Sula Sgeir: ferskil tusken ferzjes

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Der wurdt ferhelle dat [[St Ronan]]'s sister,syn Brenhilda,suster is supposed toBrenhilda havein stayedskoft hereop forit someeilân timetahâlde, leaving him on Rona, only to be found dead in a [[bothy]] with a shag’s nest in her ribcage.
[[Image:Sula sgeir island.jpg|left|thumb|290px|<Center>Kaart fan Sula Sgeir.<ref>Harvie-Brown, J. A. & Buckley, T. E. (1889), A Vertebrate Fauna of the Outer Hebrides. David Douglas. Edinburgh. Facing P. XLVI.</ref>]]
Sula Sgeir has a special place in the seafaring history of the men of the [[Ness, Outer Hebrides|Ness]] district on [[Lewis]]. One of the earliest accounts written about the [[Western Isles]] was by Dean Munro, who visited the islands in 1549. His description of Sula Sgeir mentions that the men of Ness sailed in their small craft to "fetche hame thair boatful of dry wild fowls with wild fowl fedderi".<ref>Munro, D. (1818) ''Description of the Western Isles of Scotland called Hybrides, by Mr. Donald Munro, High Dean of the Isles, who travelled through most of them in the year 1594.'' Miscellanea Scotica, 2.</ref> How long before 1549 the Nessmen sailed to Sula Sgeir each year to collect the young gannets for food and feathers is not known, but it may be assumed that it was a tradition for centuries. That tradition is still carried on today. AIn reportferslach written inút 1797 saysseit:
 
:"There is in Ness a most venturous set of people who for a few years back, at the hazard of their lives, went there in an open six-oared boat without even the aid of a compass."
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The annual cull of birds has been the focus of attention of bird protectionists, who recently have tried to ban the cull completely. But tradition dies hard and the Sula Sgeir trip still goes on, with a special dispensation written into the 1954 Wild Birds Protection Act by a Statutory Order, which allows the Nessmen to continue their taste both for adventure and for the guga.
 
Together with [[Noard Rona]], Sula Sgeir was declaredyn a [[National Nature Reserve]]1956 in 1956natoerresevaat due to its importance for birdlife and [[greygrize sealseehûn]] breeding. The reserve is now managed by [[''Scottish Natural Heritage]] and is the most remote and least-visited National Nature Reserve in Britain.''<ref>[http://www.snh.org.uk/publications/on-line/designatedareas/nnrs/RonaSulaSgeir/rona.asp SNH Rona and Sula Sgeir Reserve]Retrieved 29 June 2007.</ref>
 
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