Little Skellig is the smaller of the two Skellig Islands, situated some 14 km off the coast of County Kerry, Ireland. Like its larger neighbour Skellig Michael, it is steep, rocky and uninhabited by humans. It rises to 134 metres above sea level, and is best known as the site of Ireland's largest gannet colony, with 22,500 pairs in 1993. The island has been a nature reserve, managed by BirdWatch Ireland, for many years. The Skellig Islands are two small, steep islands lying west of County Kerry in the Republic of Ireland. ... County Kerry (Irish: CiarraÃ) is a county in the southwest of Ireland, in the Munster province of the Republic of Ireland, informally referred to as The Kingdom. ... Skellig Michael (from Sceilg MhÃchÃl in the Irish language, meaning Michaels rock), also known as Great Skellig, is one of the better known but least accessible mediaeval monasteries, built in 588 on a steep rocky island about 12 kilometres off the coast of County Kerry, Ireland. ... Binomial name Morus bassanus Linnaeus, 1758 The Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus or Sula bassana) is a large seabird of the gannet family, Sulidae. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... A nature reserve is an area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research. ... Birdwatch Ireland (BWI) is the current name of the organisation that used to be known as the Irish Wildbird Conservancy. ...
About 400 bird species have been recorded in Ireland, many of which are migratory, either arctic birds who come in the winter, or birds such as the Swallow which come from Africa in the summer to breed.
Ireland has a very rich marine avifauna, with many large seabird colonies dotted around its coastline such as those on the Saltee Islands and Skellig Michael.
Ireland has been inhabited for at least 9,000 years, although little is known about the paleolithic or neolithic inhabitants of the island.
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