{"id":42267,"date":"2013-07-14T06:40:58","date_gmt":"2013-07-14T05:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=42267"},"modified":"2020-04-01T06:15:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T04:15:28","slug":"kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea-Kayaking with Wildlife around the Fastnet Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Conditions were ideal for sea-kayaking and wildlife photography on the west coast of Ireland early this morning &#8211; flat sea, not a breath of wind and sun burning off the early morning mist. Departing at 06:00 am from Schull Harbour in West Cork, Joff, Hugh and Nick kayaked 7 miles to the Fastnet Rock. Following by rigid-inflatable boat (RIB), Liam, Maria &amp; Ken met the kayaks at the Rock just after 08:00 am.<\/p>\n<p>Wildlife seen on the outing included Harbour Porpoise, Minke Whale, Shags, Gannets, Shearwater, Grey Seals, Black Guillemot and lots more.<\/p>\n<p>Then it was off to Clear Island for breakfast.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-350-42267\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3059\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/topaz-under-spinnaker.jpg\" title=\"Topaz under Spinnaker\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Topaz under Spinnaker\" alt=\"Topaz under Spinnaker\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/thumbs\/thumbs_topaz-under-spinnaker.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Topaz under Spinnaker<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3058\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/black-guillemot.jpg\" title=\"Black Guillemot\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Black Guillemot\" alt=\"Black Guillemot\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/thumbs\/thumbs_black-guillemot.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Black Guillemot<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3057\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/we-did-it.jpg\" title=\"We did it!\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"We did it!\" alt=\"We did it!\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/thumbs\/thumbs_we-did-it.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>We did it!<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3056\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/three-little-shags.jpg\" title=\"Three Little Shags\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Three Little Shags\" alt=\"Three Little Shags\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/thumbs\/thumbs_three-little-shags.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Three Little Shags<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3055\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/the-fastnet-rock-at-8-am.jpg\" title=\"The Fastnet Rock at 8 am\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"The Fastnet Rock at 8 am\" alt=\"The Fastnet Rock at 8 am\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/thumbs\/thumbs_the-fastnet-rock-at-8-am.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>The Fastnet Rock at 8 am<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3054\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/shag-on-the-rocks.jpg\" title=\"Shag on the Rocks\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Shag on the Rocks\" alt=\"Shag on the Rocks\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/thumbs\/thumbs_shag-on-the-rocks.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Shag on the Rocks<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3053\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/shag-drying-out.jpg\" title=\"Shag drying out\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Shag drying out\" alt=\"Shag drying out\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/thumbs\/thumbs_shag-drying-out.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Shag drying out<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3052\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/liam-approaching-clear.jpg\" title=\"Liam approaching Clear\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Liam approaching Clear\" alt=\"Liam approaching Clear\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/thumbs\/thumbs_liam-approaching-clear.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Liam approaching Clear<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3051\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/liam-and-maria.jpg\" title=\"Liam and Maria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Liam and Maria\" alt=\"Liam and Maria\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/thumbs\/thumbs_liam-and-maria.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Liam and Maria<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3050\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/ken-enjoys-the-view.jpg\" title=\"Ken enjoys the view\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ken enjoys the view\" alt=\"Ken enjoys the view\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/thumbs\/thumbs_ken-enjoys-the-view.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Ken enjoys the view<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3049\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/joff-takes-a-breather.jpg\" title=\"Joff takes a breather\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Joff takes a breather\" alt=\"Joff takes a breather\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/thumbs\/thumbs_joff-takes-a-breather.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Joff takes a breather<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3048\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/joff-hugh-and-nick-in-the-fastnet-channel.jpg\" title=\"Joff, Hugh and Nick in the Fastnet Channel\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Joff, Hugh and Nick in the Fastnet Channel\" alt=\"Joff, Hugh and Nick in the Fastnet Channel\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/thumbs\/thumbs_joff-hugh-and-nick-in-the-fastnet-channel.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Joff, Hugh and Nick in the Fastnet Channel<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3047\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/joff-at-the-rock.jpg\" title=\"Joff at the Rock\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Joff at the Rock\" alt=\"Joff at the Rock\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/thumbs\/thumbs_joff-at-the-rock.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Joff at the Rock<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3046\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/joff-approaches-the-fastnet-rock.jpg\" title=\"Joff approaches the Fastnet Rock\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Joff approaches the Fastnet Rock\" alt=\"Joff approaches the Fastnet Rock\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/thumbs\/thumbs_joff-approaches-the-fastnet-rock.