Tides for the week of 20-26 May

Rachel writes: After a very disruptive week of low tides, all is well again for us for this coming week!!  All sessions will be as normal .

Monday 20th May
10.34– 0.7 m L. 16.56 — 5.8 m H. 22.44 — 0.8 m L

Tuesday 21st
11.08 — 0.8 m L. 17.40 — 5.6 m H. 23.07 — 1.0 m L

Wednesday 22nd
11.32 — 1.0 m L. 18.21– 5.4 m H. 23.23 — 1.3 m L

Thursday 23rd
11.39 – 1.2 m L. 19.02 — 5.2 m H 23.47 – 1.6 m L

Friday 24th
07.11 – 5.0 m H. 12.10 – 1.5 m L. 19.44 — 4.9 m H

Saturday 25th
07.51 — 4.8 m H. 12.55 — 1.8 m L. 20.29 — 4.7 m H

Sunday 26th
08.38 — 4.6 m H. 14.36 — 2.0 m L 21.22 — 4.5 m H

Plenty afternoon and evening rowing availability!

Ferry Maid is away to Broughty Ferry today with about 25 rowers.
Good luck everyone, for the first regatta of the season.

Tide for 13-19 May

Rachel writes: This weekend is a busy one for the Marina and we at QRC hope to introduce the joy of coastal rowing to many new people. This is an opportunity to attract new members, just like we have done the past few years.

This coming week, is not a good week of tides for us, in fact the worst for a while!!

Monday 13th May
10.23 – 4.9 m H. 17.09 -1.5 m L

Tuesday 14th
11.35 – 5.0 m H. 18.16 – 1.2 m L No social rowing – low tide.

Wednesday 15th
06.36 – 1.6 m L. 12.39 – 5.3 m H 19.17 -0.9 m L. No evening training – low tide.

Thursday 16th
07.34 -1.3 m L. 13.37 – 5.5 m H 20.12– 0.7 m L No evening rowing – low tide.

Friday 17th
08.27 – 1.0 m L. 14.31 — 5.7 m H. 20.59 — 0.6 m L

Saturday 18th
09.14 — 0.8 m L. 15.23 — 5.8 m H No morning session – low tide.

Sunday 19th
09.56 — 0.7 m L. 16.11– 5.8 m H No early training but social session as normal

On Saturday 18th, Ferry Maid and several rowers will be away to Broughty Ferry Regatta — good luck!!

On Sunday 19th — pop along to the 1pm session, the Zuiderman Cruise Liner will be docked east of Inchgarvie. Also – The Flying Scotsman will cross the Forth Bridge from Dalmeny at 13.57 .We have two great Saltires for our skiffs!!

Tides for 6-12 May

Rachel writes: All is well for our 6pm social sessions this week. Please come along and get these sessions going well. Come along also at the weekend and have a row with some ‘Come and Try’ visitors!

Monday 6th May
09.57 – 0.8 m L. 16.59 — 5.6 m H. 22.03 — 0.8 m L

Tuesday 7th
10.26 — 0.8 m L. 17.39 — 5.6 m H. 22.31 — 0.8 m L

Wednesday 8th
10.54 — 0.9 m L. 18.20 — 5.5 m H. 23.04 – 1.0 m L

Thursday 9th
11.29 — 1.1 m L. 19.05 — 5.4 m H. 23.44 — 1.3 m L

Friday 10th
07.27 — 5.2 m H. 12.16 — 1.3 m L 19.53 — 5.2 m H

Saturday 11th
08.17 — 5.0 m H. 13.21 — 1.5 m L. 20.47 —5.0 m H — Port Edgar Open Day

Sunday 12th
09.15 — 4.9 m H. 15.49 — 1.6 m L 21.50 — 4.9 m H — Port Edgar Open Day

Breakwater blitz

Rachel writes: The tide is low again on Saturday morning, and we have an opportunity before our Man Overboard training at 11am to get on to the breakwater and have a clear up. This is all part of the Queensferry Rowing Club’s Green Flag effort.

 

 

When we were on the breakwater the last time, there was a lot of damaging plastics and ropes, and lots more rubbish evident.  Please come along and help as a club group. We are recording all our plastics and waste removal as part of our report, but primarily we are attempting to keep Port Edgar Marina free of this waste on a regular basis. There are always nurdles to remove  also.

 

Take Five for the Forth  is our slogan!

 

So, the schedule for Saturday April 4th is:
09.30  — Breakwater clean up.   Sturdy shoes and rubber gloves needed. 
11.00 — MOB training.

 

Many thanks, hope to see some of you there.

QRC – Citizen Scientists!

Marianne writes: While out rowing in recent weeks many of us have seen a significant number of dead guillemots, and (thankfully) larger numbers of live, though rather lethargic birds.

I met with the Isle of May National Nature Reserve Manager, David Steele yesterday.  What David doesn’t know about birds and islands on the East Coast of Scotland isn’t worth knowing!

David’s conclusion is that, as George also speculated, the recent easterly winds may have been blowing the birds up the Forth away from the vicinity of their breeding cliffs on the outer Forth islands and the eastern coast (a few do nest on the inner islands and mainland).

Guillemot

As far as mortality is concerned, the state of recent tides may have led to an unusual concentration of normal numbers of dead birds.  More worrying are the lethargic birds, which may indicate feeding problems, or that they are tired from bad weather.

The annual sea bird count on the Isle of May will take place in late June, and this will give a good idea of whether there is something going on regarding numbers this year.  David will give me an update when the results are in and I’ll let you know.

David was really interested to hear about what we’d been seeing and congratulated QRC members on being great ‘citizen scientists’.  Citizen science is an important resource, and these sorts of reports can be really helpful. We’re in a unique position to observe, given the amount of time we spend on the water.  So, carry on the great wildlife spotting, while trying to not to attract the ‘eyes in the boat’ call from your cox!

David’s really keen to come and talk with us about the Isle of May, the internationally important populations of seabirds in the Forth, so I’ll get a date for that in the Autumn.  He’s a terrific speaker and has a huge wealth of stories, having lived not only on the May, but also on the Farnes Islands off the Northumberland coast.

You can follow life on the Isle of May via David’s entertaining blog: https://isleofmaynnr.wordpress.com/