Visitors stroll across the barren landscape of the inhabited Handa Island, owned by Balfore, and managed by the Scottish Wildlife Trust in nor

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Visitors stroll across the barren landscape of the inhabited Handa Island, owned by Balfore, and managed by the Scottish Wildlife Trust in northwest Scotland, Britain. 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
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