Scotland Holiday Day 10: Isle of May 7th June 2016

Scotland Holiday Day 10: Isle of May 7th June 2016

We had booked a trip out to the Isle of May with Anstruther Pleasure Cruises some time prior to our holiday. I had,  been on a couple of RIBs out to the island before but this makes photography a bit tricky when out at sea. This time we decided to go from the other side of the Firth of Forth from North Berwick which is a shorter journey. The only problem was that there was a thick fog and this meant that we did not see a great deal until we got to the island. In fact, even when we got to the island, parts of it were shrouded in fog.

However, we managed to find a couple of bits of it that were fog free and the longer we stayed there the more it cleared up until our retun when the fog had lifted altogether. This was a different way to travel to the island and on the face of it a little more genteel. However, I can imagine in heavier seas that ti could become a bit sickly. Plus the RIBs have the advantage of keeping you down at sea level where many of the birds live and that is more of a sensational experience.

Bird Sightings : Isle of May