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
19th May 2026
2027 Glendale Calendar
My 2027 Calendar will be on sale at Glendale Craft Market from next Tuesday. They will be £15 each. All profits go towards the server costs of Glendale App. When they're gone, their gone, so get yours early.
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More hirundines arriving early morning. There was a group of two sand martins and twelve swallows flying around the garden at 2 Lower Milovaig. Another group of two house martins and six swallows outside Café Lephin.
18th May 2026
At Neist Point in the morning : 2 whimbrels (1 north, one resting), 1 dark phase arctic skua south, many 100s of guillemots & razorbills south, 1 house martin north, 1 sand martin west, 5 swallows north. 1 late purple sandpiper. Those were my first house and sand martins of the year.
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.