Date: Thursday 25th June 2009
Anchorage: Vatersay Bay
Position: 56°55’479 North 07°31’962 West
Distance travelled: 62.4 miles

Today we headed out on some fairly rough seas not knowing if we would see anything or not. It was not too long however when we saw our first seal. The skies gradually turned blue and we were greeted by calmer waters. Not too long after that the crew had spotted the first of perhaps a group of 15 Basking Sharks! Luckily Captain Dave held his ground as we all funnelled to the far side of the boat for a look! Someone had to keep the boat from tipping! We sat amongst the group for perhaps 30 minutes as the sharks milled about feeding. More than happy with this sighting we moved on to our destination of Vatersay Bay wondering what might be next…well next was a large group of Risso’s Dolphins…somewhere between 15-17 strong. Some were breaching and just playing about. We were lucky enough to get some good recordings with the ships Hydrophones. A fun time had by all..humans and dolphins alike.

It was now time to find our lagoon at Vatersay Bay. We were escorted in by many birds on the way in as they were returning to their places of rest for the night as were we. We are now anchored in this picture postcard of a lagoon for a good nights sleep. 10 plus hours of data collected today. It was a good one!