{"id":3334,"date":"2016-06-09T11:18:51","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T10:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3334"},"modified":"2016-06-09T11:18:51","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T10:18:51","slug":"dolphins-farne-islands-bespoke-photography-070616","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/northumberland\/farnes\/dolphins-farne-islands-bespoke-photography-070616","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins; Farne Islands Bespoke Photography 07\/06\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday was a trip I’d been looking forward to for a long time, a bespoke photography trip to the Farne Islands,<\/a> for the parents of one of our Seal Safari clients<\/a> from back in 2009.<\/p>\n

I arrived in Seahouse to collect Jill, Pete, Liz and Bernie and we had a couple of hours on the coast before heading back to the harbour and boarding Glad Tidings.\u00a0 We were only just out of the harbour when the skipper slowed the boat almost to a halt…as a group of 5 Bottlenose Dolphins<\/strong><\/em> passed across our bow \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 We watched as they had a quick fly-by of another boat that was leaving the harbour and then they were gone.<\/p>\n

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As lines of Puffin, Razorbill<\/strong><\/em> and Guillemot<\/strong><\/em> passed by, there was a notable change in the weather.\u00a0 Blue skies and sunshine were replaced by cloud and falling temperatures, and a heavy mist was shrouding the islands.\u00a0 The Farne Islands are a surreal place as it is, but when some of the islands were just dark shapes in the mist they took on a whole different persona.\u00a0 The loud cries of Kittiwake<\/strong><\/em> echoed around the gullies, Sandwich, Common<\/strong><\/em> and Arctic Tern<\/strong><\/em> were all incubating eggs or chicks, a handsome male Red-breasted Merganser<\/strong><\/em> was sitting on the water just off the Inner Farne jetty and the whirling parade of Puffins<\/strong><\/em> carrying fish back to their nests was the focus of everyone’s attention, although female Common Eider<\/strong><\/em> sitting motionless on nests with small ducklings were greatly appreciated too.<\/p>\n

With the first rain drops beginning to spatter on the car windscreen just after we returned to dry land we headed along the coast so I could reveal some of the better spots for wildife photography; what’s there? what time of day? what time of year?\u00a0 Then it was time to head back to Seahouses.\u00a0 Are the Farnes the best wildlife experience you can enjoy in England? Britain? the world? Possibly…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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