The puffins nest in burrows on the cliffs and if you lie down quietly they whizz over your head like clockwork toys. These puffins have personal traits that make it very easy to speed through film- humorous in their landings and sometimes dignified in their take offs but very respectable as they greet each other. The blue shallow waters amongst these islands provide kelp beds with tasty crabs for seals to eat along with handy rocks to lie on. The isle of Fladda has a natural harbour where the grey seals have pups in autumn. Their singing can be heard in the wind sometimes, some say they are moaning, but they have an ideal place to shelter from the Atlantic.
Seals also hang about the 'Cairn na 'burghs', two small rocky islands with remains of a garrison.
The garrison was once owned by Lord of Lorn and was besieged by Royal Forces in 1505, later to be retaken by MacLean of Duart. As late as 1715 Cairnburg was garrisoned by the MacLeans. Sea Life Surveys, Ledaig, Tobermory, Isle of Mull.