She Flies Through The Air..... by 30pics4jackiesdiamond

She Flies Through The Air.....

Two days to lift thirty boats out of the harbour. No accidents or incidents. Morning started with a squall and developed into another glorious sunny and dry day.

PoJT watched a huuuuuge bird of prey soaring on a thermal. Lots of discussions about if a marsh harrier, osprey or sea eagle. Consensus is it was a sea eagle!!!!
Nice one. I love watching boats being lifted in and out of the water. You saw a sea eagle?? They have a pair on the IOW now so maybe it popped over.
October 19th, 2024  
Wow!! That is some tall crane.
October 19th, 2024  
Fun and exciting for everyone…
October 19th, 2024  
Absolutely fabulous composition! It looks like a very busy day. How exciting to have seen the bird.
October 19th, 2024  
Always a great sight to see.
October 19th, 2024  
Why were they lifting 30 boats out? Interesting photo. Where is this?
October 19th, 2024  
Good capture
October 19th, 2024  
Wow, that is something to see and so is the bird. Where do they put the boats?
October 20th, 2024  
This must be quite a sight every year. Though not as exciting as seeing birds of prey.
October 20th, 2024  
I remember you talking about taking the boats out of the water. Are there places close to the harbor to store the boats or do people take them home?
October 20th, 2024  
Wow, that would be interesting to watch. Where do they all go?
October 20th, 2024  
@kjarn in the dinghy park ( dinghies get taken home)
@randystreat some smaller ones go home
@narayani nevere tire of watching the crane lifting boats over the rooftops, and watching for nature whilst afloat

@shutterbug49 it is, in the parks on land
@joansmor nice weather helped
@carolinesdreams they tend not to sail in winter, in storms safer on land mastless and they have half a year to do repairs and faff on dry land

@wakelys isn't it?!
@grammyn oh do excited, and the discussions amongst the birders was interesting. So fortunate to have these three types of fairly rare birds near us
@beverley365 it is quite dangerous too
@billyboy it is!! And the driver looks about 14 and is tiny!!

@casablanca a couple of the IoW ones have been spotted in Essex, a couple others been killed and there's one here on Thorney. What ever it was, it was huge.
A friend has a photo she took of the osprey on top of a mast!!

October 20th, 2024  
With the greatest of ease! Lovely shot!
October 20th, 2024  
Wow, that crane is huge. Lifting 30 boats out of the water would be quite an undertaking.
October 20th, 2024  
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