Birds, birds as far as you can see

Today we decided to visit the Saltee Islands. There are two islands ~5km off the coast of Kilmore Quay in the St. George’s Channel where we’ve been for the last 5 days. The smaller one, Little Saltee, allegedly has Reindeer on it. It’s privately owned so we weren’t able to land, we did however try and get close to see if we could spot any, but no luck this time. Possibly they’re away at a Santa-con?

Great Saltee, the larger of the two, is also private, but allows visitors between 11:30 and 16:30, with a ferry taking you from the quay. At £20/person this seemed a bit expensive, so given how flat calm it was we whizzed over in our Ribeye. (It’s great having your own transport!) We’d been told it was a bird sanctuary and that it was well worth a visit, but I wasn’t prepared for just how many birds there were going to be.

As soon as we’d crossed over to the southern side of the island there was such a racket, everywhere you looked there were birds. It was as if the whole cliff was moving. The birds seemed to be grouped depending on their breed. The gannets were on a far peninsula, with no vegetation. The rocks jutting out in various directions providing shelter, there was so much guano the rocks almost looked like mini snow topped mountains. (The whole island smelt of bird droppings, made me yearn for a shower).

Tucked into some of the more sheltered dips in the cliff were the guillemots. At first I thought it was just the young on the cliff, but then I realised it was the different perspective, today we were looking down at them from the top of the cliff, whereas up until now I’d been used to seeing them on the water. Seeing them standing, they almost looked like penguins, they have the same black and white coats, small wings, and stand extremely upright.

Nestled up in holes at the top of the cliff there were common gulls, if you looked closely you could occasionally see a tiny fluff ball emerge from underneath it’s parent, it’s tiny beak trying to make a sound. You had to be quick though, because as soon as they’d appear, the parent would usher it back underneath to ensure it couldn’t fall out, as the nests were all precariously perched on the edge of the cliff.

Last but not least on the very top of the cliff, just underneath where the rock met the brush were a splattering of puffins. These too looked smaller than the ones we’d seen in Skomer, but was cool watching them so close up. Especially as they tended not to move around as much, so you got great views (and pictures).
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We were there for about three hours, just watching and taking in the sights. On the way home we went a bit off the beaten track and found a small colony of great black-backed gulls nesting on a clearing on the hill. There were two young which must have lost their parents, as a group of adults seemed to be attacking them, not allowing them to make it to the safety of the near-by brush. Nature can be cruel at times!