Hi Everyone, It's that time of year when male dolphins get a bit romantic and try to woo the girl dolphin of their choice...like this distant shot of Mischief breaching out of the water repeatedly beside Midnick - a lovely big girl dolphin who is...
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Hi Everyone, I had a great trip out on a dolphin survey during the week - saw Sundance, Mischief (both of who were chasing the ladies!) Rainbow, Spirits' big girl Sparkle (but not Spirit herself) Kesslet and Moonlight and her son as you can see i...
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Hi Everyone, My apologies for the lack of updates this past week - I was unexpectedly called away and haven't seen a dolphin for over a week...horrible eh? I made it down to Chanonry this morning after having a look at Kesslet and Charlie at Nort...
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Hi Everyone, The title sounds a bit like a ghost story...anyway, Kesslet and Charlie were busy hunting in the Kessock Channel today - no time or spare energy for bow-riding boats or getting up to other nonsense. Kesslet has caught a sea trout and...
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Hi Everyone, Well, summer is here and there are people out and about in pleasure boats enjoying themselves out on the water. Most people are responsible and watch out for wildlife, including our dolphins but can I beg any boat owners out there th...
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Hi Everyone, My colleague Elsa from the Dolphin & Seal Centre and I were busy on Saturday as we had a WDCS stall at the Inverness Boat Festival over at Inverness Harbour. There were loads of people about and we spent a great day chatting to p...
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Hi Everyone, Now this isn't the greatest photo that I have ever taken but it's the first time that young Charlie has been snapped by me from quite a distance at North Kessock with a lovely fish in his mouth. The light was rubbish and the photo is...
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Hi Everyone, The dolphin sightings have gone "off the boil" a bit (apart from yesterday morning when I wasn't there and it was pouring with rain and the action was meant to be great) with sometimes only Zephyr, Breeze and a couple of other at Cha...
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Hi Everyone, It was perhaps a good idea of mine to stay in North Kessock this morning to get fresh pictures of Kesslet and Charlie (who I haven't photographed properly for weeks) as the tide was coming in, the weather was calm and there was a big...
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Hi Everyone, The dolphin sightings at Chanonry are really good just now what with both Salmon and Mackerel to eat being in the Inner Firth. A few days ago I was laughing at Rainbow's big lad, Prism and a few others who were having a lark around a...
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Hi Everyone, A much better day was had round at Chanonry Point yesterday with Moonlight and little guy, Mischief, Rainbow and her big son Prism plus about 8 others going bonkers like you can see in the photo below. ©WDCS/Charlie Phillips Ther...
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Hi Everyone, Yes, it was a bit rough out at Chanonry this morning, at least the rain eventually went off but the stinging and very damp north-easterly wind was relentless. Sundance, Moonlight, Rainbow and a few others were hunting even before the...
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