Exploring a Tiny Island in the Irish Sea (The Calf of Man)

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  • Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
  • The small island of the Isle of Man is a beautiful place to live (and garden!) but despite its size, there are still wild places to visit, with very few people. Places where you can experience nature like nowhere else in Britain. This is our trip to the Calf of Man, an even tinier island off our south coast. You can only get there by boat, and it's home to seals, Loaghtan sheep, rabbits, and countless birds. It's an island nature reserve and in this video, you'll see its beauty and learn about its purpose.
    If you'd like to visit the Calf of Man yourself, you can hire the same boat that took us across. Get in touch with Phil and Caroline of Isle of Man & Calf Boat Trips at bluerib at manx dot net
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Комментарии • 70

  • @michaellippmann4474
    @michaellippmann4474 3 года назад +1

    Thank you for the awesome video Tanya!
    Mike 🇨🇦🍁

  • @colininglis8918
    @colininglis8918 2 года назад +1

    Hi, lovely video, spent weeks living there in the late 70s early 80s, Helped out at the observatory and as a local to Port St Mary spent most of my spare time in my own boat fishing along the coast that you travelled on. Miss the place so so much, thank you.

  • @wenzworld
    @wenzworld 3 года назад +6

    What a beautiful, unspoiled place. Thank you for sharing!

  • @rayuk34
    @rayuk34 3 года назад +1

    Can't wait for this Friday. I am coming over to visit my sister in law who lives in Douglas and may be visiting the laxey wheel

  • @jtidema
    @jtidema 3 года назад +3

    The IOM is where my grandfather's family is from. Such a beautiful island! Never been to the Calf but I would love to.

  • @stevendowden2579
    @stevendowden2579 3 года назад +4

    that was lovely

  • @jeannet9592
    @jeannet9592 3 года назад +2

    Thank you for that beautiful and interesting tour! What solitude. And wind!

  • @tinathene
    @tinathene 3 года назад +4

    Fantastic! So great watching the bird master explain while handling the fledglings! Thank you so much for sharing this visit🐚🌝🕊

  • @francineh.7825
    @francineh.7825 3 года назад +5

    What an amazing trip! I'm not sure I should visit as I'm scared I would never want to leave haha! Such a beautiful place.

  • @boredgrass
    @boredgrass 3 года назад +4

    That was a wonderful episode of your from now on regular series "Lovely Isle of Man"!

    • @Lovelygreens
      @Lovelygreens  3 года назад +2

      If people are interested in the Island, I'd be happy to make more :)

  • @cassymichael3927
    @cassymichael3927 3 года назад +2

    I love the shot of you and Josh on the bench. That was lovely! Thank you for sharing your adventures!

    • @Lovelygreens
      @Lovelygreens  3 года назад

      Me too :) It's so rare that we can get a chance just to spend time with one another like that

  • @anncurran4704
    @anncurran4704 3 года назад +3

    How fascinating! Thanks for taking us along.

  • @anthonymikiciuksr3661
    @anthonymikiciuksr3661 3 года назад +4

    I've never known your part of the world until you've shared it with us, just beautiful and uniquely different than the fingerlakes region of new york state that I live in

  • @assortedbilge2337
    @assortedbilge2337 2 года назад

    What a splendid film. I've been to the Calf three times. The first time I was almost the only person on the boat and the solitude was awesome. I will get back there one day and, maybe, finally realise my ambition to stay over. Is that Jane's House at the nine minute mark? I have a photo (a selfie before the days of selfies) of me inside Jane's House some time, I think, in the nineties when I lived n Ramsey for a while. I love the Calf. One of my favourite special places

  • @lesliehilesgardener6959
    @lesliehilesgardener6959 2 года назад

    My sort of place quiet lovely climate Birds caves lighthouse sea abandoned mysterious dwllings Lets Go!!!

