{"id":585,"date":"2021-07-12T12:54:38","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T11:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/?p=585"},"modified":"2021-07-12T13:01:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T12:01:23","slug":"farnes-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/2021\/07\/12\/farnes-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Farnes Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of my favourite places in the world and one of the best things to do, is a boat trip to the Farne Islands. Dr Janet Simkin and I were not allowed to go to the Farnes with our students so we went on our own &#8211; well, together on our own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only 8 on the little (Billy Shiel) boat, instead of the usual 30, so this was amazing. The mist came down just as we were coming back to land and it was the most exciting, choppiest, lowest visibility I have experienced. We had no idea whether we were heading for Seahouses or Denmark. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We saw sandwich terns (no Artic terns), puffins, guillemots (including bridled), razor bills, kitiwakes, gannets &#8230; and other gulls. Seals of course &#8211; but the dolphins who had been displaying yesterday and the last few days chose to stay hidden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(If you notice a better quality of photograph, it is because Janet took all but one of them!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-07-11-at-18.26.11-2-1-1024x770.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"589\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/?attachment_id=589\" class=\"wp-image-589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-07-11-at-18.26.11-2-1-1024x770.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-07-11-at-18.26.11-2-1-300x226.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-07-11-at-18.26.11-2-1-768x577.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-07-11-at-18.26.11-2-1-1536x1155.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-07-11-at-18.26.11-2-1-399x300.jpeg 399w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-07-11-at-18.26.11-2-1.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/20210711_1304101-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"590\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/20210711_1304101-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/?attachment_id=590\" class=\"wp-image-590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/20210711_1304101-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/20210711_1304101-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/20210711_1304101-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/20210711_1304101-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/20210711_1304101-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/20210711_1304101-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Janet says we look sinister &#8211;  I think we look impressively colour co-ordinated<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-07-11-at-18.26.11-1-1024x647.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-07-11-at-18.26.11-1-1024x647.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-07-11-at-18.26.11-1-300x190.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-07-11-at-18.26.11-1-768x485.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-07-11-at-18.26.11-1-1536x971.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-07-11-at-18.26.11-1-475x300.jpeg 475w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-07-11-at-18.26.11-1.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Predominantly guillemots on their crowded cliff edge. Many of them have left for the open sea now. Love the in-flight pic, Janet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"778\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-07-11-at-18.26.11-3-1024x778.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-07-11-at-18.26.11-3-1024x778.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-07-11-at-18.26.11-3-300x228.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-07-11-at-18.26.11-3-768x584.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-07-11-at-18.26.11-3-1536x1167.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-07-11-at-18.26.11-3-395x300.jpeg 395w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-07-11-at-18.26.11-3.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>On the harbour while waiting for the dolphins to not appear &#8211; we had to be content with a close up of a starling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/qrcode_www.farne-islands.com_.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-595\" width=\"185\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/qrcode_www.farne-islands.com_.png 370w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/qrcode_www.farne-islands.com_-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/07\/qrcode_www.farne-islands.com_-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><figcaption>Link to Billy Shiels boat trips<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favourite places in the world and one of the best things to do, is a boat trip to the Farne Islands. 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