Friday 25th July
It was a beautiful morning today for our Ocean Discovery trip, and we saw loads of wildlife – porposies, lots of common dolphins and grey seals. We also saw some tuna breaching and managed to get a photo – never a foregone conclusion with tuna! On the afternoon Discovery Voyage the sun disappered but the…
Thursday 24th July
It was a mega busy day yesterday, with an Ocean Discovery followed by two Bay Discovery trips. Lots to see out there in the morning with common dolphins, porpoises, a minke whale and grey seals as well as lots of diving gannets (where have the sheawaters gone? Offshore meeting the incoming tuna? Time will tell)….
Friday 18th July
Today was a trickier to find wildlife but we had a really good variety. On the morning four hour, we had some great encounters with harbour porpoises, and some more elusive dolphins (had they swapped personalities?). On the afternoon trip we sailed well south, watching individual gannets plunging in from very high up, but no…
Wednesday 16th July
After a few days off due to strong wind we were back out on the water today. It was calmer though it rained almost all day. However after a westerly blow like that, if you are prepared to put on your waterproofs and maybe get wet, there is often so much wildlife to be seen…
Friday 11th July
What can I say? Calm sea, hot sunshine, loads of common dolphins, loads of Risso’s dolphins, loads of harbour porpoises, loads of beautiful jellyfish, and some very hot grey seals! Now I need an ice lolly 🍡🍧🥵
Thursday 10th July
We’re having an amazing week, though it did feel very different out there today with wildlife not nearly as obvious. All the more rewarding when seek and then you find! This morning there was a large pod of common dolphins spotted further out, while closer inshore it was harbour porpoises that were found in the…
Wednesday 9th July
We had an extraordinary day on the water today on our Discovery Voyage and Ocean Discovery trips – the bay was absolutely thick with wildlife. From the outset we saw loads of harbour porpoises, followed by lots of small pods of common dolphins everywhere we went. We also caught sight of our first bluefin tuna…
Tuesday 8th July
We had a lovely couple of trips today as the day steadily got warmer and sunnier. This morning’s Discovery Voyage passengers saw common dolphins further out after a few seals round and on the island. With the commons there were plenty of seabirds, including more variety than we have seen so far this summer: Manx…
Monday 7th July
The strong northerly wind meant we postponed the Discovery Voyage trip this morning, but it was ok for the Ocean Discovery at 2pm. We had a great trip despite the wind, with some very enthusiastic friendly passengers. They were rewarded with a fantastic Risso’s dolphin encounter – a pod of at least 12 animals. They…
Monday 24th September
What a four hour trip we had this morning. Spotting conditions were more or less perfect and we saw more or less everything. There were three groups of common dolphins in all, who gave us some great views as they swam beside the boat. There were very large numbers of harbour porpoises seen, hunting quickly,…