On The Boat

Staple Island - 24.6.2022

Finally we are on the boat with a tourist bit viewing the multitude of seabirds crammed on the rock face as close as four meters ! normally you don't get great shots but it's good to take in the sights, sounds and the smell before heading to Staple Island for a one hour session.

The National Trust continue with the one hour visit which seems to flyby, why one hour I simply don't know. Normally I remain around the jetty as I found this enables a uncluttered clear shot, further up the island you'r shooting down on to the birds, much better to have some sky or green grass behind.

Puffins are the order of the day, Guillemots are so packed together so isolating a bird is difficult. Next up is Inner Farne which is most people favourite island.

Atlantic Puffin

Guillemot

It's The Farne's Time Again !

Seahouses Harbour - 23.6.2022 

Well it's that time of year when I like to make a couple of trips up to the Farne Islands, this being the first. With all the restrictions on island access after Covid last year I was hopping the all day trips would be back on the cards, unfortunately they aren't so again i have to make do with the one hour access.

First off on the day of arrival I always like to spend an hour with the very obliging Eiders down in the harbour late afternoon, a bit of laying down in the muck getting the low angle shot, but you have to !

Eider Duck