The charity says the purchase is an important step in halting declining seabird numbers in the Firth of Forth.

Just over two kilometers from the eastern coast of Scotland rises a massive block of volcanic rock that seems to emerge ...

Bass Rock and Craigleith in the Firth of Forth have been acquired from the Dalrymple family by RSPB Scotland to support ...

Following the sale the Bass Rock and Craigleith islands in the Firth of Forth to the RSPB,. its former landowner, Sir Hew Dalrymple said that one ...

Watch live 360 degree footage of Bass Rock’s gannet colony via the Scottish Seabird Centre’s new HD camera system, supporting ...

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Bass Rock is sea bird central in the summer. A hundred thousand birds live cheek by jowl, occupying every single available space. In common with the other Forth islands, the rock is the remains of a ...

From afar, Bass Rock may appear to be blanketed with snow. In reality, the island in the Firth of Forth in Dunbar, Scotland, is covered by 150,000 Atlantic Gannets. The birds return to Bass Rock ...

The birds weren't supposed to be there. A length of rope strung along the island's rocky ground clearly demarcated a pathway, the boundary separating tens of thousands of gannets from my group of ...

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There are signs of a much-improved breeding season among gannets on Bass Rock The world's largest colony of gannets on Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth appears to be recovering after being devastated ...