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.

Anchorage: Port Ellen
Position: 55° 37.6 North - 6° 11.2 West
Distance surveyed: 55.4nmi
We started the day with a wake up call from Duncan, since everybody was fast asleep after a hard day and of course a tasty dinner prepared by Stephanie, which everybody enjoyed last night. Since it was a long trip today as scheduled we managed to leave Lowlandman’s Bay just past 8 a.m. after having the breakfast which now includes Sturgeron – sea sickness medicine. Weather was not bright at all from the beginning until very late, where it became sunny when we reached Port Ellen.
Though hydrophone - the software which monitors the sounds, registered the sounds of Porpoise few times, we were not fortunate to see any of them today… Crew of the vessel kept everybody going well, specially Marjolaine in particular where when ever saw guys were board managed to make them active either by dancing, exercising, massaging etc. wow… later was great!!!
We sheltered at Port Ellen, a beautiful port where we managed to go out and have a worm shower, which everybody enjoyed without any doubt. At last but not least, after having dinner Rob took us to a Bar to have a drink and after a walk every body gone to the bed looking forward to see lot of Whales tomorrow…..
Gayal – Sri Lanka
# posted by HWDT @ 1:22 AM