The second book in a series of illustrated children's stories set in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Little twins Seumas & Mairi spend their holidays on the island of Uist with their grandparents. When Grandpa tells how as a boy he hunted for gulls' eggs to make the lightest, fluffiest pancakes ever, the twins are desperate to do the same. But their quest for the best eggs leads them into an unexpected adventure in the island moors...