Hi from the Outer Hebriedes

dbozkurt · #1 (**permalink**) 28-10-2006, 07:33 PM

Hello Everyone

My names Debbie and at present am aboding in the Outer Hebrides. I was working in Stornoway and commuting at the weekends to Benbecula. The wild life, fauna etc. is amazing here. The weather at present is not good, heavy rain and gale force winds. Tried to reach a loch today to take photos of Whooper swans but got bogged down so only got distant shots.

This is an amazing site and for an amateur like me the photographs help me identify birds, plants and fungi.....though must admit having difficulties with identify some of the pictures I took.

Would be interested to here from anyone else living in the remote parts of Britain....though I am really a Londoner.

First post......exciting

Ollie · #2 (**permalink**) 28-10-2006, 07:56 PM

Hi Debbie, I don't live in a particular remote part of Britain unless you call the Lincolnshire wolds remote, but a very warm welcome to WAB. Sure you will soon feel at home and meet some great people on here. Enjoy the site
Roger

dbozkurt · #3 (**permalink**) 28-10-2006, 07:59 PM

Thanks for the welcome, anyone know how you get a photo under your name, i've added one to my profile but it doesn't show.

Thanks

glsammy · #4 (**permalink**) 28-10-2006, 08:20 PM

Welcome to WAB Debbie. Unfortunately I live right smack in the centre of the UK in Nottingham, but that won't stop me helping you in any way I can.

As for you avatar, it's probably the size that's the problem. Make sure its no more than 90x90 pixels and less than 24kb in size.

Ollie · #5 (**permalink**) 28-10-2006, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by dbozkurt

Thanks for the welcome, anyone know how you get a photo under your name, i've added one to my profile but it doesn't show.

Thanks

Hi Debbie, click the User CP button and you should then find an option to add an avatar (the picture under your user name when you post) Intructions to add an avatar are straight forward, but it can't be larger than 90 x 90 or 24.4kb whichever is smaller.
Roger

Beat me to it Graham.

rlchew · #6 (**permalink**) 28-10-2006, 10:57 PM

Hello Debbie

Welcome to WAB.

I live about as far away from Benbecula as you can get but I have visited the Western Isles twice. It is a beautiful part of the UK .... although perhaps less so in heavy rain and gales!

If you don't get blown away please submit some photos to the Gallery.

Enjoy the website.

Richard

Kam · #7 (**permalink**) 28-10-2006, 11:15 PM

Hi Debbie Grey Wolf

Your awfy lucky to live in such a beautiful place.
Is that your surname or if not can i ask how you came to choosin it.
Hope im not being to personal

Take care

dbozkurt · #8 (**permalink**) 29-10-2006, 08:05 AM

My first name is Debbie and my surname is Bozkurt, didn't realise when I chose my user name it would appear as that as I would have used something more informal. Please call me Debbie. My ex-husband was a Turkish Cypriot and at the time it was easier to keep his name, I have now been Bozkurt for longer than my maiden name.

Debbie

Tinkerbell · #9 (**permalink**) 29-10-2006, 08:38 AM

Hooray! When we started Wild About Britain, I always hoped that we would have some members from more 'exotic' locations so I look forward to hearing more about the environment you live in, dbozkurt. The Outer Hebrides get little mention on national news, though we are a little better informed about them with one or two wildlife programmes.

Your account of activity yesterday made interesting reading, with the imagination conjuring up a picture of your struggle in the mud. Rain and gale force winds too, whilst we are still enjoying the back end of the summer, although it is getting cooler.

Look forward to hearing more from you.

Tinkerbell

dbozkurt · #10 (**permalink**) 29-10-2006, 08:50 AM

Thanks Tinkerbell

It is wild up here though this morning its calm and supposed to stay dry. Since a child dirt attracts me so I spend most of my days here falling in peat bogs with my camera held above my head. The Uists at the moment have gone back to cattle raising and there are the most wonderful clean and shiny highland cattle dotted everywhere. The bird life is incrediable and you find yourself saying oh only another buzzard. In North Uist we have a Snowy Owl that lives there and I was priviledged to see and take some photos of it on the beach, I was amazed. You take a drive and find deer in peoples gardens eating the grass next to the ford escort, the rabbits are every where on the machair, though the crofters don't like them.

The wild flowers are also incredible on the machair with wild orchids, clover, buttercups and bog cotton just to name a few. Now I've said all that I am off to do Breakfast, the ironing, hoovering etc......unfortunatly......

Nice Hearing from you and I shall certainly write of any interesting weather sights if people are interested.

thanks for the Welcome

Debbie

Wild-Woman · #11 (**permalink**) 29-10-2006, 08:54 AM

Welcome to you from me in the depths of north Kent, where I'm in spitting distance of the jolly old M25! Looking forward to seeing pictures and posts from you. Julie