Bass Rock 2 Web Cam
The Scottish Seabird Centre is the world's number one remote wildlife viewing attraction. The webcam images refresh every five seconds and are transmitted live from our cameras. If they appear black, green or frozen, the cameras may have been switched off overnight or to allow researchers on the islands to carry out their work.
The Bass Rock is an iconic landmark of Scotland. It is the largest island gannet colony in the world, it has featured in countless natural history and wildlife programmes, films and books and is described by Sir David Attenborough as “one of the Twelve Wildlife Wonders of the World”. The island turns dazzling white during the nesting season, with the sheer mass of gannets on nests and the Seabird Centre has amazing live interactive cameras sited on the island to allow visitors to enjoy a close encounter with these magnificent birds, without disturbing them. The Seabird Centre runs trips around the island and also exclusive landing trips throughout the year.
Gannets mate for life (up to 40 years) and return to the same nest each year, which can prove a challenge in a colony of over 150,000 gannets. The gannets spend most of the year on the Bass Rock, mating, nesting and rearing their chicks until the end of October, when the juveniles set out on their long journey to the West Coast of Africa. Find out how you can adopt a Bass Rock Gannet Family and watch their progress through the year?
Although almost exclusively the domain of the gannets, the lower ledges of the Bass are home to shags, guillemots and razorbills, with seals hauling up on the rocks below. Several puffins also nest within the ruins of the old fortifications.
The Scottish Seabird Centre gratefully acknowledges support from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Scottish Natural Heritage and Tyne Esk Leader Funding in delivery of its conservation and education projects and events and exhibitions.
