Glendale, Skye - Tourist Guide
Seabirds of Glendale, Isle of Skye
Gannets
Gannets are very common in Glendale and they can be seen daily, diving close to the shore and Pier in Loch Pooltiel, between April and October.
It is a spectacular sight to watch them plunging head-first into the water from great heights on the long Summer evenings.
Gannet in Loch Pooltiel.
Skuas
Great Skuas, commonly known as 'bonxies', and the daintier Arctic Skuas are now being seen regularly at Neist Point between May and September. Bonxies also regularly come into Loch Pooltiel to harass the gulls.
Shearwaters
Manx Shearwaters feed in huge numbers off Neist Point in late Summer.
Recent Bird Sightings
23rd Oct 2025
There was a flock of 24+ long-tailed tits at Lephin at mid-day.
22nd Oct 2025
Whimbrel - Neist
October 2025
A very late whimbrel flew north at Neist Point at 11:30am. Two red-breasted mergansers flew north past Neist Point in the morning. Lots of common guillemots and gannets still moving south past Neist, with kittiwakes and common gulls moving north..
17th Oct 2025
There was a male blackcap, six redwings, a fieldfare, four male blackbirds feeding on apples in the garden at 2 Lower Milovaig in the morning.
More recent wildlife sightings
Black Guillemot at Neist Point.
Auks
In Summer, the stunning coastal waters and cliffs around Glendale are home to many hundreds of guillemots, razorbills, fulmars, kittiwakes and shags.
Puffins are also regularly seen off Neist Point in small numbers, although they do not nest on Skye.
The beautiful black guillemot, with its white wing-patches and red legs, is resident all year round.
Fulmar at Neist Point.