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Joff approaches the Fastnet Rock<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3045\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/joff-and-nick.jpg\" title=\"Joff and Nick\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Joff and Nick\" alt=\"Joff and Nick\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/thumbs\/thumbs_joff-and-nick.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Joff and Nick<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3044\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/hugh-nick-and-joff.jpg\" title=\"Hugh, Nick and Joff\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Hugh, Nick and Joff\" alt=\"Hugh, Nick and Joff\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/thumbs\/thumbs_hugh-nick-and-joff.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Hugh, Nick and Joff<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3043\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/hugh-at-the-rock.jpg\" title=\"Hugh at the Rock\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Hugh at the Rock\" alt=\"Hugh at the Rock\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/thumbs\/thumbs_hugh-at-the-rock.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Hugh at the Rock<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3042\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/hugh-and-joff-on-course-for-the-fastnet.jpg\" title=\"Hugh and Joff on course for the Fastnet\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Hugh and Joff on course for the Fastnet\" alt=\"Hugh and Joff on course for the Fastnet\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/thumbs\/thumbs_hugh-and-joff-on-course-for-the-fastnet.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Hugh and Joff on course for the Fastnet<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3041\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/harbor-porpose.jpg\" title=\"Harbor Porpoise\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Harbor Porpoise\" alt=\"Harbor Porpoise\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/thumbs\/thumbs_harbor-porpose.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Harbor Porpoise<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3040\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/grey-seals_06.jpg\" title=\"Grey Seal\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Grey Seal\" alt=\"Grey Seal\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/thumbs\/thumbs_grey-seals_06.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Grey Seal<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3039\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/grey-seals_05.jpg\" title=\"Grey Seal\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Grey Seal\" alt=\"Grey Seal\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/thumbs\/thumbs_grey-seals_05.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Grey Seal<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3038\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/grey-seals_04.jpg\" title=\"Grey Seal\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Grey Seal\" alt=\"Grey Seal\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/thumbs\/thumbs_grey-seals_04.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Grey Seal<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3037\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/grey-seals_03.jpg\" title=\"Grey Seal\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Grey Seal\" alt=\"Grey Seal\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/thumbs\/thumbs_grey-seals_03.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Grey Seal<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3036\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/grey-seals_02.jpg\" title=\"Grey Seal\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Grey Seal\" alt=\"Grey Seal\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/thumbs\/thumbs_grey-seals_02.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Grey Seal<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3035\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/grey-seals_01.jpg\" title=\"Grey Seal\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Grey Seal\" alt=\"Grey Seal\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/thumbs\/thumbs_grey-seals_01.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Grey Seal<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3034\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/gannet-0002.jpg\" title=\"Gannet\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Gannet\" alt=\"Gannet\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/thumbs\/thumbs_gannet-0002.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Gannet<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3033\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/gannet-0001.jpg\" title=\"Gannet\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Gannet\" alt=\"Gannet\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/thumbs\/thumbs_gannet-0001.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Gannet<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3032\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/fastnet-rock-with-reflection.jpg\" title=\"Fastnet Rock with reflection\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Fastnet Rock with reflection\" alt=\"Fastnet Rock with reflection\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/thumbs\/thumbs_fastnet-rock-with-reflection.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Fastnet Rock with reflection<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3031\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/fastnet-rock-from-the-south-west.jpg\" title=\"Fastnet Rock from the south-west\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Fastnet Rock from the south-west\" alt=\"Fastnet Rock from the south-west\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/kayaking-with-wildlife-around-the-fastnet-rock\/thumbs\/thumbs_fastnet-rock-from-the-south-west.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Fastnet Rock from the south-west<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conditions were ideal for sea-kayaking and wildlife photography on the west coast of Ireland early this morning &#8211; flat sea, not a breath of wind and sun burning off the early morning mist. Departing at 06:00 am from Schull Harbour in West Cork, Joff, Hugh and Nick kayaked 7 miles to the Fastnet Rock. Following [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":2122249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6984,5],"tags":[1593,4962,431,1780,4966,4965,3815,4964,4626,446,2403,617],"class_list":["post-42267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","category-wildlife","tag-black-guillemot","tag-fastnet-rock","tag-gannet","tag-grey-seal","tag-kayak","tag-kayaking","tag-minke-whale","tag-sea-kayaking","tag-seals","tag-shag","tag-west-cork","tag-whale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2122249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}