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Watch the world's largest Northern gannet colony, playful puffins, and nesting kittiwakes on our incredible live camera feeds.
The Bass Rock is home to one of the largest colonies of Northern gannets in the world. They spend most of the year on the Bass, arriving in late February until the end of October when they set out on their long journey South, some travelling as far as the West coast of Africa. Discover this amazing colony through our innovative 360 live webcams.
Craigleith is a small island less than half a mile from the Centre. There is a rich variety of seabirds and marine life and it is a particular hot spot for puffins.
The historic castle and harbour in the coastal town of Dunbar supports a breeding colony of black-legged kittiwakes. Kittiwakes are beautiful gulls with a bright yellow beak, distinctive black legs and black wing tips which look as though they have been dipped in ink. They spend most of their time at sea only coming ashore to breed between February and August.
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National Nature Reserve, the Isle of May is a magical wildlife haven in the outer Firth of Forth. In spring and early summer the island becomes a teeming seabird city with thousands of seabirds returning to breed, including puffins, guillemots, razorbills, fulmars, kittiwakes and shags. In autumn the island is home to the largest breeding grey seal colony on the East Coast of Britain with over 2000 pups born there each year.