Sula Sgeir National Nature Reserve (SNH)

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This isolated rocky island has large numbers of breeding gannets and other seabirds. Each August the men of Ness come over from Lewis to 'harvest' the gugas - plump young gannets. Some 2,000 birds are killed then salted down. On Lewis gugas are considered a great delicacy.
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Scottish National Heritage 32 Francis Street,Stornoway, Isle of Lewis HS1 2ND Tel: 01851 705258
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41 miles north of the Butt of Lewis
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Sula Sgeir National Nature Reserve (SNH)
North of Lewis
Tel: 01851 705258
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