used to be a prison many years ago. The white blobs are all Gannets!
I managed to get a couple of close-up photographs of Gannets with fluffy guga chicks. The guga in the photo below is all huddled up and looks a bit cold and miserable.
This guga looks nice and fluffy and is much happier.
The birds were everywhere. It was a very impressive sight and very deafening!
