Wildlife in the Isle of Man

Rosa,you really should visit the Highlands it is indeed a beautiful place as long as you go when the midges are out of season :D

It can't be that far from where you live.Failing that Dumfries and Galloway is really nice as well

 

Hello Cookie Monster! I don't think I've welcomed you to GC yet ... so bem-vindo!

These are really lovely photographs and I have enjoyed looking at them. Several of the shots reminded me very much of Faial Island in the Azores. Thank you for sharing these with us.

I think you should add "photography" to your list of hobbies and perhaps join us in our monthly comps ... says she tongue in cheek with such competition. :rolleyes:

PS We knew someone from Ivybridge (small world) who we actually met here in Portugal in 1983 on a Small World holiday!


Enjoy the forum.

 

CM,
Thanks for sharing your photo's and knowledge.

Really lovely, well done.

cheers

 

Thanks Lady of L!

Glad you enjoyed the pics. I love experimenting with the digital camera and then playing around with them on photoshop.

You must have some beautiful parts of Portugal with lovely sunsets I imagine.

Borrower - glad you liked too

Here is an old church near Castletown - it is the church my Great Auntie was buried in last Novemeber so it has a special place in my heart. I photo'd it normally then converted it to black and white on the computer and then sepia' ized it.

It is remarkable how technology has helped me when I used to take pics cutting the heads off people!

 

Hi CM

Lovely pics, you've made me want to go there, it's somewhere I've never been and it looks lovely

 

Looks like you love moggies Diz!

Bet if you went you'd come back with a Manxie Kitten!

 

fab pics CM..Love the "Cows".. .

 

Fabulous pics and fabulous guide, thanks so much for sharing, CM. I think all of us now fancy visiting this beautiful island.

 

Here are some more views for you, just in case you need any more convincing!


Manx Traditional Cottages at Cregneish Heritage Village.


Lighthouses on Castletown breakwater with Langness lighthouse in the distance


Hango Hill Castletown - where Manx hero and rebel William Christian was shot


Cottage at Niarbyl Bay - where 'Waking Ned' was filmed


Castle Rushen and inner harbour - Castletown


Sweeping views along the west coast looking south. (This is actually 3 pics welded together to give a wider angle view!)


Mull Hill Stone circle near Port Erin (near Nigel Mansell's old pad!)


Peel Castle at sunset

 

Wow I'm convinced! Not sure about any more cats though! 4 is a full time job! (not that that would stop me wanting to bring one back :rolleyes: )

 

Great shots C M, if you trawl through the site you will see some beautiful pictures my LoL has taken on and of Portugal.

 

Thanks Nutty and Marley

I shall certainly hunt out LOLs Portugal pics - but be patient, I've years of catching up to do on the forum!!!

Marley - I have been on the Island several times during Grand Prix week. It is very overshadowed by the TT but really is just as good fun - although, when I was a vet out there for a short time, the road closures for the racing made getting to certain farms in a hurry, a nightmare!

Ahhhh Jurby - my mums favourite place on the Island - namely for Jurby Junk! For those not in the know, this was an old aeroplane hanger type affair that was every carbooters dream! We have many little nik naks from there which we hope will turn into unexpected treasure!

I love the church at Jurby. It is located in such an isolated and lonely place - right on the coast by the sea. It always makes me sad to see the graves of airmen who were killed there during WW2 on training exercises. A sad place, but incredibly beautiful and spiritual for that too.

Swimming with seals - how fab. But I couldn't agree more about the sea temp - never gets warm, even when there has been a decent summer. Rain and fog are sadly the cross you have to bear to have such a hilly Island in the middle of the Irish Sea! They do great wet suits now - and by golly you need them!

I have just realized, being on a gardening forum and haven't mentioned manx wild flora yet. All I know about are the lovely sea pinks you get on the coastal headlands so here is a link to a very knowledgeable site on the subject!

http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/mwf1908/text.htm

Please tell me when I get too evangelical about the IOM and I'll zip up! :D

 

Beautiful shots Cookie I have never been to the Island and you make it look very tempting.
The photo's of the Choughs are just great. I saw one at Lands End and reported the sighting which was confirmed so I feel pretty'Choughed' to have seen one :D Until then the nearest to one I've been is in Chard,Somerset..