Harbour Porpoise

Today was just lovely. I took the boat out into the bay at 7am because of the tide. My first customers were not until 10.30am so i had to sit around for a while but this was not a problem as the sea was like glass. After i had cleaned the boat ready for the day i noticed something in the distance. Was it my eyes, as it was so sunny that their was a glare on the water but no it was 2 Harbour Porpoise. I quickly started the boat to closer to inspect and i got closer it was. The Harbour Porpoise are a bit shy so as i got closer they changed direction and went the other way. After that i just watched them from a far.

When i picked up our first customers i told Keith (My Crewman) what i had seen and the first thing he said was to watch out for the rest of the day because the seas were that calm it would be easy to spot them. Sure enough we had not got to the Islands and Keith spotted another Harbour Porpoise. Now if they were the same ones we don't know but it was just nice to see them.

As a lot of birds have gone now it was very pleasing to see.

Beautiful Day

Dunlin, Knot & Grey Plover

Golden Plovers

Turnstone

What a beautiful day today. The sun has shone all day and the sea's have been flat calm. With a lot of the birds going now it's time to spot the odd rare bird passing. Over the last few days myself and my crewman Keith have been lucky to see some great things.

On Wednesday we saw a Hummingbird Hawk moth fly past us on the bow of the boat. Then about an hour later we saw Turnstones and Purple Sandpipers.

Today we saw a 2 group of about 50 Golden Plovers and about 20 Knot.

Just hope we keep seeing things as its makes our day and the customers too.

Disgusted

On the 7th June a visitor to The Inner Farne killed an Artic Tern. I could not believe what i have heard. The man decided to take a cane from the ground which was marking birds and take a swipe that the bird hitting it on the wing thus killing it and leaving 3 chicks to fend for themselves. This is the birds home and not the man's and all the Tern was doing was pecking him because he was near her young. Any mother would protect her young. So he killed one bird with a stick what a man eh. He did not just kill a bird he killed the family as the young chicks will not survive either. This man should never be aloud back to The Farnes or the village again. This is my living, my home and the birds so please in future don't come back.

Birds Everywhere

Another amazing day at The Farne Islands. Seas were calm and the sun was shining. Lots of the chicks have been born now and some are really big. The Inner Farne is buzzing at the moment with birds flying everywhere. If anyone has not been before then you must go before all the birds leave. You will just be amazed as i still am every year.

the farnes

The islands have been amazing latley. Birds everywhere and they are starting to hatch now. The weather has been great and its been a pleasure to be their at the moment. Jsut hope this keeps up.

Typical Bank Holiday

Well you can tell its Bank Holiday weekend as the wind arrived late Saturday evening. The weather was ok on Saturday but we woke up to alot of wind on Sunday and Monday. Some boats did go out on Monday but we did not. Fingers crossed the weather looks as though it calming down so we should get back out there tomorrow.

Amazing Day

Well it was an amazing day today with flat calm sea's and thousands of sea birds everywhere. The Inner Farne Island is just buzzing at the moment. All the birds have all arrived now and a lot are starting to mate and even some have laid their eggs.

I don't know if this is a good thing as it's still April and i'm a little worried that they might leave quicker than usual. Well we will have to just wait and see.

Head Warden David Steel is in his 9th year now and i have to take my hat off to him for doing so.

Well another day tomorrow so hopefully it will be a bit busier as it been very quite lately.

The Farne Islands

Well the weather has been really good over the last few weeks, which makes life a lot easier for me.

As a Skipper of Serenity Farne Island Boat Tours its great when you get good weather and flat calm seas as you can take your boat close in so your customers can see all the wildlife. At the moment it does not matter to much as the seabirds are everywhere. I must admit i see this every year and it still amazes me. Their are thousands of birds around the Farnes and what a beautiful site.

The only thing that concerns me at the moment is that a good few birds are on eggs already so i just hope that they don't leave too early.

Well this is my first blog so i hope i can do a good job for you all.