Scotland 6: North Berwick - birds
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sashuraSecond trip to North Berwick happened on a nice sunny day, I think it was the first time we saw sun in a week.
There are a few different options for these trips, all of them start at the same place: Scottish Seabird Centre. It's a 20 min walk from the train station, so no need for busses or anything like that. You have to book this beforehand and probably should do it rather sooner than later - they do sell out. By the time we figured out that we wanted to do it the only one that had three seats for the right day was the Seabird Catamaran Cruise which is a bit over 1 hour long and goes around the island of Craigleith and the Bass Rock.
Bring binoculars! And a long lens if you are shooting (I didn't have one. Oops!😢)
That day there was some big golf tournament two stops from Edinburgh, so the train station looked absolutely crrazy when we were leaving. This was the only time when we had to STAND in the train.
Jellyfish in the water in in North Berwick! Somehow, I thought it should have been too cold for them there.
This is Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) it really has four bright purple horseshoe-shaped gonads; it's not an artifact:
Puffins. The pictures are very representative of what can be seen without binoculars from a boat:
The Island of Craigleith - completely covered in
View of the Tantallon Castle (see previous post) from the water:
Bass Rock and the lighthouse:
A huge colony of gannets:
The baby! See the fluffy one at the bottom with a black face?
Other side of the island - same birds, different light:
A cave:
Razorbills (Alca torda, гагарка):
This is an European Shag (Gulosus aristotelis, хохлатый баклан) - a pretty common bird in Scotland.
There are a few different options for these trips, all of them start at the same place: Scottish Seabird Centre. It's a 20 min walk from the train station, so no need for busses or anything like that. You have to book this beforehand and probably should do it rather sooner than later - they do sell out. By the time we figured out that we wanted to do it the only one that had three seats for the right day was the Seabird Catamaran Cruise which is a bit over 1 hour long and goes around the island of Craigleith and the Bass Rock.
Bring binoculars! And a long lens if you are shooting (I didn't have one. Oops!😢)
That day there was some big golf tournament two stops from Edinburgh, so the train station looked absolutely crrazy when we were leaving. This was the only time when we had to STAND in the train.
Jellyfish in the water in in North Berwick! Somehow, I thought it should have been too cold for them there.
This is Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) it really has four bright purple horseshoe-shaped gonads; it's not an artifact:
Puffins. The pictures are very representative of what can be seen without binoculars from a boat:
The Island of Craigleith - completely covered in
View of the Tantallon Castle (see previous post) from the water:
Bass Rock and the lighthouse:
A huge colony of gannets:
The baby! See the fluffy one at the bottom with a black face?
Other side of the island - same birds, different light:
A cave:
Razorbills (Alca torda, гагарка):
This is an European Shag (Gulosus aristotelis, хохлатый баклан) - a pretty common bird in Scotland.
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Date: 2026-07-24 12:42 am (UTC)