Whalewatch Explorer – 17th of July 2012

Whalewatch Explorer passengers – 17th of July 2012. Mouth watering conditions on our Whalewatch trip with a calm sea state and overcast white clouds creating a flat pale ocean for spotting marine life. Four Minke whales were seen and photographed for our ID work. Also everyone on board got a great experience of stinky whale breath coming from a nearby surface. More Basking Sharks were seen along w...ith some flying ones breaching clean out of the water. Consistent Porpoise sightings throughout with some calves seen as well. On the bird front we encountered all our usual sea birds including Gannets, Puffins and feeding Shearwater and our Local WT Eagle pair are watching on as their offspring are branching out and soon ready to fledge the nest! Can't wait to see what tomorrow will bring! Ewan

Sula Crion was also out tagging three more basking sharks today, can anybody guess where we were?! We'll give you a clue... we were closer to Barra than we were to Tobermory!! :-)

Another stunning photo by Alex Mustard taken as part of the 2020Vision project when he joined us aboard Sula Crion last year! This is one of our favourite places to spend our lunch break on our 7 hour trips :-)
 

A young grey seal exploring a seaweed garden, Island of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland.
© Alex Mustard/2020VISION