Thank You
This morning I was rudely woken by my kids jumping up and down on me shouting Happy Birthday Daddy, and if you know me I'm not a morning person. Give me half an hour then I'm fine, but what can you say to the kids when they are excited for me. I dragged myself out of my warm cost bed, stumbled down the [...]
Grey Seal Trip 23rd November
We did a Grey Seal landing trip on Sunday 23rd to the Longstone Island and the weather was good until the wind picked up later on. We steamed out towards the Farnes and I had to go back to Knocks Reef to see if the Grey Phalarope was still there but sadly it was not. We got some pictures of the [...]
Winter Wildlife Trip
I had a few people asking about our Winter Wildlife Trips so I decided put a trip on for Saturday 22nd November and I was really pleased with the response and I was looking forward to it. With the weather changing its mind every two minutes I decided I would take a chance and go for it and I was really pleased I did [...]
The last 4/5 weeks
Just a little blog of what I have been seeing over the last 4/5 weeks. The season has now come to the end and I have taken 1 of our boats out for its annual paint but I'm leaving 2 boats in the water for trips out and about over the winter. We have had a really good run lately and [...]
Little Auk
I have seen a single little auk over the last few days and I must admit I love these little fella's. Last year was not a very good year for seeing them around the Farnes and I think there was only 12 reported for the year, and this year so far there has only been a few sightings, so I've been [...]
Another Seal Pup.
Unfortunately my last post about the first seal pup did not end to good, as it was washed off the rocks and did not survive, but today we saw another new born seal pup and this one had very mixed emotion's too. It was not until our second trip out this afternoon that we saw a new born on the rocks [...]
Basking Shark
What a day and what a sight...... I was in the harbour this morning waiting to pick up my guests when I got a phone call from a friend saying that he had seen something in the water like a whale or a shark but he was not sure what it was. Quick as a flash I had the throttle up [...]
First seal pup of the year
On my sail around this morning we stopped at the Longstone to see the seals, when I noticed the first seal pup of the year lying on the rocks. Firstly I was gob smacked it was so quick and secondly where it was, as I've never seen a seal pup on that area before. It was near the end of [...]
Just an update
Its been very quite around the Farnes lately but one or two good birds have been dropping in but unfortunaly I have never been able to see them. We have been getting a good few Guillemots and Puffins hanging around Inner Sound and Staple Sound which is really nice for myself as well as our guests as they think they have [...]
Sandwich Terns
Everyone that comes to the Farnes are obsessed on getting pictures of the Puffins with sand eels in their bills so this time I have decided to try and change that trend and get Sandwich Terns with fish in their bills. Luckily at this time of the year you can watch what they are doing as they seem to have a [...]