Farnes 21-22/6

In need of some shots, finally made the effort to go to the Farne Islands in Northumberland on Sunday morning, for two days with John Wright and Kev Du Rose. Nothing really prepares you for the sights, sounds and smells of the Farnes nor the endless photo opportunities. It's fair to say we mainly targeted Puffins for photos, though a few pot shots of other species were taken when the opportunity presented itself. A very small selection of the thousands of photos taken can be found below.

Arctic Terns

One of the most remarkable birds on earth- the tiny chick and chick coming out of the egg in the second picture have (hopefully) got quite a life ahead of them!

Puffins

They might be standard shots- but you still want to get them when you go.

Puffins in flight

Puffin flight photography proved to be rather addictive and I ended up with over a thousand images of these great birds in flight over the two days, and hardly any shots of anything else!