Hi Everyone,
Good old Nevis was showing a tanker who was the boss yesterday, bowriding enthusiastically for nearly a mile past Fort George.
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Sightings have been great in the last week and we are coming into good spring tides so hopefully the hunting and dolphin socialising will be even better in July.
Best Wishes,
Charlie.
Hi Everyone,
It has been great for sightings of our adoption dolphins in the past few weeks with Nevis, Spirit, Sundance, Rainbow, Moonlight, Thunder and Mischief, here babysitting for one of her pals all hunting and socialising around my "office" every day.
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They have all being seen and photographed from Chanonry Point by me day after day and the best bit has been that I have been able to point out many of these dolphins to some of you lovely people that have adopted them - how cool is that?
Best Wishes,
Charlie.
Hi Everyone,
My WDCS colleagues Sarah Dolman, Nicola Hodgins and I have had a very early morning start monitoring the area around Chanonry Point recently so that the Round Britain Powerboat Race could go through the area without too much disturbance to our dolphins and other marine life.
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We were round at the picnic benches at 6am with our binoculars and cameras. Thankfully the boat race organisers agreed to the boats slowing right down in sensitive areas such as Chanonry but we have heard from other observers along the coast that they came too near to the coast instead of being miles out to sea. We at WDCS and other conservation groups hope that this race never happens again in areas that are meant to be there to protect dolphins and other sensitive marine life.
Best Wishes,
Charlie.
Hi Everyone,
Dolphin activity has been pretty good for the last few days with anything between five and seventeen turning up at the turn of the tide. Today was a little quieter with Sundance, Rainbow (who was quite fascinated by a chap in a kayak) and around four others pottering around. A little later Moonlight and her friend Midnick came past to see if there were any salmon on the go but they moved on quite quickly when nothing was detected by their in-built sonar system.
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Maybe Rainbow liked the splashing sound that the kayaks paddle was making and she went over to check it out. She swam right round it and was joined by another dolphin (Number 744) who came to see what was going on.
Best Wishes,
Charlie.
Hi Everyone,
I'm just back from the West Coast where I was giving a talk to over 60 people in Poolewe Village Hall about the wildlife that can be found in this lovely part of the Highlands. I was giving the talk as part of Save The Whale Week and it was organised by my friends who own Gairloch Marine Life Centre and we raised money through my talk, raffle prizes and donations. For ideas about how you could help WDCS by organising events visit Get Active
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This morning I gave another talk to Castlemilk High School from Glasgow that were visiting the Centre at Gairloch and they loved the nice photos and information that I gave them. Before I left for Poolewe I managed to get some time at the Point, despite the rubbish weather and saw Sundance throwing a really big fish right out of the water. It looked spectacular as there was water spray everywhere.
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Best Wishes,
Charlie.
