Feeding time
Graceful in flight hugging the waves
Next, Guillemots that are extremely numerous on the Islands
The dreaded walk through the Arctic tern colony was as hazardous as expected, frequently had my head attacked and this time well and truly shat on!!
I think my favourite Duck is the Eider, despite being so handsome I just love the call of the male birds.
not sure if this nest was abandoned or the female was away from it
Next bird featured is the Razorbill,not as numerous as the Puffins and Guillemots,but still a fair few breeding on the sea cliffs
Amongst the seabirds already featured there is a lot of Kittiwakes nesting, sometimes on tiny ledges which really make you wonder how they dont fall out of the nests a long way down to the sea
Lastly a few shots of the sea cliffs and stacks that the birds return to each year to breed on
And finally my transport for the day was Billy Shiels 'Glad Tidings 2', very nice boat ride
Hi Gary
ReplyDeleteA stunning set of photos congratulations. The Farne Islands are definitely on the to do list. Paul
PS What blogger template do you use?
Hi Paul, thanks for the comment and I would certainly recommend a visit, I love it each time I go. I am not sure what the template is called, I think it was just one of the basic designs, but I customised it myself to get the images bigger. If you are interested for your own blog I can send you the info? gary
ReplyDeleteHi Gary, yes the reason I asked about the template was to try and get my photos bigger so any help in that department will be appreciated. Great shots of the sand martins BTW. Paul
ReplyDeleteGary....More excellent images from you here, the Kittiwake shots are stunning. One more time....EXCELLENT.
ReplyDeleteSome fab images and inspirational... I must risk 'going to sea' again, but hopeless, I'll ned a bigger boat, a much bigger boat... with stabilisers.
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