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On board Silurian
Most weeks April through October she is either monitoring the waters of the west coast of Scotland for whales, dolphins, and porpoises, or serving as a floating classroom for one of the many Argyll island primary and secondary schools. Read the log below to find out what Silurian and her crew have been up to each week and all about the whales, dolphins and porpoises they spot! To find out about the latest marine life sightings spotted elsewhere, click here. If you would like to send the crew an e-mail with your questions click here. Click here to view the Silurian Log archive. May 12th 2005
On Tuesday 11th May Silurian embarked on her first survey trip of the season. We will be out for 10 days – so please follow us on our journey. Leaving Tobermory we travelled down the Sound of Mull, through the Firth of Lorne and moored for the evening in the Bay of Pigs, at the north west corner of Jura. There are eight of us on board, 3 crew and 5 Earthwatch volunteers - who doing a great job in finding their sea legs!!
After practising climbing up into the crow’s nest this morning (all successful!) we are now motoring our way down the Sound of Jura towards Islay. So far we have encountered four groups of harbour porpoises, including some young animals - a good start. Conditions are fantastic – sun, calm seas and blue skies so we have a good chance of seeing more. # posted by HWDT @ 3:53 AM
 Silurian Log Archives
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