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More Lobsters, More Puffins, Less Day Trippers

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Check out our blog: SHARE FAIR ISLE for our day to day happenings- from discovering puffins to eating some of the freshest catches of the day--- lobster and mackerel. In December 2020 Sarah and I spent three weeks on Fair Isle-. After celebrating Christmas and New Year in West Sussex, we were off to America: Sarah on Castaway Cay, Disney's remote private island to keep the attraction Show Ready , and staff happy and healthy with her skilled nursing. I stayed on in South Florida, to continue my Instructional Design project with the US Navy, and was also working remotely (From home in Port Saint Lucie! however) Nowdays, we are back here on glorious Fair Isle, Where Scotland meets Scandinavia and the North Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean...Collected these memories in our trip reports on youtube. Here is the playlist to date: CLICK HERE From A to Z- During the Pandemic you can't just have a Plan B. how about the rest of the alphabet- We took Plan S  Shetlands, and Britain...

Puffins! Little Brothers Of The Arctic

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  Considering puffins spend the winter at sea, it is a rare privilege to get to see them in their breeding colonies here on the sub Arctic North Sea in Fair Isle. These  Fratercula Arctica Puffins are unmistakable birds with their black back and white underparts, distinctive black head with large pale cheeks and their tall, flattened, brightly-coloured bill. Its comical appearance is heightened by its red and black eye-markings and bright orange legs. Used as a symbol for books and other items, this clown among seabirds is one of the world's favourite birds.