St Kilda landscape

The archipelago of St Kilda is the remotest part of the British Isles and a double UNESCO World Heritage Site. It encompases about 7 islands and sea stacks and the main island is called Hirta. Hirta has been inhabited for 2 millennia but was evacuated in 1930 because life had become too tough. The St. Kildans survived almost entirely on sea birds which live on the cliffs of Hirta, the highest cliffs in Britain, and the sea stacks which surround the island. St Kildans would scale the sea cliffs to collect juvenille birds.