Mark Lew1s
My real name is Mark Lewis
Brilliant stuff down at the ness today. The big news was a humpback that was feeding with a couple of minkes at about 2 - 3 kms. It surfaced once with a big bushy blow, was about twice as big as the minkes and had a small, knobbly dorsal fin.
Also today, over the course of about 3 hours I saw minkes about 20 times!
If you want to see whales at the ness, head out to the headland and scan north east looking for distant concentrations of feeding birds. Big flocks with plenty of gannets seem to be the best indicators. Once you've found a decent flock just sit and wait, watching the waters below where the birds are feeding. After a while you should see something...Unfortunately the most productive flocks seemed today to be the most distant ones...at a range where they are only just visible through the bins, or beyond.
Not too many birds to report from today with all the distractions! A black guillemot and a manxy going north were the best of it.
Also today, over the course of about 3 hours I saw minkes about 20 times!
If you want to see whales at the ness, head out to the headland and scan north east looking for distant concentrations of feeding birds. Big flocks with plenty of gannets seem to be the best indicators. Once you've found a decent flock just sit and wait, watching the waters below where the birds are feeding. After a while you should see something...Unfortunately the most productive flocks seemed today to be the most distant ones...at a range where they are only just visible through the bins, or beyond.
Not too many birds to report from today with all the distractions! A black guillemot and a manxy going north were the best of it.