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Marine life lover. Amateur photographer still learning how to use a camera after 30 years of trying. Whales, dolphins, seals, seabirds, especially puffins.
Tbh, the R7 went rogue that day. Most of my photos look like I covered the lens with sperm whale snot 🤣
15.02.2026 14:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0L87 Onyx. Handsome, resilient and faithful 😃😍
15.02.2026 11:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cory’s sheerwater takes off. Pico, Azores 2023
It’s all a bit of a blur
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#SuperSeabirdSunday
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Puffins “billing” to strengthen their bond. Farne Islands 2023
Everlasting love ❤️
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#photography #valentines
You otter have a good reason for being tardy, Mark 🤓
09.02.2026 17:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Puffin set against the yellow algae on the surrounding rocks. Farne Islands, Northumberland 2024.
They call me mellow yellow
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#SuperSeabirdSunday
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3 puffins flee the scene while others are left behind 😁 Brownsman Island, 2025.
The great escape
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That is so adorable 🥰
01.01.2026 16:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Polar bear checks out the weird two-legged creatures in the Churchill Wildlife Management Area. Manitoba, Canada 2017.
Best paw forward for our polar bear friends this year 😍
01.01.2026 11:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Red fox hunting at sunset in the Churchill Wildlife Management Area. Manitoba, Canada. Nov 2017.
Dashing through the snow
#fox #foxoftheday
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#photography
Puffins in sea spray on a windy day in Northumberland 2025
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow ❄️
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#photography
#SuperSeabirdSunday
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Puffin with a stick that’s way too big for the burrow contemplating next moves! Farne Islands, Northumberland 2025
Branching out
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Razorbill carefully balances an egg on a cliff ledge on Inner Farne Island 2025.
Between a rock and a hard place
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#SuperSeabirdSunday
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Puffin looks coquettishly over one shoulder with the sea sparkling in the sunlight. Isle of May, Scotland 2023.
Give ‘em the ol’ razzle dazzle
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Eider duck reflecting in the calm waters of Seahouses harbour on a sunny day in March 2025.
Two for the price of one
#birdoftheday theme reflections
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#photography
A guillemot is grooming its partner with a bill gently poking into the neck. Farne Islands 2019.
Getting it in the neck
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Oops I forgot the alt text. Taken in Monterey Bay 2011.
26.11.2025 16:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A wonderful thing is a pelican
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OnTheEdge of water
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Definitely not grumpy
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#photography
#SuperSeabirdSunday
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Puffin examines a boat hook on the dock. Showing off the mouth structures that hold sandeels in place. Farne Islands 2024
Through the looking glass
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#photography
Puffin appears to toil uphill bringing home the catch. Northumberland 2019
Running up that hill
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I love that the ship’s bow is bottlenose dolphin shaped. Gives me “mother ship” vibes 😀
13.11.2025 18:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Love this!
11.11.2025 19:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Thank you. I liked the little water beads in the crop of the crop 😀
10.11.2025 16:15 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Razorbill covered in beads of water after a quick plunge. Farne Islands, 2023.
Raindrops keep falling on my head
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Puffin wings are ruffled on the landing approach on Inner Farne Island, 2025.
Don’t get ruffled
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Puffin on the way to the burrow to feed a chick appears frozen to the spot, mid stride. Northumberland 2024.
Frozen in time
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A pair of Razorbills beak to beak. Inner Farne Island 2025
Hopelessly devoted
#birdoftheday
#twosday #seabirds #ukwildlife
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2 puffins with full beaks of sandeels looked at mournfully by another with nothing. Isle of May, Scotland 2023.
The haves and the have nots
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#photography
Common Guillemot takes off from the North Sea. Farne Islands 2023.
Wheels up
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#SuperSeabirdSunday
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