Fancy a Shag?

A Common or European shag, Phalacrocorax aristotelis.

Today your intrepid explorer took a small boat trip to the Farne Islands.

Sixty foot waves, hundred knot winds and temperatures below freezing, but it is all for Blip.

Holding a camera steady in these conditions is quite a challenge but it took my mind off the fact that I hate small boats or large ships.