Swans are fiercely territorial. The young herring gull, caught between the river and the harbour mouth, is shown little mercy by the parent swans. The cygnets, mimicking parental behaviour, join in the one-sided skirmish. The gull finds sanctuary on the river bank, but with a damaged wing, its chances of survival are poor.
Monthly Archives: July 2014
Young swans wings grow disproportionately. Long necks and strong bodies are needed now…. flying lessons come later.
It is high summer and the mackerel are coming in abundance. Fishermen become generous with their catch, but this seal must work hard for his supper. To catch a glimpse of an animal in the wild can send a shiver down the spine, but in Eyemouth harbour there are seals a-plenty. Pragmatic creatures, they will entertain for a sliver of fish….and have […]
Fish boxes on the harbour at Eyemouth stamped with the names of ports from the various fishing nations of the North Sea. Some hours from now and they may well be teeming with the orange-pink shells of nephrops norvegicus. Predominantly male nephrops, venturing out from the silt to feed at dawn or dusk, are trapped […]
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