Yesnaby (08 Jun 2024)

Yesnaby is on the west coast of the Orkney mainland, and gives easy access to view spectacular sea cliffs, plus the birds that nest there. The weathered horizontally bedded sandstone has lots of ledges that various species of bird like to inhabit. They seem to approach their ledge by diving and then pulling up, to hopefully run out of energy just as they drop onto the ledge. However with the strong on-shore wind they seemed to often have too much energy, so went past the ledge and out to see for another attempt!

The depth of the sea by the cliffs leads to it being a gorgeous dark blue, rather than the paler shades where a sandy bottom can be seen. Where it is paler it’s often because of millions of tiny bubbles generated by the surf. It’s a place that can leave you with the sound of surf pounding on the rocks.

I had the 60-250 lens on the Pentax, so took some photos with the Pixel as I wanted a wider angle view.