Hi Everyone, I had another great morning at Chanonry yesterday - Alan and I had another big dolphin group in and this time they came right into the Point at Chanonry. Rainbow, Kesslet, Sundance and Mischief were there along with around 16 others....
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Hi Everyone, Another very quiet week around Chanonry and North Kessock with no new dolphin sightings to report, sorry. Anyone who has been to Chanonry Point will know the Lighthouse and it's resident Starlings pretty well. Starlings, once a commo...
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Hi Everyone, This is the first January in about 5 years where I have not actually seen never mind photographed a dolphin. My pal Alan and I have been down to Chanonry loads of times...nothing. There have been reports that the occasional dolphin h...
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Taiji dolphin slaughter 2011: The carnage continues and on 18th January we received a message regarding Leah Lemieux and a team of Japanese activists who filmed the slaughter of over 40 beautiful striped dolphins in Taiji that day. Although those killi...
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Hi Everyone, Every year our friends at Konfidence invite you to come up with a new and exciting name for the dolphin featured within their company logo – and you never disappoint! http://www.konfidence.co.uk/ This year, as always, they rece...
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Hi Everyone, I had a lovely surprise the other day at Chanonry when two of the "village" dolphin watchers that I don't normally see until the early summer turned up at Chanonry Point. Graham and Corinne Easter have been coming up here dolphin wat...
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Hi Everyone, Happy New Year to all of you lovely people out there - it's been a very chilly start to the New Year too with yet more snow up here, keeping the landscape very white and seasonal as you can see in the photo below of me watching for d...
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Dolphin Tormentor Rejects Captain Watson’s Offer to buy Misty’s Freedom Misty's stagnant poolAccording to the veterinarian caring for Misty the captive dolphin at the Dolphin Base Resort in Taiji, Japan, Misty will not be released for any amount...
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Free Misty for Me Captain Paul Watson Offers $5,000 for the Release of Captive Dolphin Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Founder and President Paul Watson has offered to personally pay a reward of $5,000 USD for the release of one dolphin currently b...
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Today we are highlighting Sundance the dolphin, another adoptable dolphin from the Moray Firth in Scotland. To keep up with all the sightings updates for this population check out Charlie Phillips' blog. Sundance (ID#105) is 20 years old this yea...
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Hi Everyone, I was looking around Chanonry Point today for any signs of dolphins but I gave up after a while and drove round to Rosemarkie where just out of the corner of my eye I saw the blow of a dolphin, then another. Sure enough, Kesslet and ...
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Hi Everyone, Did you know that nearly all the power that a dolphin has in its tail comes from big muscles that are attached to its backbone? When the dolphin pulls its tail upwards, this is the stroke that has most of the incredible power as musc...
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