The Jewel of the Forth ....

..... but as we sailed across the choppy waters to the Isle of May, under a grey sky, the island looked nothing like a jewel ..... it was more like stacks of black charcoal appearing out of the gloom.  Once ashore things improved slightly .... well the rain stayed away but so did the sun!

So many birds to see .... the razorbills, guillemots, kittiwakes and shags nesting on the sheer cliff faces, the puffins on the cliff tops or flying into their burrows and the Arctic Terns swooping around their nesting sites.  So many photos today it's hard to choose one but it just had to be this wee group of puffins.