Tuesday, July 15, 2025
We had a very sunny though slightly windy day for our third pelagic of the year on the Ullapool-Stornoway ferry. At about 12.40 on the outward trip I spotted something large and light grey coming swiftly towards us - and for the first time (third time lucky) I could actually see what it was: "Risso's dolphin!". It was fairly close so we both had good, if brief, views.
I've no idea how many there were, but we agree that we saw at least two individuals. We also had a brief glimpse of a minke whale. Birds seen: gannets, puffins, razorbills, guillemots, kittiwakes, great skuas, shags, an unidentified diver in flight, and several distant terns that will have to go down as commic - but not a single shearwater. We'll have to go back to St. Ives!
// posted by Christine @ 3:13 PM 
