Wildlife Sightings in Autumn with Ardnamurchan Charters Ltd

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Wildlife Sightings

 

 

Ardnamurchan Charters Wildlife Sightings
in Autumn Months 2009

 

 

Date

Time

What was seen
Special sightings in red

Other Wildlife/Birds in vicinity

Where seen from eg: Laurenca, small boats, Carna, Laga Lodge

Where seen

Map Ref:

Weather/Sea conditions /Tides

Photos

September

16.09.09

10:55

Porpoises

Guillimot & chick, Seal

Laurenca - Shark & Staffa Trip

Just off Kilchoan Bay

56'40.660N, 06'04.305W

Sea calm, wind 2-3

 

Behaviour:

Group of porpoises 2-3 feeding. Guillimot had sand eel feeding chic.

16.09.09

13:00

Risso Dolphins

 

Laurenca - Shark & Staffa Trip

Between Staffa and the Treshnish Islands

56'30.051N 06'21.168W

wind 3/4, sea small swell

 

Behaviour:

Large pod of all ages, moving in 3-4 groups of 3-5. No distinct direction of travel but gradually went north, appeared to be feeding. A few were very large in size, some surfacing with young along side. Great sightings around us whilst we had our soup!

16.09.09

13:20

Porpoises

 

Laurenca - Shark & Staffa Trip

Between Staffa and the Treshnish Islands

56'28.966N 06'20.987W

Wind 3, sea had a small swell

 

Behaviour:

Small group surfaced twice.

October

31.10.09

11:45

Golden Eagle (juv - 3rd winter)

Buzzard

Ben Laga

Hillside above Glenborrodale

620610

Fine

 

Behaviour:

Flying up the ben

19.05.09

Midday

Common Seals

Large flocks of shearwaters

Laurenca - Whale Watching

At the Cairns of Coll

 

 

 

Behaviour:

Common seals mainly sighted. Sitting on rocks a few in the water - no pups seen.

19.05.09

13.00

Minke Whale

Manx Shearwater, Gannets

Laurenca - Whale Watching

Off the Cairns of Coll

56'39.778N 06'27.271W

 

 

Behaviour:

Very sneaky minke, surfaced twice and then not seen again, thought to be travelling heading SW down coast of Coll.

19.05.09

19.05

Porpoises

 

Laurenca - Whale Watching

Travelling up Loch Sunart

56'39.907N 05'54.611W

Flat calm, with small ripple.

 

Behaviour

Group of three surfacing - travelling.

                 
                 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 
       
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