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Re: Blogs.. put it in here.. Day out wae George. |
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By: George Date: June 4, 2011, 3:21 am |
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Yesterday.. |
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It turned out to be a fine day, but windy.. So I thought I would |
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watch out for Killer Whales in Yell sound.. |
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For anyone who have seen these Whales close-up is the most |
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exciting thing you can see.. |
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They seem to favour the area south of Bigga Isle, unfortunatly |
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its in the inter-ferry route between Ulsta and Toft, and the |
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ferries quite often have to slow down or take detours around |
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them, the pods seem to circle the Isles, so you don't see them |
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very often, the summer months are the best time to watch for |
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them.. |
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So yesterday, I was keeping an eye out for them when I noticed |
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an Otter feeding close in to the rocks, moving north, it was |
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eating its catch of fish in the water, as they normally do, |
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unless its a crab or a large fish, then they take them to shore |
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and eat them there.. I once watched two Otters bringing an |
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Octopuss ashore, it was nearly as big as the Otter, they seem to |
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only eat the tendrills.. |
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I followed the Otter along the shore for a bit, hoping it would |
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come ashore, but I lost sight of it, and made my way back to my |
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car.. |
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Next I made my way to Mavis Grind, one of my sons told me that |
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he had seen lots of Razorbills and Puffins there.. |
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I have never seen Puffins there before.. |
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Razorbill taken yesterday.. |
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Puffin at Mavis Grind.. |
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Then it was off in my car again, next stop was at Graven.. the |
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burn gets runs of Sea-Trout and a few Salmon every year at the |
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back end o the season. unfortunatly I had only my 500mm lens |
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with me, so it was difficult to get close-up photos, but I did |
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my best.. |
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Graven Burn.. |
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Tumbling water.. |
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Then it was off home.. |
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George .. |
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Re: Blogs.. put it in here.. 4th.June 2011 |
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By: George Date: June 5, 2011, 4:17 am |
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Yesterday was such a lovely day, I just had to get oot, but |
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first, do you remember I moved my bird perch, well the sparrows |
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seem to like it a lot. I took this pic from my lounge window.. |
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Then it was off for a spell of whale watching from the village |
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pier, after aboot an hour with no sightings I thought I would go |
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to Mavis Grind and perhaps get one o the Puffins a bit closer.. |
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But first I wanted to get a few pics o the fall in Valyre burn, |
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the last time I tried [over a year ago] I fell about 15 feet |
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down the gorge, only an Alder tree saved me from serious |
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injury.. |
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So I climbed down being very careful that I did'nt slip again.. |
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And got these .. |
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Then it was time for the Puffins at Mavis Grind. Blast.. the |
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were even further away, but a movement caught my eye in the |
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sea.. It was an Otter feeding in the bay.. |
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So I used my car window ledge with a cushion to rest my camera |
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on.. and took these.. |
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A thing I noticed in these Otter pics. was it used its paws a |
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lot to hold the fish. something I've not been aware of before. |
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like the American Sea Otter.. |
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Then I headed up north to the Braewick cafe for a bite to eat.. |
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excellent as usual .. |
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Then it was off back home, stopping for one last photo of Johnny |
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Manns Loch and a self portrait of myself.. |
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Johnny Manns Loch.. |
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And yours truly.. me .. |
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george .. |
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Re: Blogs.. put it in here.. 5th.June 2011 |
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By: George Date: June 6, 2011, 4:30 am |
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I went to Brough rd yesterday, it has a good vantage point |
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overlooking Yell Sound.. I was looking at the Sound for Killers, |
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after a while with no sightings I made my way to Toft pier.. |
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I met up with two tourists, they were looking for Otters, I |
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showed them the Holt, then an other tourist showed up, he was |
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also interested in Otters.. |
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I was there about an hour, but no otters showed up.. |
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I then spotted a Red throated diver still in its winter plumage |
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Next I took a pic. of an Arctic tern, the green background in |
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the pic. is the field beyond it.. |
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Then I thought the Shetland ponys in the field would make a nice |
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pic.. |
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Then I left for home.. |
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Imo. the weekend tele is rubbish, so last night I went out wae |
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my camera, initially to look for Killers, but this Otter I saw |
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was feeding around a reef, some of its catch was eaten on the |
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sea, one fish it caught was larger, so it took it onto the reef |
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to eat it .. Its just a pity that the tourists, who were |
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desperate for Otter pics. were'nt with me, light was'nt very |
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good for taking pics. |
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Red throated diver [winter plumage] |
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Arctic tern. |
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Shetland ponys. |
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Otter.. |
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Well, that wiz how my day went, I hope yours went well as well |
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george.. |
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