Whalewatch Explorer - 28th and Wildlife Adventure 29th July

Whalewatch Explorer passengers 28th July - Another amazing trip today starting with 20 plus Basking Sharks surrounding Sula Beag in the sunshine. A Minke whale encounter followed as we could see the white bands on its pectoral fins as it surfaced very close by. Towards the end of the trip we spotted a large cloud of Gannets to the north and after managing to track them we got rewarded with a mass feeding frenzy of 50 plus Common Dolphins and 150 plus diving Gannets! Amazing wildlife spectacle! We also saw our local White-tailed Eagle and two newly fledged chicks perched side by side. Other species sighted were Porpoise, Seals, Auks, Skuas and Shearwater. We bumped into Kasey the Minke on the way home to finish off a special day at sea!


Minke Whale, Whalewatch Explorer 28th July 2012

 

Wildlife Adventure passengers, 29th July 2012

Short trips today in the sunshine with both Sula Beag and Sula Crion out at sea! Lovely views of harbour porpoise on the Wildlife Adventure including a TINY calf! Both boats also had some fantastic views of our white tailed eagle family, great to watch the fledglings stretching their massive wings with their parents looking on! Also common and Atlantic grey seals, great plankton trawls and a good haul in the creels with squat lobsters and crabs :-)