Inner Farne Lighthouse
The Inner Farne Lighthouse is finally getting painted and boy it looks lush too. Its been a long time and the National Trust lads have been going over everyday to sort it all out and it looks just perfect now. The shine on her as you pass looks great and lets hope it stays this way because its something to [...]
Good Bye “Serenity”
It's never nice to see a boat leave but the time has come and Serenity is on her way to a new home. She has been a brilliant boat for us and hardly let us down and if it was not for her we would not be were we are today. She was our first boat that we did tours [...]
Greenland Shark Update
For those who have not read about the Greenland Shark we saw a few years ago click on the Greenland Shark link before you read about the update. Greenland Shark I have just been sent a link to let me know a few things about the shark and what the do at the Natural History Museum. rare-greenland-shark-specimen-preserved-at-museum It is also [...]
Newborn Seal Pups
The grey seal pups are starting to arrive in abundance now, and at the last count their was 526 but over the last four days we have had dreadful seas with big waves and we have not been able to get out so fingers crossed the seals and their pups have managed to survive this weather. I suppose its nature [...]
Coast
We did some filming for the program "Coast" featuring Neil Oliver a few months ago and I have just received confirmation that the program will be aired on BBC 2 on 19th October at 8pm. Coast is a BBC documentary series first broadcast on BBC Two television in 2005 and is still going strong today and with the new series [...]
Hungry Seal
Andy, myself and a few of our guests spotted a grey seal eating "Lump Sucker" fish. As we watched it for a while, we realised how long its claws where and just how powerful they can be. I remember speaking to former head warden "John Walton" a few years ago about the seals and I was gob smacked when he [...]
First Seal Pup of the year.
On Saturday 8th October the first seal pup of the year was spotted on the Longstone Island. It's lovely to see but I'm not sure if this pup will survive as its on a very low rock and the weather has changed since Saturday and the big seas have started to roll in. I have also seen another two pups [...]
Super September
Its not very often I say this but September was a really great month for working on the water around the Farnes. Well I say working, but it's not really work now is it. All I do is stand or sit, around all day talking into a microphone and telling people about the wildlife and history. I chat to people, [...]
Transformers 5
I know this is nothing to do with the Farnes but when you get some guests in town who are mega superstars then it would be rude not to blog about it. They have been filming the new Transformers 5 at Bamburgh and Alnwick Castle which features Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci and the one and only Sir Anthony Hopkins. We [...]
Dolphins and Dunstanburgh Castle
We do Sunset Cruises every Tuesday and Thursday from May until mid Sept but so far this year it has not been the best. What we tend to do is slowly cruise around the Farnes, seeing all the seabirds and seals and the light is perfect at this time of day for photography, but this year we have had about [...]