Archive for June, 2009

Sunny Days and Sensational Sunsets….

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Yet another warm sunny day, with more calm seas and excellent sightings  during our survey cruises today including common dolphins and several small pods of harbour porpoise accompanying their newborn calves.  The days have been long and for those with the patience to sit, wait and watch the sunsets this week have been pretty spectacular…..

Sunset over Skye

Sunset over Skye

Whales, Dolphins and Suncream!

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Today started well with flat calm seas and glorious sunshine and things just got better from there.  Amid the mirror-like water we spotted a pod of around 60 common dolphins and they treated us to a spectacular display of their acrobatic ability.  Could it get any better?  Yes it could, as an adult minke whale appeared on queue just minutes later, closely followed by our first pod of harbour porpoise of the day which included two very young calves.  All this and it’s not even lunchtime!
Common Dolphin just breaking the surface

Common Dolphin just breaking the surface

 

SAVE THE WHALE WEEK

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Passengers on our cruises during  the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society Save the Whale Week were asked to wear something RED to show their support for the campaign and they certainly did just that on our first cruise of the week with one of our passengers arriving in his pyjamas!  For every passengers that wore something RED we donated £5 from the cost of their ticket to the campaign.

A big THANK YOU to everyone that supported us and we’ll bring you an update on the total raised really soon!

To support the “Stop Whaling” Campaign go to www.porpoise-gairloch.co.uk and click on the link to sign the petition.

Gairloch Marine Life Cruises raising money for Save the Whale Week

Gairloch Marine Life Cruises raising money for Save the Whale Week