Aurora Borealis
I missed the best night for the aurora and I did receive a good few phone calls from 1am through to 2.30am and I am kicking myself as I missed a really good one. I don't really like to take my phone to bed, as sometimes I get a message or a tweet through the night and it wakes me up but [...]
Cold but Good
It has been a cold but good week on the water with mixed weather and seas, but the best thing of the week was the Guillemots. On Tuesday they were there in their thousands but the next day they were gone. They are just not ready yet of course, but when they returned they gave myself, Tony and all our [...]
Sunny Sunday
I decided to get my arse out of bed early on Sunday morning to see if I could get a few pictures of the sunrise at Bamburgh. I tend to get into winter mode and getting up at that time in the morning was a bit of a struggle I have to say, but I did and I was so pleased [...]
Good to be on the water
I was back on the water on Saturday and it was a beautiful day for a trip. I had a few people wanting to go out so we all meet at 12pm and off we went. It was lovely and warm, the sun was shining and the islands looked very inviting. As we approached the islands we could see a good [...]
Night Photography
Its been very quite on the bird front lately so I have been out with my camera trying some new stuff. Some have been successful but others have flopped big time. Never mind at least I tried and I do need a lot more practise that's for sure. I have even had my little girl Charlie with me on some [...]
The year of the Bottlenose Dolphin (2014)
This has been the best year for Bottlenose Dolphins that I have ever seen, and to see as many throughout the season has been unbelievable. It's funny how every year the Farnes does something that amazes me, and not one year is ever the same as the other. Last year it was the year of the Minkie Whale but this year the Bottlenose Dolphin has stolen the [...]
What a year 2014 was…..
What a great year for being on the water 2014 was and I'm hoping and praying it is the same for 2015. The year started with some dreadful weather but luckily for the people living in Northumberland we never really had it as bad as the guys on the south coast. I always remember watching the news and seeing all the floods [...]
Little Auk
I seen my friend Gary driving along the pier this morning to have a look through the Gulls and of course have another look for the Black-necked Grebe, but it was another bird today that stole the show. A Little Auk was in the harbour and it was showing really well. It was feeding near the steps at the end of the pier and came really close [...]
Black-necked Grebe x2
I have been painting the boats over the last few weeks and its been really good weather considering the time of the year and today was not the best but we managed to get a good bit done. While I was standing on the deck of the boat I noticed the Black-necked Grebe still in the harbour and it seems to be [...]
Black-necked Grebe
On Monday Andy, Tony and myself spotted a Grebe in the harbour but as we were painting the boats and we never had our bins with us to get a closer look, we never gave it a thought of the kind of grebe it was until I gave text Gary and he told us it was a Black-necked Grebe. Chuffed to bits [...]