  • @thevoicewithin930
    @thevoicewithin930 3 года назад +2

    You're the best, Tanya - thanks for sharing another little peep of your life over there. It looks so lovely! :-)

  • @paulhulley5969
    @paulhulley5969 3 года назад +2

    I’m planning coming to the island for a full coastal circular walk very soon. Looks great

  • @jackdominique1864
    @jackdominique1864 3 года назад

    really enjoyed all the sites on the trip .Thanks

  • @dorothyhopkins5460
    @dorothyhopkins5460 3 года назад +2

    That was lovely. Thanks for sharing. I have been to the Isle of Man but it was a long time ago.

  • @yvencia1150
    @yvencia1150 3 года назад +2

    Good morning 🌄

  • @iartistdotme
    @iartistdotme 3 года назад +3

    So happy that you shared this with us - always so many places to see and learn about.

  • @deloreshinson9356
    @deloreshinson9356 3 года назад +1

    Thank you for sharing your trip, enjoyed the guided tour of your wonderful area

  • @chrishobsonwhalen5238
    @chrishobsonwhalen5238 3 года назад +2

    What a beautiful part of the world you live in. Thank you for sharing this.

  • @jeffeaves5399
    @jeffeaves5399 3 года назад +2

    thank you enjoyed your trip nice video

    • @Lovelygreens
      @Lovelygreens  3 года назад

      It was great to visit and to get away for a weekend. Fantastic staycation :)

  • @cherylschumacher1832
    @cherylschumacher1832 3 года назад +2

    How lovely!

  • @ginad3655
    @ginad3655 3 года назад +1

    Wow - what a beautiful place! Thank you for sharing...

  • @itsmewende
    @itsmewende 3 года назад +2

    The stone cliffs with all those birds must have been fabulous to see. Really beautiful.!

    • @Lovelygreens
      @Lovelygreens  3 года назад +2

      The sound was incredible!! So many birds 😍

    • @itsmewende
      @itsmewende 3 года назад

      @@Lovelygreens
      Oh yeah I bet so, that never even crossed my mind.!

  • @sharknato6162
    @sharknato6162 3 года назад +4

    I was on the Ferry to Liverpool from Belfast a couple of weeks ago. I saw there on my way past ! Small world

  • @juhakaaro9656
    @juhakaaro9656 3 года назад +1

    Hey! I have not seen those Puffin birds. We don´t have those here in Finland (Very, very random here). Beautiful bird! The Calf of man is beautiful place too. Thanks for sharing video!

  • @JoColours
    @JoColours 3 года назад +1

    Wow, thank you so much for sharing this!

  • @chillstudio545
    @chillstudio545 3 года назад +2

    Every views is lovely

  • @jin8339
    @jin8339 3 года назад

    Love that Dragon drinking. It does look like a dragon and thanks for sharing with us. It is very different and unique for us to see where you came from. I am hoping to travel there in a few yrs time when pandemic is all over with my family.
    Florida, USA 💕

  • @micheleyates3625
    @micheleyates3625 3 года назад +2

    Love this; thank you for sharing ❤.

  • @cathykirkmcrae7727
    @cathykirkmcrae7727 3 года назад +2

    Wow, all of that is so cool!

  • @anneyoung6398
    @anneyoung6398 3 года назад +2

    What a beautiful video you made. I haven't been anywhere in such a long time, it was a real treat to tag along with you.

    • @Lovelygreens
      @Lovelygreens  3 года назад

      It was our first "off-island" trip together since 2019! Such a special way to get a little holiday in without feeling unsafe 💚

  • @warp9p659
    @warp9p659 3 года назад +2

    What an incredible adventure. Loved it!!

  • @marybethdimarco3215
    @marybethdimarco3215 3 года назад +2

    so special, thanks.

  • @natalies753
    @natalies753 3 года назад

    Beautiful! That bird was so cute! Thank you for sharing :)

  • @davidthescottishvegan
    @davidthescottishvegan 3 года назад +2

    Excellent video Tanya and the Isle of Man and Calf of Man certainly has good scenery to compete with some of the beautiful scenery in Scotland and I have walked up various mountains in Scotland when I was younger and would love to do it again.

