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Scottish Natural Heritage’s Isle of May National Nature Reserve (NNR) is known locally as The May, or May Isle. It is a long rocky island with sheer cliffs and caves. It is home to thousands of grey seals, the fourth largest breeding group in the UK, who feed and play in the marine life rich kelp forests surrounding the island. The island is a European Special Area of Conservation for its seals and rocky reefs. It is most famous for its seabirds, over 200,000 of them, and it is a European Special Protection Area for these birds which include shags, puffins, terns, guillemots, razorbills, eider ducks, gulls, kittiwakes and fulmars. |
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