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| About 6 weeks ago I embarked on a trip to Northumberland on the east coast.I was heading for the Farne isles, a small cluster of islands acccessed by boat from Seahouses.I left early morning and was walking around the little fishing port by 8.30am. |
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| Plenty of Eider duck were around the harbour,most had small broods of duckling with them,a nice way to start the day! |
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| It was the vast seabird colonies that I`d come to see and photograph,and as usual, Puffins were one of the first birds that I encountered.Many had youngsters deep within their burrows and the adults were kept busy fetching sandeels for them to eat!As the Puffin landed with a beakfull of eels, they had to run the gauntlet of black headed gulls trying to relieve them of their catch. |
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| Arctic tern were breeding everywhere and each nest was marked with a pebble and a number. |
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| It was challenging trying to capture the puffin returning to their burrows with beaks laden with sandeels! |
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| Not the best light to work with,but a few decent images were obtained! |
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| Bit of a comical bird don`t you think! |
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| I believe that it had been a great year for sandeels and the puffins were taking full advantage! |
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| Sandwich Tern also breed on the islands,albeit in much smaller numbers than their cousins! |
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| These too were busy feeding chicks! |
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| Another breeding bird was the Shag,which was to be found along the cliff edges amongst the many kittiwakes and guillemot! |
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| On the journey around the islands were many Atlantic seals,who had hauled themselves onto the large rocks to rest.They wern`t at all fazed by the boats going near to them!! |
