CRAIGLEITH

:''This article is about the island in the Firth of Forth. For the suburb of Edinburgh, see Craigleith, Edinburgh.''


'Craigleith' is a small island in the Firth of Forth off North Berwick in East Lothian, Scotland. Its name comes from the Scottish Gaelic ''Creag liath'' meaning 'grey rock'.
Craigleith makes up the chain of islands near North Berwick along with Bass Rock, Fidra and The Lamb. Of the four islands it is the closest to the town's harbour. Like the other nearby islands, Craigleith is a bird colony. Divers often explore the area around the island.
Historically, Craigleith was a rabbit warren, where the animals were deliberately bred for food.
The puffin colony on Craigleith was endangered from 1999 onwards, due to an invasion of the non-endemic plant tree mallow which was blocking their nests. However, after the activity of hundreds of volunteers this problem appears to have been rectified [1]

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★ Haswell-Smith, Hamish ''The Scottish Islands''