Fantastic January Day
The morning may have been cold but it was more than compensated for by the winter sunshine and the incredible array of wildlife around the islands. With calm seas and the attention of many birds increasingly turning to looking their best for the coming breeding season we had some superb views of some of the many species that breed on [...]
Spaces for this weekends winter trip
I have a few spaces left for this weekends Winter Trip. Come and join me on a 4 hour tour around Holy Island and surrounding areas. Please just call if your interested and i will give you a discount. We hope to see Guillemot's, Golden eye, Teals, Seals, Turnstones and many more. Call Andrew on 07894668093 Click on www.farneislandstours.co.uk for more details [...]
Men at work
Chris, Martin and myself doing our jobs on the boats as we get closer to the start of the new season. We have covered up the wheelhouse of the dive boat as we are going to fibre glass the whole lot and this will save alot of work during the winter. Yeah.... More birding for me during the winter months.
Guillemots have landed
Popped out to the islands today with a last minute booking and was amazed by the amount of Guillemots we saw and suprised that the birds were only on Staple Island and not any other of the islands. I know they go back to the same spot every year but why just Staple Island. Never mind it was nice to see.
Guillemots Galore!
Over the last 2 days we have seen 5000 Guillemots each day at The Farne Islands. Its is a great sight to see but i still wonder if these birds are telling me something. Its very early to be seeing these birds and i and noticed that a lot of the Geese are flying north again. Is spring on the [...]
IS IT A GOOD SIGN OR NOT!
After a well rested holiday i returned home to the cold, burst pipes and instead of waking up in the morning and putting my flip flops on, it was the long johns. Never mind at least i was going out to the islands with a few customers. I started the boats engine's, cleaned the decks and then manoeuvred the boat [...]
Classic Film.
Another Classic. I'm just glad i have a catamaran and not a coble.
A blast from the past.
This is a classic old film from The Farne Islands. The music is something from a Alfred Hitchcock film.
Thank you guys.
I would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to all the wardens who have helped Serenity over the season, especially David Steel and Jason Moss and for all the information you have provided us with. Well, that's the season over for the Wardens and as they pack their bags to head home they leave the islands to its own devices. If they have [...]
Winter Wonderland
As the sea's have been a bit rough over the last week or so and what with being in bed with man's flu i needed to get out but wait a minute what's this white stuff. As we all know the snow has hit the North East for the first time in 17 years in November, but i needed to [...]