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.
Date: Sunday 2nd September, 2007
Anchorage: Tobermory
Position: 56°37.200 N 006°03.700 W
Distance Travelled: 35 NM
The last day of our trip, and we left our anchorage to survey down the coast of Coll. The weather was quite kind, as we headed out of the Sound of Mull and west. As we approached Coll, we got a call on the VHF from Sea Life Surveys, the local whale-watching organisation, that killer whales had been sighted in the area. More killer whales? We hardly dared believe it. But sure enough, as we approached the area, there they were! We soon realised they were the same animals as we’d seen earlier in the trip, the male with a distinctively wavy dorsal fin, the female significantly smaller than him. We had some amazing views of the animals as they surfaced around both our boat and the Sea Life Surveys vessel. It was extremely special. Full of the joys, we left the killer whales to their Sunday afternoon swim south towards the Treshnish islands, and headed home to Tobermory. After cleaning down the boat, we went out for a good meal and drinks (apologies to any folk we came across for our rowdiness…). What an amazing trip we’ve had!
# posted by HWDT @ 8:10 AM
