On Monday we were sitting outside the harbour when the fog came in and as we were waiting for our guests I got a call from my cousin saying that he nearly hit a Basking Shark as he did not see it until the last second due to the fog. After asking where he was … Read more
Continued from the Not 1 but 5 Minke Whale blog… We headed a little further out after seeing the last Minke and we passed 2 Sooty Shearwaters a few more Manx Shearwaters and then nothing. We only saw a few passing Gannets but that was it, until we had 2 White Beaked Dolphins arrive from … Read more
On Thursday the weather was beautiful and as we were at the Longstone looking at the seals a Great Skua stopped to pinch some food from a Herring Gull. After its first bill full it decided it wanted a bit more but other gulls were not having any of it. The Great Skua has a … Read more
I could not help myself today and I decided to go out again to see all the birds. With a handful of guests and a friend to join me we went out in search of the rare bird or a Minkie Whale. On the way out we could see thousands of Gannets in the sky … Read more
Today we went out a little to see if we could find some Minkie Whales but we were greeted by over 4000 Gannets and over 50 Sooty Shearwaters. We also saw a few Guillemots, Fulmers, Razorbills and lots of seals. The wind picked up alot as the day went on and the seas started to … Read more
We were on the way out of the harbour on Saturday when we stumbled upon a young gannet. We crept closer and closer to the bird but it did not fly away. On closer inspection we could not see any damage to the bird, so I don’t really know why the bird did not fly … Read more
I was out with divers today, but this gave me a chance to bird watch all day. We were at the Knivestone this morning and as the divers were in the water I watched 96+ Guillemots fly east in an hour. I also saw 2 Arctic Skua’s also flying east. The weather was just amazing … Read more
Continued from Part 1 When we get back onto the Helicopter I will get the pilot to have a look around for you and if we see anything we will give you a call on channel 67. I thanked him kindly and off they went. They were only away a few seconds when he shouted on … Read more
Well we had our first Pelagic Trip today and we could have not asked for a better day. We headed out at 10.30am with the sun shinning and a little S.W. Wind, we decided to go south along the coast as the wind was a little chilly and I thought if we have an hour … Read more
