A small group of bird watchers boarding a small high speed boat on the beach of the inhabited Handa Island for a return trip to Tarbet on the mainland
A small group of bird watchers boarding a small high speed boat on the beach of the inhabited Handa Island for a return trip to Tarbet on the mainland of northwest Scotland, Britain. The barren landscape of Handa Island is owned by Balfore, and managed by the Scottish Wildlife Trust Handa Island is a thriving location for large colonies of seabirds, many nesting on the Torridonian sandstone cliffs. It is also a nature reserve, and an attraction for wild bird enthusiasts and visitors alike. Crofters lived and worked on Handa Island for many centuries, surviving on a diet of potatoes, fish and seabirds. The islanders even had their own queen and parliament. The last of the island's eight families immigrated for Nova Scotia in Canada during the potato famine in 1847.
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Location: Handa Island
Photo credit: © richard sowersby / Alamy / Afripics
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