Views from nearby

Recently we both accompanied Marine Unit personnel on a survey of cliff-nesting seabirds. The views of the coastline were simply extraordinary. Mike took nearly 1000 photos during the 4 hour trip on rough seas in a small(ish) boat. After much anguish, the following 17 photos have been selected as the best of the day:

Approaching Jamestown foreshore
St Helena's fishing fleet moored in Jamestown Roads. It's a big sea and an even bigger sky before the next piece of land
St Helena's fishing fleet and coastal cliffs

Munden's Battery and the Bahrain prison perched on cliff near Jamestown
Cliffs underneath Flagstaff in the north of St Helena

Approaching the obviously-named Turks Cap in the east of St Helena. Strangely, when you walk along the coastal slopes it feels a lot steeper than pictured

Shore Island

Shore Island with Great Stone Top in background

George Island with backdrop of Great Stone Top (highest coastal cliff in southern hemisphere)

George Island, an important seabird nesting site

Shore Island

Waves battering a headland at Sandy Bay, in the east of St Helena

The dike swarms in the cliffs of St Helena are renown to geologists worldwide. This is a view of a swarm (the dark lines) under Man O' War Roost in the south-east

Speery Island (in the south). People climb this island to harvest guano for their gardens

Another view of Speery Island

Black noddies (Anous tenuirostris) busy replenishing the guano supply on Speery Island

Man and Horse cliffs. Some areas of the coast have a lovely appearance of crushed velvet. I've heard tale of two fisherman scaling this cliff when the sea became rough and started to swamp their fishing rock. They climbed it in the dark, with their fish



3 comments:

  1. Unknown9 May 2011 at 13:47

    When we took the around the isalnd boat trip I did not feel well after 2/3 of the distance. These pictures bring back good and not so good memeories ;) May I link my German holiday blog to this?
    Hope all is well with you.
    Love,
    Jessica

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  2. Mike and Fran10 May 2011 at 01:01

    Hi Jessica, how you enjoying the new 5DII? No worries about linking your holiday blog. Must have another look at it myself. All's good here - social life is as hectic as ever

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  3. Unknown10 May 2011 at 15:27

    Yes, I am enjoying my new camera. I may need some new lenses though ;) At the moment I am looking for traces od St. Helena in my hometown. Not that there are Saints living here, but there are a few spots which nearly look the same.

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