Location: Loch Spelve
Distance travelled: 24 miles
Weather: Mist clearing to sunny intervals. Very little wind.

Onboard for this trip are Davey the skipper, Marcus the first mate, Juliet the Biodiversity Officer, Penny the Science Officer for the trip and six volunteers; Fi, Fiona, Jo, Sharon, Abi and Jules from WWF.

We left Tobermory about 1pm after the early morning mist had lifted and we had stocked up with food for the trip. We had only got round Calve Island, perhaps a half hour into the trip and we had our first sightings – a very curious couple of porpoises which allowed us a good look at them – good practice for our rookie volunteers! As we got down to the serious business of training and sandwich making, the day brightened further and the sun came out. We had a few more porpoise sightings as we made our way down the Sound of Mull towards our anchorage for the night in Loch Spelve, before a very special sighting of the non-cetacean kind… Eagle-eyed Abi in the crow’s nest spotted a couple of white-tailed sea eagles just off Grasspoint on Mull!! We watched these beautiful birds for a good while before resuming the passage into Loch Spelve. Soon after, we were all fed and settled for the night – looking forward to another week dotting about the beautiful Hebridean islands – it beats the office any day!!



Log by: Penny