Other Islands
Site Name(s) | Type of Site | Nature Conservation Interest | Designation(s) |
St Kilda | Island group | Seabird colony (largest in Britain), endemic subspecies of Wren and Wood Mouse | IBA, NNR, WHS |
North Rona | Island | Seabird colony | IBA, NNR |
Sula Sgeir | Island | Seabird colony | IBA, NNR |
Flannan Isles | Island group | Seabird colony | IBA |
Shiant Isles | Island | Seabird colony, passage & wintering geese | IBA |
Monach Islands | Island group | Breeding seabirds, passage & wintering geese | IBA |
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“Consider the islands bearing the names of all the saints, bristling with forts like chestnut-burs, or Echinidæ, yet the police will not let a couple of Irishmen have a private sparring- match on one of them, as it is a government monopoly; all the great seaports are in a boxing attitude, and you must sail prudently between two tiers of stony knuckles before you come to feel the warmth of their breasts.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)