Ardmore islands

This is a veritable archipelago of little islands and skerries. The anchorages are quite far out from the land but I don't think you really need to go ashore to experience what this magical place offers. Just sit in the cockpit with binoculars, wait and watch. There are always seals around and you can watch oyster catchers, terns, eider duck, shell duck, swans, herons and on one memorable occasion we saw a family of otters playing close by on the rocks. In fact ashore there is not much to do anyway other than stroll around in the bracken. Ardmore house looks forbidding anyway, and rather ugly.