Cliffs & headlands
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Below With great good luck you could see an Orca from the cliffs of Sumburgh Head, Shetland.
Far right The
scarce species such as Long-
Puffins. You may also see
the bridge that remains, but
tailed Skua sometimes go by in
Choughs and Ravens, and the
there are many other spots to
impressive numbers. The various
cliffs command wonderful views
walk or just sit. In autumn,
other headlands prominent
along the coast. It is also well
birdwatchers come in droves to
headlands in Co. Clare and also
worth visiting the Burren itself
do the latter, training their
Co. Kerry and Co. Cork can also
– 250 square kilometres of ‘karst
telescopes on the expanse of the
offer spectacular seawatching.
landscape’, which holds a huge
deter you from walking across
variety of plantlife and is also
Atlantic in the hope that rare seabirds will fly past. Extreme
Cliffs of Moher, Co Clare
excellent for insects. Local
rarities that have been seen here
The 120-metre cliffs at the
specialities include the Burren
Cliffs of Moher, in
include Fea’s Petrel, a globally
south-western edge of the flat,
Green moth, and the beetle
County Clare, have
threatened species that breeds
rocky moonscape of the Burren
Ochthebius nilsonni, which is
nesting seabirds and
only on the Cape Verde Islands
are home to tens of thousands of
only found at four other sites in
and Madeira Islands, while
nesting seabirds, including
the world.
unusual invertebrates.
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Cliffs & headlands