A solitary humpback whale was seen on Monday the 20th and again on the 24th between South Rona and Isle of Skye, in the Sound of Rona, in Inner Hebrides. The sighting was made by Peter Fowler of Skye Seafaris, who operate from Armadale.
The Search and Rescue helicopter from RAF Lossiemouth was on a routine training exercise on Sunday the 19th when John Ewer and his crew spotted something unusual in the water, just three miles of the mouth river Spey. A group of nine whales were laying on the surface, with large bulbo
15th October – Bottlenose dolphins galore in Aberdeen The resident population of bottlenose dolphins off Aberdeen shows no signs of retreating to offshore for the winter, as they have been seen in large numbers in groups of up to 28 individuals from Torry Battery and Girdleness recent