Date With a Dolphin
Kesslet gets up close and personal with our passengers!
Even if the weather has been a little bit miserable of late, there’s nothing that gets us (and our passengers!) smiling more than a wonderful encounter with the Moray Firth dolphins. Today, Kesslet was in brilliant form, hunting from the falling tide into the afternoon. We saw her on 3 of our sailings today, and she was certainly showing off! It’s wonderful to see Kesslet getting back to her old self, especially when she feels confident enough to engage with the boat; it really makes a trip that little bit more special when a wild dolphin comes over to see you, instead of the other way around!
Sightings of all of our “Big 3”!
The “Big 3” here at Dolphin Spirit is our dolphins, otters, and seals. Today, we saw all of them, which is fantastic! The otters were mucking around a little bit further out than usual, around the stadium of (the now relegated) Inverness Caledonian Thistle. It seemed to be two smaller, so probably female, otters who were ducking and diving their way back towards their holt (or den) around the marina. We saw more seals in the morning and early afternoon, chilling out in the waters of the Inverness Firth near Meikle Mee. One cheeky little harbour seal was spotted just off the North Kessock pier, poking his head up just as our guide was talking about keeping an eye out for them! Speak of the devil and it’s sure to appear, so they say! We had plenty of sightings of terns too, some of which getting very close to the boat.
One of the Common Terns out near Kilmuir
You Should Join Us!
With the weather set to brighten up into next week, now is the perfect time to get out and enjoy a trip around the Moray Firth! There’s barely a breath of wind, so if you’ve been waiting for the perfect time to get aboard our new Mischief RIB, you should get aboard ASAP! Dolphin Spirit has had some picture-perfect sailings over this weekend too, enjoying a little bit of sun and some very calm waters; perfect for wildlife spotting! If you’re still undecided on whether you should come along, check out what you’re missing over on our Facebook here!