Foula is a small community brought together by our island. There are between 30 and 40 folk who live here all year round in 16 crofts and others who come for the summer. The summer months also bring many visitors and birdwatchers.

Foula has large bird colonies on the cliffs and inland: bonxies (great skua), maalies (fulmar), scarf (shag), luiwig (guillemots), solan geese (gannets) and some allens (artic skua). The banks are some of the highest sea cliffs in the UK. In the summer the hills and banks are covered with wildflowers.  Foula sheep and Shetland ponies graze the hills and provide income. Traditional knitting and spinning skills are still being passed down through generations.