North East Blog Awards
I have been nominated into the North East Blog Awards and I would love it if you could nominate me once again. I have looked at the other blogs and their is some amazing blogs out there and the north east have a lot to offer which is why I would love it if you could take time out for [...]
Minkie Whale
We saw our first Minkie Whale on Monday 17th August and we were a little lucky to be honest. It was spotted by another boat and myself and Andy had just drooped our guests off onto the Inner Farne when we saw it around his boat. We decided to go for it and when we arrived it was feeding in [...]
Summer Aurora 16/08/2015
A very unexpected summer aurora happened the other night and I had promised myself an early night but was never going to happen when I was receiving text alerts. Here is a link if you want it www.softservenews.com I first went to the harbour to do some test shots and the second I started I knew that I had forgot something. It took a [...]
A night of Storms
Wednesday 12th 2015 was a fantastic night for storms, but not the storms you are thinking off. It started with a text message about 7.30pm, saying "would I like to go out to go out to the Inner Farne to see some Storm Petrels" The second I read it I said Yes, and then I thought oh no, my boat is in the corner and it [...]
90 years and still going strong
The 10th August 2015 Europe’s largest conservation charity, the National Trust, celebrates 90 years of caring for the Farne Islands. In the 90 years the Islands have become what the Trust describes as a ‘jewel in its wildlife crown’, with over 23 types of breeding seabirds living on the Islands including 40,000 pairs of puffins. It’s also one of the [...]
Nearly the end
It's arrived at that time of the year again when all our breeding seabirds leave the Farne Islands. In a way I don't really like it and if it was up to me they would stay here all year long, but I know that's never going to happen. I suppose that's what makes the Farnes such a special place visit. I know [...]
Saving the Shag
Andy and myself noticed a young Shag with orange twine around its neck. We tried to get it ourselves but every time we got close enough it flew away. Annoyed with our efforts we called in Rangers to see if they could get it. They asked us where it was last sighted of they went. You have to give them their due [...]
Noctilucent Clouds over the Farnes
After a great Sunset Cruise on Thursday evening with crystal clear skies and a great sunset I got a text from Gary to say that there is Noctilucent clouds starting to show. I looked at the time and it was about 11pm so I decided to go out and have a look. I gave my friend Sarah a text to see if [...]
White-beaked Dolphins
We were just about to pick up our guests from the Inner Farne the other day when I noticed a few other boats going the wrong way. When I looked through my bins I noticed they had dolphins around their boats. Itching to get across and see them I was praying our guests would come back in few minutes quicker. [...]
Seabirds Departing
It's that time of the year again when all our seabirds start to depart. Over the last few days we have seen massive gaps on the cliff faces where the Guillemot's used to be and even though the weather was rubbish today you could see loads of jumplings around. I don't really like this time of the year as you [...]