Anchorage: Cragaig

Position: 56° 27.6’ N, 06° 13.2’ W

Distance Travelled: 28 nm

After clinging to the crow’s nest for the first part of the day with no sightings, we were happy to be dropped off at Lunga to explore the island and its inhabitants: puffins, razorbills, guillemots, shags and kittiwakes. We all managed to get photos that Bill Oddie would have been proud of, and returned to Silurian eager to get back to surveying.

The first sighting (harbour porpoise) was made by Gareth, then Christian spotted the first of two basking sharks in mirror-like waters. This seemed to raise spirits and could only be topped by the minke whale sighting just a few minutes later. Tonight we have anchored at Cragaig off Ulva, and enjoyed another delicious dinner followed by the chocolate we bought this morning on Iona.

Hoping for another amazing day tomorrow…..

Disclaimer: It should be pointed out that only Gemma was up the crow’s nest. Having two people up there at once would have contravened the ‘Laws of Sea’. It’s just that Christian helped write the blog…

Christian and Gemma

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