Grounded!
A combination of weather, high seas and tides means that no trips will get out this weekend. Shame as the lads on The Farnes have been recording good numbers of Little Auk this week with 352 passing on Wednesday. There are sure to be some stragglers, often found in Staple Sound between islands, hopefully some will linger till when we [...]
The Seahouses Desert?
All the action was on the mainland today, one of the few times in the year that all the wardens from The Farnes were keen to get off the islands as a male Desert Wheatear was relocated on the beach just before the end of the last row of seafront houses in the village. This typically late migrant from North [...]
First Winter Birdwatching Tour – Sat 6th November
We couldn't have picked a better day to start our first season of Winter Bird & Seal tours around the Farnes and Holy Island, bright sunshine, calm seas and big Northumberland skies made for a great backdrop to the day and the wildlife didn't disappoint either. Using Serenity II our purpose built catamaran we headed straight north to Holy Island [...]
Seals City
It was a little quiet on the seal front but all of a sudden there are hundreds everywhere. We have over 300 seal pups now and they are the cutest things I've ever seen. It was beautiful at sea today, so we were able to get the boat really close to the seal pups. We went to Staple Island first [...]
Catch of the day
Well we are back after a 6 days off. I just wish this weather would calm down and give us a sporting chance to get out and marvel the wonder of The Farne Islands. British weather I suppose. Iit was a beautiful day today. The sun was shining and the seas were calm. As we let the ropes go and [...]
Minke Whales
The morning started just fine today as the second we got out of the harbour we saw 2 Great Northern Divers fly south over the boat and then a little bit further on 10 baby Guillemots feeding in the water just before the islands. As we arrived to the islands and i was just about to start my speech when [...]
When the west wind blows
Well it was blowing a gale again today but this time it was from the west but we still got to sea. Not to say it was the best but after the S.E. gales last week, west was good and we have had a lot of birds over the last few days. Over the last few days i have never [...]
We are back
Well it's been 4 days since we have been to sea and it seems to be a long 4 days. We have had some huge sea's from the South East which has battered the islands. It was followed by heavy a swell which made it impossible to get out to sea. As the days have gone by the winds have [...]
It’s back
The white tailed eagle is back to the islands. Hope it stays for a while but at the moment the only people that will see it will the wardens, as we have south east gales at the moment. I think this will be here for a while. when the wind drops the seas will still be big so hopefully we [...]
Eagle Update
Well the Eagle has put smiles on a great many peoples faces over the last few days, but to our disappointment it left late Thursday afternoon. Tthe Fulmars are probably relieved as he had been eating them. I say HE as i have just found out that's what the birds sex is. He is about 4 months old and is [...]