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Stonehaven at Sunrise

So, 3.20 am on nearly the shortest day of the year, I decided that would be the perfect time to get up and go for some sunrise shots.  I’d had one in mind for a while and wanted to capture it while the Oil Seed Rape was in full bloom, it would make a perfect summer [...]

Catterline Seals

Todhead Lighthouse viewed from Catterline harbour

Grey Seal

Grey Seal pup trying to get out of rough water

Grey Seals basking at Catterline

Todhead Lighthouse viewed from Catterline harbour

So, we’d been meaning to get to Catterline for a few weeks as it was nearing the tail end of the Seal pupping season and I wanted [...]

Catterline

Every now and again I try and visit Catterline, a small village on the cliffs of the north-east coast between Stonehaven and Inverbervie.  It’s a beautiful bay with a small rock standing proudly in it’s centre nicknamed ‘The Dumpling’ and home to a resident seal colony and numerous seabirds.

I lived there for almost ten years until [...]