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Diving with seals
One of the great results of the No Take Zone, (as well as the Conservation of Seals act 1970) is the expanding population of the Atlantic grey seals on Lundy, Britain has 40% of the worlds grey seal population which amounts to about 100,000 and Lundy has a breeding population of over 60 of those, […]
All quiet on the rock
July 4, 2023
It’s not very often that you visit Lundy when it’s not windy, it is a lump of rock stuck out in the middle of the Bristol channel after all but when it’s calm, it’s beguiling. All the noise is stripped away and you can hear the subtle sounds of the island, not just the shouters, […]
Coos on the doorstep, seals in the combe and deer in the quarry.
April 2, 2020
The March trip to Lundy was an ideal time for testing my new bit of Fujifilm kit; the 200 mm f2. It comes with a matched 1.4x extender and is meant to be ‘stepping- razor’ sharp and all the lab charts agree, but is it ‘dangerous’ in a real world situation. Like in a sodden, […]
Island in the Middle earth of the storm
October 16, 2019
“Everything exists, everything is true, and the earth is only a little dust under our feet” No apologies for quoting the great William Butler Y but this autumn trip to Tibbetts has sort of become a fixture in my calendar year and the early October weather can be at lottery, previously it has been deck […]
Lundy Auk Superstars
July 9, 2019
Razorbills, Guillemots and Puffins are the big three superstars of the Lundy Island seabird cities. Their distinctive black and white colouring and upright stance remind us of the the worlds favourite bird; the penguin, although they are far from related. Like penguins however they are slightly awkward on land having largely sacrificed mobility, and to […]
Sunrise at Tibbetts
April 15, 2018
Always nice to receive presents, some are ‘nice’ and others are ‘just what I wanted’. However this one (a christmas present fro my kids) was probably in the ‘if a well known beer brewer did presents’ category: A midweek Easter trip to Tibbetts. Wahooo, the third trip of the year so far… It was a […]
Swallows, seals and sex mad sheep (Another Tibbetts tale)
November 3, 2015
It’s always a treat to stay on Lundy and, if you look through previous posts on this blog you will see that each trip has it’s own character & themes – shaped by the weather, travelling companions and random occurrences. This trip was hastily planned after an unexpected quiet spell at work, a quick lunchtime […]
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