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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. 13th June 2009
Date: Saturday 13th June
Anchorage: Glen Batrick, Loch Tarbert (Jura) Position: 55°57’.303N, 005°58’.435W Distance travelled: 65.7NM Day 4: YOU’RE SIMPLY THE BEST!! Tina Turner blaring out as we woke up, a great way to start the day, in some of our opinions, but also “like waking up in Guantanamo Bay” according to others. Leaving Islay heading south we saw two seals over the first six or seven hours and then after 3 days in hiding the dolphins finally surfaced with about ten minutes left on effort, sneaking up on us as we came in to anchor. After quite a nice start from the weather we got our first real rain, well a wee drizzle by Scottish standards, and finally we saw the captain bringing food to those stranded up the crow’s nest. # posted by HWDT @ 2:44 AM
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