Sumburgh Head is a headland located at the southern tip of the main island of the Shetland Archipelago, in northern Scotland.

Robert Stevenson was the engineer in charge of building the Sumburgh Head lighthouse.

The area is now recognized as a nature reserve by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.

The decline in Puffin numbers also appears to apply to other species native to Sumburgh Head.

[2] The headland has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports large colonies of breeding seabirds.