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Camping Lundy Pride

July 8, 2017

As temperatures soared around the longest day in June (#Joon17) in north Devon, it was too hot to work, too hot to sleep and too hot to deal with the crowds who has swarmed to the coast in search of some relief from the humid conditions. There was only one option – a last minute […]

Lundy Puffins

July 3, 2017

To celebrate #WorldSeabirdDay here’s some pictures of everyones favourite (except for those nut-cases who prefer Storm Petrels); A great Auk: The Lundy Puffin – small in numbers and elusive but a population on the up since the eradication of the black rat from the island. Why is 3rd July #WorldSeabirdDay? It’s because it’s the anniversary […]

Splendid Shags

July 2, 2017

I’ve been waiting a life time to write that headline. Following on from the Peregrin encounter here are some magnificent Shags on the west coast of Lundy. One you will see is sitting on several white eggs, surely just about to pop. For those of us having difficulty differentiating between Shags and Cormorants here’s some […]

Peregrine encounter on Lundy

June 30, 2017

It was a spur of the moment trip prompted by the stinking hot mid-June heat wave. The thought was ‘at least there will be a breeze on Lundy’, although this proved to be no exactly true. At least the voyage across on the Oldenberg was very pleasant. Last minute booking meant camping, which was a […]

PS (Puffins & Sika)

May 27, 2017

Postscript to the May Lundy trip are these photos of Puffins & Sika deer taken with the Long Tom. The long tom is my Canon 600mm f4 weighting in at nearly 5 ½ kilos, it is virtually impossible to hand hold except for short periods and although it is bitingly sharp is a class one, […]

Day tripping Lundy dreaming

May 26, 2017

Maytime, the early boat from Bideford, despite getting up at minus-saturday to make the 8am sailing you are rewarded with a few extra hours of island time. The weather, the fresh late spring easy and an Lundy first timer all make for a magical encounter, these shots from the full frame and standard lens have […]

Big Moon Tibbetts

March 20, 2017

Big spring moon and tides for the first trip of the year to Lundy and a few moonscapes to challenge an addled brain. Here’s Tibbetts underneath a big shiny moon while it was inhabited full of lunatics. Sunset over Pondsbury. Golden grasses. Rabbit scull dream. Marisco Tavern at moonrise. Moonrise from the Gents […]

Late Winter Lundy

March 19, 2017

A few signs of spring on the mainland but the island is still sleeping beneath morning mists and afternoon blow-throughs. Life goes on though, and a few lambs take there first brave and slimy steps into what will be the only year they ever know. Skylarks sing to herald the new season and the fab […]

Midnight at the Oasis

January 30, 2017

Finally got round to sorting these photos out, taken with the Canon 5D mk lll with a wide angle lens (15mm f2.8). I fiddled with them it a bit, increased the exposure and sorted out the purple and greens to give you these; definitely a work in process, but thanks for the kind comments. “Wow” […]

Mountaineering monkeys and shy Sika

December 10, 2016

Well not exactly monkeys but sure footed Lundy goats, who seem to defy the normal laws of gravity. They somehow perch on sheer granite cliffs with a laid-back approach of a Beatnik in a coffee shop; and all to munch on some tasty lichen. Mmmmmmm. Lichen, as we all know, is a composite organism that […]