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A Feast to Be Had! It was a glorious day to be out on the Moray Firth today… for the most part! As our 4 pm passengers found out, the sunshine and calm waters wouldn’t last all day, but we had a barrel of laughs riding the waves in the later part of the afternoon…

The Gruesome Twosome Strike Back! A rather strange day all in all aboard Dolphin Spirit, but one which saw the return of Kesslet and Charlie to the Kessock Channel twice! We first spotted them in the early morning, just as we came down the Beauly Firth heading towards the Kessock Bridge. They seemed to be…

Well That’s Not a Good Start…! So with the turn of a new week, we started our recording of sightings from Dolphin Spirit and Mischief for National Whale and Dolphin Watch. Pity that today had to be an anomaly as far as our recent sightings record has gone! An overall quiet day, Dolphin Spirit was…

The Original Pair Return! After an exciting day yesterday, things got back to normal in the Inner Firth today; and not just back to normal with Kesslet and Scoopy, but 2016 normal with Kesslet and Charlie! After a quiet morning with the seals, Kesslet and Charlie put on a right show for our 12pm passengers,…

Where Are They Coming From? For the third time in about as many weeks, we have been absolutely spoiled by a traveling group of excitable dolphins in the Kessock Channel. After a quiet day yesterday, with sightings only briefly in the afternoon of Kesslet and Charlie, today’s afternoon spectacle was the treat we were waiting…

Afternoon Activities So you’ve been and done your Dolphin Spirit/Mischief experience; you’ve had fun cruising the coast and meeting some of the charismatic wildlife that the Moray Firth has to offer… now what? If you’re new to Inverness (like I was once!), you may be quite daunted by that distance between places, or what there…

Dolphin Mischief Gatecrashes the Get-Together! It was a cold and blustery day for the best part of the morning and afternoon, but the weather didn’t hold back the Mischief from heading into the wilderness, and they’ll be glad they went out! On arrival to Chanonry Point on the morning trip, Mischief found a lonely Sundance…

Never the Same Trip Twice! While this is generally the fact of it here at Dolphin Spirit, it was even more true today! With the weather being the main change throughout the day, we honestly couldn’t say one trip to the next what it was going to be like! The morning started off horribly weather-wise,…

Sunshine and Cetaceans All Round! It couldn’t really have been a better day if we tried! The sun poked its head through the clouds during the 10am sailing and stayed for the rest of the day; something our dolphins did too! Every single sailing for both Dolphin Spirit and Mischief encountered our finned friends, who…

Sun’s Out, Fins… In? After a downright miserable day weather-wise yesterday, it was great to get out onto the water again in glorious sunshine! With bright blue skies and emerald waters for the most part of today, you could have sworn someone had moved our office into the Mediterranean! The Moray Firth was looking her…

Another Triple Dolphin Day! Maybe we were a little quick to discount the good weather we were having! We certainly didn’t enjoy the wind and rain that buffeted the boat this morning and early afternoon! What we did enjoy though, was a day almost completely full of dolphins! We spotted Kesslet, Charlie, and Scoopy first…

Spray Everywhere! Between the wind and the waves, I think we ate more of the Moray Firth than we saw of it today! It wasn’t exactly the most comfortable of days out on the water, but one that we made the most of nonetheless. We started our day off the right way, with sightings of…