    • @Lovelygreens
      @Lovelygreens  3 года назад +1

      The Island is like a miniature version of Great Britain when it comes to landscapes. Parts like Scotland, and parts like England and Wales. Just squished into a tiny little speck in the Irish Sea :)

  • @TontosVotanPaSocialistas
    @TontosVotanPaSocialistas 10 месяцев назад

    I love it and diving aroud is amaizing. The Burroo Chiken Rock underwater is beautifull.

  • @catwoman7462
    @catwoman7462 3 года назад +2

    I haven't been to the Calf for many, many years. When I went puffins still nested there and the cliff side was full of them. What I do remember were the flippin' midgies!

    • @Lovelygreens
      @Lovelygreens  3 года назад +1

      There were few while we were there but it had been very dry up until the day we arrived. Maybe that had something to do with it?

    • @catwoman7462
      @catwoman7462 3 года назад

      @@Lovelygreens Probably. I seem to remember the weather was a bit overcast and damp the day I went. I really must go for another trip. Since I last went I got really interested in bird watching so I'd probably appreciate it more now.

  • @kadirkacir12
    @kadirkacir12 3 года назад

    Herşey. Çok güzel. Ve. Doğal. Tedrık Ederım seni 👍👍

  • @vivienrhodes4248
    @vivienrhodes4248 3 года назад +2

    Brilliant

  • @katjabokal2430
    @katjabokal2430 3 года назад +2

    Beautiful trip! :-)

  • @rbnutwood4659
    @rbnutwood4659 3 года назад +2

    Super interesting 😊

  • @rbnutwood4659
    @rbnutwood4659 3 года назад +2

    💖😊💖

  • @declanconway2903
    @declanconway2903 3 года назад +3

    Great video again Tanya. My sister lives in port Saint Mary

  • @CarolineMouton1
    @CarolineMouton1 Месяц назад

    I'm curious about the houses. Who lived there and how long ago did they leave? I'm asking because my family name is Calf, which we've been told is because our ancestors came from the Calf. But thanks for the virtual walk about, it's great to know what it looks like there.

    • @Lovelygreens
      @Lovelygreens  Месяц назад

      Calf is an old word that means little island. I'm not sure about your last name, but I don't think it's Manx - or, at least, not a common Manx name. I've never heard it here before. Maybe it was taken on after your family emigrated? If you want to trace your ancestry, there's a wonderful genealogy museum in the Isle of Man called the iMuseum. As for the tholtans on the Calf, they were vacated decades ago. There were a few farming families that lived there, but others were there to man the lighthouses.

  • @1jw298
    @1jw298 3 года назад +1

    Looks like a place they would film a highlander movie

    • @Lovelygreens
      @Lovelygreens  3 года назад

      Definitely! We're not all that far from Scotland and have some similar landscapes :)

    • @catwoman7462
      @catwoman7462 3 года назад

      A few films have been made here. Waking Ned was filmed here, and the phone box in Cregneash was still green up until a couple of years ago.

  • @yureituesday
    @yureituesday 3 года назад +2

    One of my first memories is a cow being crossed it really was terrible

    • @catwoman7462
      @catwoman7462 3 года назад +1

      It must have been terrifying for the cows - the Sound is always very choppy.

    • @yureituesday
      @yureituesday 3 года назад +1

      Well they go under water for most the way. I’d be shocked if there weren’t a percentage that died every time.

  • @escapethisall
    @escapethisall 3 года назад +3

    Starling was horrified and he just keeps restraining it not giving a shit about stressing it

    • @Lovelygreens
      @Lovelygreens  3 года назад +2

      No bird likes to be caught, but Aron and the team are doing incredible work in bird conservation and education. Starling was perfectly fine when released :)

  • @angelaandersons7918
    @angelaandersons7918 10 месяцев назад

    Its beautiful, but it's the arse end of nowhere lol bit freaky