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Time |
What was seen
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Other Wildlife/Birds in vicinity |
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Map Ref: |
Weather/Sea conditions /Tides |
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June |
19.06.12 |
16.30 |
Minke Whale x 2 (one adult & calf) |
Manx Shearwaters |
Laurenca - Full day marine wildlife and whale watching trip |
Between Muck and Ardnamurchan Point |
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Calm and sunny |
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Behaviour: |
Feeding |
19.06.12 |
15.15 |
Corncrake |
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Laurenca - Full day marine wildlife and whale watching trip |
Island of Muck |
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Ashore on Muck and sunny |
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Behaviour: |
Only heard |
19.06.12 |
15.00 |
Storm Petrel |
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Laurenca - Full day marine wildlife and whale watching trip |
Island of Muck |
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Ashore on Muck and sunny |
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Behaviour: |
Seen by guests |
19.06.12 |
13.00 |
Basking Sharks x 11 |
Cairns of Coll Wildlife |
Laurenca - Full day marine wildlife and whale watching trip |
In and around the Cairns of Coll |
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Calm and sunny, sea state 1-2 |
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Behaviour: |
All feeding some more sociable than others but great sightings |
19.06.12 |
10.00 |
Porpoises |
Guillemots and Gulls |
Laurenca - Full day marine wildlife and whale watching trip |
Between Ardslignish and Kilchoan |
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Flat calm and overcast |
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Behaviour: |
Feeding |
17.06.12 |
14.00 |
Common Dolphins |
Gannets |
Laurenca - Full day marine wildlife and whale watching trip |
Between the Cairns of Coll and Muck |
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Behaviour: |
Again heavily feeding, not as interested in the boat as they were with their lunch so we watched them for a while and then left them to it |
17.06.12 |
13.00 |
Basking Sharks x 1 |
Cairns of Coll Wildlife |
Laurenca - Full day marine wildlife and whale watching trip |
Just coming onto the Cairns of Coll |
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There had been a bit of a swell but that has died down now we were at the Cairns - Sun getting stronger |
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Behaviour: |
Feeding |
17.06.12 |
10.15 |
Porpoises |
Shags, Cormorants and gulls |
Laurenca - Full day marine wildlife and whale watching trip |
Near Ardslignish |
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Little blowy but sun shining |
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Behaviour: |
Feeding |
13.06.12 |
12.20 |
Bottle-nosed Dolphins (5) |
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Laga Lodge and small boat |
Loch Sunart |
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Calm, part overcast |
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Behaviour: |
Swimming alongside and playing with boat! Breaching very frequently |
01.06.12 |
15.00 |
Sea Eagles |
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Laurenca - Tobermory for Lunch Cruise |
Bloody Bay, Mull |
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Slight Breeze, sunny |
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Behaviour: |
Soaring over cliffs |
May |
31.05.12 |
14.00 |
Bottlenose Dolphins |
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Laurenca |
Loch Sunart, west of the island of Oronsay |
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sunny, slight breeze |
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Behaviour: |
Very quiet, close to cliffs. not showing much interest in us |
31.05.12 |
12.30 |
Sea Eagle (adult) |
Otter |
Small Boat |
Loch Teacuis |
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Breezy |
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Behaviour: |
Circling above loch |
April |
15.04.12 |
13.30 |
Sea Eagle (adult) |
Otter, seals |
Laurenca |
Loch Teacuis |
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Calm |
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Behaviour: |
Flying south-west towwards Mull |
11.04.12 |
11.00 |
Golden Eagle (adult) |
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Ardtoe Beach |
Ardtoe |
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Windy, cool |
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Behaviour: |
Flying Eastwards |
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March |
31.03.12 |
18.30 |
Sea Eagle |
Buzzard |
Glenborrodale |
Ben Laga (west ridge) |
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Faily calm, overcast |
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Behaviour: |
Flying north-eastwards |
17.03.12 |
17.00 |
Golden Eagle (adult) |
Ravens (2) |
Laga Lodge |
Ben Laga |
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Windy, hazy sunshine |
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Behaviour: |
Flying up Ben Laga |
02.03.12 |
13.15 |
Golden Eagle (adult) |
Buzzards (2), Ravens (2) |
Laga Lodge |
Ben Laga |
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Breezy, partly cloudy |
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Behaviour: |
Circling flying over Ben Laga, being harried by Buzzards & Ravens, eventually flew off eastwards in salen direction |
February |
23.02.12 |
14.30 |
Sea Eagle (adult) |
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Ardtoe Beach |
Ardtoe |
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Breezy, clear skies |
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Behaviour: |
Flying eastwards |
January |
15.01.12 |
11.15 |
Sea Eagles (adults Male & female) |
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Camas na Gel picnic site |
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Cool, breezy |
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Behaviour: |
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15.01.12 |
11.00 |
Sea Eagle (adult - female) |
Golden Eagle |
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Camas na Gel picnic site |
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Cool, Breezy |
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Behaviour: |
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15.01.12 |
11.00 |
Golden Eagle (adult female) |
Sea Eagles, Buzzard |
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Camas na Gel picnic site |
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Cool, breezy |
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Behaviour: |
Golden was down on a kill, Sea Eagle (F) dived down on it, Golden flew off. Sea Eagle (F) joined my male 5 mins later, both later flew off westwards over ridge. |
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