Northern Gannet at Fair Isle

Fair Isle's isolation in the North Sea, sitting midway between Orkney & Shetland as their southernmost outpost, has shaped a dramatic coastline of towering sea cliffs & rugged sandstone stacks well suited to photographing Northern Gannets. Visiting in June offers the best opportunity to work these cliff faces & stacks, using the rugged terrain to frame birds against the sea below. Those joining the Atlantic Puffins of Fair Isle holiday will find the same cliffs & stacks provide ample opportunity to turn a camera toward the island's Gannets as well. Patience with the island's sandstone ledges & stack formations will reward photographers with striking compositions of this species against Fair Isle's rugged backdrop.