Anchored to the edge of the submerged plateau of the Seychelles Bank, 65 miles north-west of Mahe. The island is open all year round. There is a scheduled daily flight by Air Seychelles and the journey takes only 30 minutes. Yachts can be chartered from Mahe but the journey will take up to 8 hours. 

The island boasts a feathered fantasia. From May to October it is the nesting site for up to one million sooty terns. Other species include lesser and common noddy, and crested fairy terns. You can hear the noise of the sooty terns as you approach the immense colony situated in the north-west corner of the island. 

Pet tortoises amble around on most of the small islands, but the most notable specimen has made Bird Island its home. 'Esmmeralda' is the world's heaviest tortoise alive. Its favorite pastime is meandering through the breeding ground of the seabirds. 

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