Bullers in spring

I've been to the Bullers o Buchan before, but not in springtime. The wild flowers were beautiful.

 Red campion

 A great bank of red campion and primroses

 Violet

 White campion

The views were stunning too, from the Bullers o' Buchan itself...

... right up the coast towards Peterhead.

Plenty of bird life too.

Fulmar

 Razorbill

 Kittiwakes

A short walk along the coast you can see Slains Castle in one direction...

... and the Buchan Ness lighthouse in the other.

I must go back again soon and see the bird life as there should be some chicks hatched by now.

An Aberdeenshire gloup

Having visited gloups in Orkney and Shetland, it seemed appropriate to visit the Aberdeenshire version - Bullers o Buchan. (A gloup occurs where the roof of a sea cave has collapsed.)  It was a damp, drizzly, grey day.

There's some old fisherman's cottages nearby. Apparently the fishing was only viable here due to the cove, where the boats could be beached. It wouldn't have been easy to haul all the gear up the steep path to the cottages though, and that's why the Bullers was eventually abandoned as a fishing station.

 From the cottage side looking towards the sea...

... and vice versa.

I think this would be a spectacular piece of coastline to visit (or explore by kayak) in summer, with all the nesting seabirds around.

You'd certainly need a good head for heights to walk around this gloup though!