Not Being Seal-fish!

A Quiet One for Spirit
After all the madness that seems to have befallen the Kessock Channel over the past couple of days, it was strange to see it so quiet! Not a dorsal fin in sight all day, including on our special 7pm trip, but plenty of other wildlife making their presence felt. Primarily, the seals stole the show! We managed to spot another seal pup, possibly around a week old, among the adults on the mudflats this morning, and again later in the evening! Jet black in colour, the youngster stands out next to his rather pale mother! That puts us at either 5 or 6 new seal pups this year, and with the season for them coming to an end, it’s fantastic to be able to say we’ve broken last year’s record of 4 for sure now! I think next year will have a hard score to beat, but it’s entirely possible; we’ll just have to wait and see!

Mischief Makers!
That left us wondering where the cetaceans were hiding; it wouldn’t be long until we found out where! Early this morning, both Kesslet and Charlie parked themselves at Chanonry Point to cause some trouble with Zephyr and her youngster. Our two and Zephyr’s boy were spotted having a whale of a time, bouncing around each other with a good deal of social contact. Later in the afternoon, they were reported coming back in towards the Kessock Channel, but seemed not to have got that far as Spirit didn’t spot them. However, Mischief had great views of the fun they were having we can be sure! It’s weird that Scoopy isn’t hanging around as much as he was before; in fact we’ve barely seen him with Kesslet in the past week or so. He’s probably back with Bonnie’s group, where he was before tagging onto Kesslet. It is that season after all, so we can’t blame the fella for trying to get around! We do hope to see a little more of him soon though, as he was getting more confident with the boat and having a bit of fun with us too!