Birdlife

We've seen more birds here than anywhere before, perhaps the geography lends itself more to seabirds but we don't know.

The other day we sat at anchor and found ourselves in the midst of a feeding frenzy. There was a school of tiny fish all around us, clearly being chased by bigger fish which would regularly break the surface as they munched down some poor small fry. Having driven their prey to the surface, the local gulls were having a field day diving into the school and picking off their own dinner. It was great to watch the action in and above the water as we could, at times, see all the players darting this way and that in pursuit and escape.

From time to time a gull would take a break and rest on our boat, other times they wheel and dart around the rigging squawking and scrabbling between each other.

Another day, we haul up the anchor and set off, towing our dinghy behind us, when we notice that we have a hitch hiker. He balances precariously as the dinghy bounces over the small waves and he bravely resists it's attempts to dislodge him. Many times we think he's about to lose it when he manages a wiggle and recovery to stand straight again. Eventually he tires of this and flies off, or maybe we'd just got him to where he wanted to go.