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Shetland Seabird Tours

The Noss boat: gannets at eye level, out of Victoria Pier.

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Noss is a wall of cliff a few miles from Lerwick with thousands of gannets on it, and it is best seen from the water.

The boat leaves from the small boat harbour on Victoria Pier and runs round Bressay to the Noup of Noss, where the birds come off the rock and past the deck close enough to hear. It is naturalist-led rather than a sightseeing run, so what you are looking at gets explained, and the skipper knows where the porpoises and the otters tend to be. Dress for the sea rather than for the town: it is colder out there than it looks from the pier.

Round the cornerNo88 Kitchen and BarA family restaurant on Commercial Street, Lerwick, cooking Shetland's own produce, with cocktails and island beer.1 min by roadSee itThree glasses of dessert topped with orange peel on a stone table, No88.
Before you go
How long
Three quarters of an hour to two hours
Their website
shetlandseabirdtours.com
Telephone
07767 872260
Where it is

Lerwick, Shetland.

Close byThe rest of Shetland, near at hand.
  1. Vaila Fine ArtA commercial gallery on Commercial Street, showing Shetland painters.Under a mile1 min by road
  2. The DowryCoffee by day and drinks by night, on Commercial Street.Under a mile1 min by road
  3. The Shetland BookshopA family bookshop with a wide range of Shetland books.Under a mile1 min by road
  4. Lerwick DistilleryShetland single malt, made on Whisky Lane in Lerwick.Under a mile2 min by road
  5. MareelShetland’s cinema, concert hall and café, on the water at Lerwick.Under a mile2 min by road
Directions
Three glasses of dessert topped with orange peel on a stone table, No88.RestaurantsNo88 Kitchen and BarA step away
BarsThe Lounge Bar0.5 miles
CafePeerie Shop Café0.6 miles
Hay's Dock and the museum below the rooftops of Lerwick, a gull overhead.AttractionsShetland Museum0.6 miles
Modern gabled harbourside building with wooden boats moored beside the quayAttractionsShetland Museum and Archives0.6 miles
The cliffs of the Knab above the sea, thrift in flower, Bressay across the Sound.WalksKnab coastal walk0.7 miles
ShoppingJamieson and Smith1.0 miles
Two people on Fjarå's deck in the evening sun, looking over Breiwick Bay to Bressay.CafeFjarå Café Bar1.2 miles
The path to Clickimin Broch and its enclosing wall.AttractionsClickimin Broch1.2 miles
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