Birds fall silent
While the Moon passed in front of the Sun today so the birds thought twilight had struck early. This triggered some night-time behaviour as nocturnal animals like owls and bats were reported to having become more alert. At the end of the eclipse I noted a sudden crescendo of bird song as the re-emergence of the Sun triggered a second dawn chorus.
On Skye and Orkney around 97 per cent of the Sun was covered, but for the total solar eclipse you'd have to have visited the Faroes or Northern Scandinavia, where the Sun will be totally covered for around two minutes.
The next total eclipse anywhere near the UK will be in 2081 in central Europe, and finally in Britain in 2090. A partial eclipse will occur in Britain in 2026.
Birds fall silent
While the Moon passed in front of the Sun today so the birds thought twilight had struck early. This triggered some night-time behaviour as nocturnal animals like owls and bats were reported to having become more alert. At the end of the eclipse I noted a sudden crescendo of bird song as the re-emergence of the Sun triggered a second dawn chorus.
On Skye and Orkney around 97 per cent of the Sun was covered, but for the total solar eclipse you'd have to have visited the Faroes or Northern Scandinavia, where the Sun will be totally covered for around two minutes.
The next total eclipse anywhere near the UK will be in 2081 in central Europe, and finally in Britain in 2090. A partial eclipse will occur in Britain in 2026.