Puffins which are among our favourite seabirds have an amazing lifestyle. They are only onshore in the breeding season from April to early August, the rest of the time they spend at sea including all winter which makes them particularly susceptible to winter storms. Puffins from the east coast will go as far as… Read More

  The Osprey that we have seen lots of over the summer has decided to head to its winter home. This is in West Africa and we marvel at how these birds find their way back from Scotland. There have been lots of studies done with birds being tracked through Europe, the route usually takes… Read More

Grey Seals:  Halichoerus grypi Major excitement, the first grey seal pup has been born. This fairly plump little fellow has been wowing our guests with his undoubted cute factor! In the whole world grey seals are one of the rarest seals but we are really lucky as 40% of the world’s population lives around the… Read More

So here we are near the end of August, we’ve had a great summer with lots of exciting encounters with the wonderful wildlife in our area. There are a group of bottle-nose dolphins that we see regularly and here is one from that group that was just cruising past the boat blowing bubbles at us!… Read More

We have been getting some good Minke sightings recently, there are a lot more bait balls in the water which is attracting these amazing mammals closer to our shores. Minke whales are named after a Norwegian whaler Mr Minke, sometimes they are known as stinky minke’s because there is a really strong fishy smell when they… Read More