Hillside Durness Co / Wildlife
I get asked all the time which boat operators run wildlife trips from Durness and what a seal-and-seabird tour is actually like. From where I live and write, the answer starts with: there aren’t big fleets here — trips are small, local, seasonal and run by passionate skippers who know the coast...
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I’ve walked the stretch between Hillside Durness Co and Camel Haugh more times than I can count, always hopeful for that quiet moment when an otter slips from sea to shore. If you want the best day route for spotting otters in this part of the far north, I’ll take you through a route I...
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I still remember my first puffin sighting near Durness—a tiny triangular face popping out of a cliff-top burrow, bright beak gleaming against a slate sky. It was one of those small, stubborn moments that make you fall in love with the north coast all over again. Over the years I’ve chased...
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I plan almost every visit to Durness with a single aim: maximise the time I spend watching and photographing wildlife without disturbing it. A weekend might sound short, but with a focused plan you can see spectacular seabird colonies, playful seals and, if you’re lucky and patient, otters moving...
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