Katie Featherstone - Inner Hebrides: From Skye to Gigha Including Mull, Iona, Islay, Jura and more

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Inner Hebrides
Dont miss

Puffins

From May until August, watch puffins nesting on the Treshnish Isles or Sanday (PT/VS)

Climb Mulls highest peak

Take in panoramic views from the top of Ben More on Mull (m/S)

Geese migration

Visit Islay in mid- October to witness over 30,000 geese returning to the island (SS)

Canna

Explore the tiny island of Canna with its population of just 20 (SS)

Picture-perfect settlements

Taste island specialities or pick up local crafts on your wanderings through the towns and villages of the Inner Hebrides. Pictured here colourful Tobermory. (SV/S)

Skyes pretty capital Portree is the Inner Hebrides most populous settlement (NH/S)

Nestled below the mighty Paps, life on Jura is centred around Craighouse, the islands largest township (PT/VS)

Whisky is the mainstay of Islays economy there are nine distilleries across the island (TWS/S)

The small passenger ferry between Point on Lismore and mainland Port Appin only takes 10 minutes (F/S)

Island culture and history is preserved in the islands excellent heritage centres and small museums; pictured: Skye Museum of Island Life (FB/S)

Highland dancing, pipe bands and Herculean feats of strength all feature in the islands Highland Games and summer fis events (SS)

A ferry operators dog rides between Seil and Luing in the Slate Islands (KF)

St Edwards Church, Sanday, with Rms dramatic cliffs behind (NN/S)

Iona Abbey now attracts pilgrims from all over the world (Ch/S)

In 1598 on Islay, the MacLeans were burnt to death in Kilnave Chapel (4/S)

The ruins of a 13th-century chapel at Kirkapol on Tiree (KF)

West Highland grave slabs depict warriors, swords and crosses, each stone telling the story of the person it commemorates (KF)

On Seil, Kilbrandon Church is famous for its dramatic stained-glass windows designed by Dr Douglas Strachan (KF)

The seabird cliffs on Colonsay are teeming with thousands of razorbills, shags, guillemots, gulls and fulmars (KF)

Known locally as tystie, black guillemots nest on exposed coastal cliff faces (G/S)

On Coll, Tiree, Iona and Islay, listen out for the rare corncrakes distinctive crex crex call from April into the summer (E/S)

Spectacular white-tailed eagles soar over coastal waters, especially around Mull (MM/S)

Shags stand proudly on coastal rocks and nest among cliffs across the islands (MF)

Look out for short-eared owls in moorland glens across the archipelago (MC/S)