Bass Rock 2 Web Cam

The first gannet of the year, to return to its nest on the Bass Rock, was spotted this year on 20th February by William Pearce, age 4, from West Butterwick, North Lincolnshire. The Bass Rock has turned white with all the gannets on their nest sites for the breeding season. Gannets mate for life (up to 40 years) and also return to the same nest every year, which can prove a big 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. Why not adopt a Bass Rock Gannet Family and watch their progress through the year?

The Bass Rock, three miles from North Berwick is the largest single island gannet colony in the world and is described by Sir David Attenborough as “one of the Twelve Wildlife Wonders of the World”. 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.