Glass bottom boat trips - Wildlife Diary
Scotland's only semi-submersible glass bottom boat
Wildlife seen during the 2007-2008 season -
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| March - APRIL 2008 |
Lots of otter sightings the first few days of March and the usual nesting birds are here getting ready. We can see the Raven already sitting on her eggs. Common Seals, Grey Seals, Otters, porpoise.
Puffins, Guillamots, Black Guillamots, Razor Bills, Eider Ducks, Mallard, Red breasted merganser, Greylag geese, Oyster catchers, herring gulls, lesser black backed gulls, greater black backed gulls, common gulls, black headed gull, grey heron, Ravens,hooded crows, rock pipits, Great Northern Divers, Black Throated Divers. |
MAY 2008
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3 Raven chicks are now visible in their nest. Few Eider ducks but one has already appeared with 16 chicks. The greylag geese will soon appear with theirs, it's usually around the 5th May when we see them. Some good Great Northern Diver sightings by the Skye bridge and also black throated divers.... funny how this is the only area we ever see them... One dead juvenile seal spotted on the rocks being eaten by 2 greater black backed gulls, seems a shame to have survived the first winter only to perish just before the food arrives, the first week in May we have seen several big mackeral shoals.
Moon Jellyfish, Sea Acorns, Sea gooseberries,
Lions mane jellyfish. Mackeral shoals, Sea urchins, seven legged starfish, common starfish, Sun stars, Sponge star, Dog fish, Pollock, Cod, Saithe, Ballan Wrasse, peacock worms, sea squirts, deadmen's fingers. scallops. |
| June 2007 |
18 common seal pups so far this month, most years we only see between 6 and 8! Not a single gull chick sighted, all the gulls have failed to produce chicks, despite weeks of sitting on nests. Last year hardly any chicks survived, this yearthere are none!!!
2 pairs of Oyster catchers successfully raised their chicks almost up to full size, then they disappeared, eaten by the black backed gulls or an otter. |
July 2007 |
So few moonjellyfish or lion's mane jellyfish this year, but millions of sea gooseberries! |
| August - October 2007 |
So what's new this month? The Lion's manes have arrived on force. Very few sand eel shoals so far, but several large mackeral shoals. The Seagulls are starving, no chicks at all this year. Bottle Nose Dolphins around Kyle for a couple of days, some good underwater sightings from the 'Atlantis'. Arctic Skuas have turned up, many more last year. Quite a few common terns around as well. Gannets plentifull 2nd week of August. Male seals fighting over breeding rights to female seals just now, noticing a number of battle wounds on male seals. |
| November 2007 |
Final Dolphin sightings of the season on 30th October. Tied up the boat on the 2nd November.
Next trips Easter 2008 |
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