Update from our marine volunteer holiday with basking sharks, whales and dolphins (including orcas) in Scotland (biosphere-expeditions.org/scotland) The longest day; our last full day of surveying and what an exciting one! 61 miles, 6 basking sharks, 1 minke whale, plus the "usual" harbour porpoises and seals. As you can see (below) everyone spent time on the deck getting up close and personal with the basking sharks just off Coll and Tiree. Then on our way back towards the mainland we encountered our first whale, a “stinky minke” just off Ardnamurchan. Stinky, because you can smell you are in the presence of the whale. Michael also listened to the clicks of a pod of dolphins when he was using the hydrophone. Although the dolphins must have been quite close unfortunately no one saw them. However, we have another chance tomorrow on our way back to Tobermory, so flippers crossed..
Posted on: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 09:09:10 +0000
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