The Isle of Noss belongs to the Scottish Shetland Islands. Between 1871 and 1900 the Marquis of Londonderry had leased the island Noss to breed there Shetland ponies which he had work in his coal mines in Durham. On the only 3 km2 lived until 1939, about 25 people today Noss is uninhabited. In 1955 it was officially declared a nature reserve.
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On the island grow some very rare plant species. Its cliffs offer oodles of seabirds ideal protected nesting sites. The island is therefore also referred to occasionally as "Seabird City" and is a paradise for ornithologists who can watch there Britain's largest sea bird, the gannet, as well as puffins, fulmars, great skua, or even rarer skuas. In Gungstie there is a small visitor center and a restored building dating back to the Shetland pony breed.
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