The John Dory, or St Peter’s fish. So named because legend has it that St Peter plucked one from the Sea of Galilee, leaving a print of his thumb and forefinger behind the gills. The mark also acts as an evil eye to warn off predators. The John Dory swims upright, moving like a blade through the […]
Category Archives: The Sea
The coast of East Berwickshire has many caves. Some are only accessible by sea. Others like this can be entered from the beach at low tide. Go through the gaping mouth to feel like Jonah in the belly of the whale. Treasure waits inside…for those who dare…..
Herring gulls, sociable scavengers, are unfazed by the closeness of the camera. This gull still has the tell-tale speckles on the neck and head of a young bird.
Stevie, the Jack Russell, came to Eyemouth for New Year. Sea smells and bird calls filled her dog brain. She walks with her nose and ears as much as her eyes and covers more ground than a long-distance runner.
‘Be thou my Guardian and my Guide And hear me when I call; Let not my slippery footsteps slide, And hold me lest I fall’ Isaac Williams News from the Nest has been quiet for some time but the swans have not been idle. Twice mentioned in the Berwickshire News, once for having been rescued […]
On a cold November afternoon, a still dark bird looks down on his watery kingdom. Could this be Graculus, royal bird of the land of Nog? Noggin the Nog was created once upon a time, in a land far away, Britain in the early 1960’s to be exact, by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin. Graculus, the large green bird which flew […]
Volcanic rocks around St Abb’s and Eyemouth give a feeling of a lunar landscape. They are the best-exposed remnants of late Caledonian igneous rocks south of the Southern Upland Fault. Small pools appear as mini lakes reflecting the jagged edges of these ancient rocks. Further north, at Siccar Point, James Hutton discovered his “Unconformity” and […]
A magnificent sight as the young swans hone their flying skills in Eyemouth bay. The embryonic wings have now grown to a size which will support the weight of their large bodies. The parents have taught them well. In a few weeks time they will leave the nest and look for territory of their own.
Autumn sees the welcome return of a true sea duck, the Eider, to Eyemouth harbour. According to the RSPB it is the UK’s heaviest duck and the fastest flying. It’s portliness is rather endearing. Like the puffin, it’s a real entertainer, decked in harlequin with a peachy blush to the chest and rakish black cap with a swathe of green. On […]
Green, from middle English and Anglo Saxon grene, a word associated with youth and hope, important to Islam and environmentalists alike, the colour of frogs, plants and marine environments. Algae on the surface of the harbour walls gives a green look to the water. Chlorophyll gives colour to the green. It gives Chlorophilia, the love of green as some suggest, […]
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