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A new series by David Attenborough starts tonight on BBC1 at 8.00pm. 'A Perfect Planet'

From the viewing guide:

Includes a visit to Lake Natron which lies on the northern flank of the Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano,in Tanzania which is one of Africa's most active. The water contains such a concentration of chemicals it will burn skin but here takes place Africa's greatest natural history spectacular when,at the right time, it becomes the nesting site for 2 million lesser flamingos. Tonight's episode also includes a visit to an active volcano in Yellowstone National Park with footage of river otters enjoying the ice-free rivers and spectacular footage of errupting volcanoes and concluding with how the crew filmed it all. There are over 1500 active volcanoes on the planet.
 
Mate, sorry slow, John is was great cheers on the 'eads up. Ahh the master at work,:)


Seen as you haven't had a reply I thought rather than start another thread,Simon King is on BBC 4 was last Sat. Have a look,

It was also on last week buddy, ( maybe I player? )............. really interesting , third part next sat

take care

stu
 
Daz well done mate cheers for popping the links up for me,/ us all.................. LMAO I haven't a clue with TV . thank you mate.(y)

Bob, it's really good isn't it. As I said elsewhere Mr K is a master at this a tog first presenter second. It's a fantastic watch for folks like us not only interested in the beasties but also trying to steal their souls with a frame. it's great seeing how he approaches all this.

Ha, and yes the otter lady had me in bits ( you'll see), what an incredible couple, ahh man watching them try so hard for so long to get that otter back right and then loose ripped me heart out.
HNY both

stu
 
Second episiode tonight..same slot 8.00pm.

This week it's about how varying amounts of sunlight, according to location, affects life on Earth. from the Arctic to the Sahara. Seems the most remarkable animal featured is the cryogenic wood frog which freeze and thaw.
 
Doh! nearly missed that.......thanks for the heads up :)

Watched a few mins ago on the iPlayer, just reinforced our thought that we would like to go with the aim of wildlife watching/photography and simply enjoying the scenery :)

Wonder if will be a chance later this year???
 
Box Brownie said:
Doh! nearly missed that.......thanks for the heads up :)

Watched a few mins ago on the iPlayer, just reinforced our thought that we would like to go with the aim of wildlife watching/photography and simply enjoying the scenery :)

Wonder if will be a chance later this year???
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We're booked into a cottage on Mull mid-May and after that we drive across to the east coast to see the dolphins at Chanonry Point , Moray Firth, Not sure we'll be able to go especially if there's another mutation. It's a clever enemy, this covid.
 
Episode 3 of Simon King in the Shetlands was best yet for me...
 
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We're booked into a cottage on Mull mid-May and after that we drive across to the east coast to see the dolphins at Chanonry Point , Moray Firth, Not sure we'll be able to go especially if there's another mutation. It's a clever enemy, this covid.
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We go up to Chanonry point just about every year for a couple of days - it's wonderful and we have the cottage by the lighthouse booked for a few days in June this year.

But and it's a big but - when the dolphins are at play it gets absolutely rammed with people - I took this while standing shoulder to shoulder in the middle of a crowd.

Bottlenose dolphin - Chanonry Point by David Young, on Flickr

I called in for a brief look on my way to photograph a football match in Brora in October, intending having half an hour stop for lunch and look to see if the dolphins were there - and it was mobbed, there was a queue waiting for a space to get into the car park, luckily I managed to get turned and headed elsewhere.

Not sure I'd be happy anywhere I'd get a good view on the beach to take photos given the current situation - we'd be able to watch any activity from the upper windows of the cottage but if that's the case it won't be a photographic opportunity.

Back to the topic though - just watched the first episode of Simon King in Shetland - loved it.
 
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We go up to Chanonry point just about every year for a couple of days - it's wonderful and we have the cottage by the lighthouse booked for a few days in June this year.

But and it's a big but - when the dolphins are at play it gets absolutely rammed with people - I took this while standing shoulder to shoulder in the middle of a crowd.

by David Young, on Flickr

I called in for a brief look on my way to photograph a football match in Brora in October, intending having half an hour stop for lunch and look to see if the dolphins were there - and it was mobbed, there was a queue waiting for a space to get into the car park, luckily I managed to get turned and headed elsewhere.

Not sure I'd be happy anywhere I'd get a good view on the beach to take photos given the current situation - we'd be able to watch any activity from the upper windows of the cottage but if that's the case it won't be a photographic opportunity.

Back to the topic though - just watched the first episode of Simon King in Shetland - loved it.
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That's a fabulous photo. We're booked into the same cottage for a week. :) Any tips would be much appreciated..by Pm if you prefer. I read that there's a campsite further along that has good views as they get down there. I see there's a fish 'n chip shop and a Co-op in nearby in Fortrose.Hopefully, tptowards the endv May this covid situatiuoin will have been eased greatly..we keep listening to Nicola Sturgeon's briefings.
 
JohnC6 said:
That's a fabulous photo. We're booked into the same cottage for a week. :) Any tips would be much appreciated..by Pm if you prefer. I read that there's a campsite further along that has good views as they get down there. I see there's a fish 'n chip shop and a Co-op in nearby in Fortrose.Hopefully, tptowards the endv May this covid situatiuoin will have been eased greatly..we keep listening to Nicola Sturgeon's briefings.
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Hi John - I'll put together some info and PM you it later rather than taking over this thread.
 
In May 2015 we went and stayed in Grantown on Spey................made a trip to Chanonry and was delighted to see the Dolphins.

A mixed bag of photographs, though none with such a good leap that David @davidy233 has shared with us but I was delighted to see this mother & calf

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There were about 30 people on the beach though when we arrived it was no more than about a dozen....but the numbers grew during the afternoon. Oh, talking of timing.....check the tide times ~ I read before hand that it is best just before or just after the turns.
 
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In May 2015 we went and stayed in Grantown on Spey................made a trip to Chanonry and was delighted to see the Dolphins.

A mixed bag of photographs, though none with such a good leap that David @davidy233 has shared with us but I was delighted to see this mother & calf

There were about 30 people on the beach though when we arrived it was no more than about a dozen....but the numbers grew during the afternoon. Oh, talking of timing.....check the tide times ~ I read before hand that it is best just before or just after the turns.
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While the general wisdom is that from an hour or so after low tide is the best chance of seeing dolphins at Chanonry Point - it's not always true. The picture I posted above was taken five and a half hours after low tide, the dolphins had been around for about half an hour at that point and the day before they had taken four hours after low tide to arrive. We've also seen them over an hour before low tide - generally though there's a better chance on a rising tide.
 
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While the general wisdom is that from an hour or so after low tide is the best chance of seeing dolphins at Chanonry Point - it's not always true. The picture I posted above was taken five and a half hours after low tide, the dolphins had been around for about half an hour at that point and the day before they had taken four hours after low tide to arrive. We've also seen them over an hour before low tide - generally though there's a better chance on a rising tide.
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Thanks for the extra in sight...............my series of images were taken around 2 - 5pm and I think I recall that we got there about an hour before low tide and were there about 3.5 to 4 hours???
 
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Thanks for the extra in sight...............my series of images were taken around 2 - 5pm and I think I recall that we got there about an hour before low tide and were there about 3.5 to 4 hours???
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The secret is get there and stay around - on a previous trip we didn't see anything for over four hours on a glorious sunny day and decided to go to the golf club for lunch - we had lunch and sat in the lounge which has a distant view of the point - one of the waitresses looked out of the window and commented 'Oh the dolphins are still jumping' - by the time we paid the bill and got back along to the point they'd gone after a spectacular show which had started just after we'd left the beach.
 
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