Tuesday 8 May 2012

Common Dolphins

Had a lovely evening walk out over Sanday with a group of NTS Thistle Camp volunteers today.

A couple of Bonxies guarding heathery knolls, and a mass of Wheatears still on the moor, while on the sea cliffs at Dun Mor the Kittiwakes are now on the nesting ledges along with a few Guillemots. A few Puffins too!

Lots of Gannets diving out in the Sound of Canna, as well as a couple of small rafts of Puffins. Around 18.30 a pod of between 50 and 60 Common Dolphins spent about half an hour feeding at a mackerel shoal, then moved SW through the Sound. Magical!

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