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Wildlife images from our 2018 cruises

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We had a wonderful 2018 season with amazing encounters with wildlife. Here are just some of the photos taken by our Crews.

Orca - Wildlife Guide Nigel Spencer near Canna
Orca - Wildlife Guide Nigel Spencer near Canna
Orca - Wildlife Guide Nigel Spencer near Canna
Corncrake on Iona Nigel Spencer
Basking Sharks off Coll, Bosun Craig Robinson
Dolphin Lynsey Bland
dolphins near staffa Lynsey Bland
White-tailed eagle Mull
Puffin, Lynsey Bla d
Puffin Lynsey Bland
Minke whale Lynsey Bland
Minke whale Lynsey Bland
Dolphin Lynsey Bland
minke whale Nigel Spencer
Puffin Lynsey Bland
puffins lynsey bland
puffins lynsey bland
puffins Sanday, Canna Chris Gomersall
Shag Nigel Spencer
black guillemot Nigel Spencer
shag Nigel Spencer
razorbill Nigel Spencer
Dolphin Sam Udale-Smith
dolphins Alexa Kershaw
Dolphin Sam Udale-Smith
Fulmar Sam Udale Smith
Gannet entering the water Sam Udale Smith
Gannet Diving Sam Udale Smith
Gannet Sam Udale Smith
Minke whale Wildlife Guide Lynsey Bland off Rum
Minke whale Sam Udale - Smith
Seal on Mingulay, guest Richard Rees
Seal on Mingulay, guest Richard Rees
Minke whale at St Kilda Sam Udale Smith
Puffin at the Shiants James Fairbairms
Puffins on Lunga with guest, Chris Gomersall
Puffin on Lunga Chris Gomersall
puffin at the Shiants Lynsey Bland
Puffins at the Shiants Lynsey Bland
Puffin at the Shiants Lynsey Bland
Puffins at the Shiants Lynsey Bland
Razorbill Sam Udale Smith
Skua
Spectacled Guillemot Sam Udate Smith
Basking Shark Lynsey Bland
Basking Shark Lynsey Bland
Corncrake, guest Richard Rees
Dolphins, James Fairbairms
Dolphin Lynsey B;and
Dolphin guest Richard Rees
Dolphins Lynsey Bland
Heron Lynsey Bland
Herring gulls guest Richard Rees
Red deer guest Jeanette
Lynsey Bland
Minke whale guest John Bartram
Minke Whale, guest John Bartram
Red deer Lynsey Bland
Seals on Mingulay guest Robert Rees
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Hi Emma - My family and I were lucky enough to spend a week on board the Lucy Mary last week (2/5-8/5) and spent it with the most wonderful crew of Lewis, Zoe, Bella, Sian and Jasmine.  I’d like to pass on my thanks to them all.  Their open, friendly demeanour, attention to detail and incredible organisation made the whole experience a total delight.  Each day ran so smoothly that, as guests, all we had left to do was marvel at the beauty of the location and the wlldlife, oh and eat an insane amount of utterly delicious food.  Huge thank you to Zoe for being so available and informative, for gracefully answering our amateur wildlife questions with no flicker to suggest that she had heard them all before.  She heartily joined in our silly family banter, invited us to join in her cetacean watches and politely informed us that there’s no such thing as ‘just a gull’ - only ‘just a dove’ apparently……. Oh and please thank her for being such a great quiz master.  On that note, thank you to Jasmine and Bella, my fellow cohorts on the winning quiz team.   Thank you also to Lewis, he too had to endure some nosy nav questions from me, and did so with huge patience and heaps of information.  His local knowledge and boat handling skills are second to none, I mean we all saw him virtually parallel park Lucy Mary with just a bow thrust nudge, it was a bit special :-)   Please also thank him for his ‘hand in pocket parking’ advice, I have spread it far and wide already and will give it go in the very near future.  And thank him for taking us to the most amazing anchorage spots each night.  Please also thank Jasmine.  She is a wonderful host, her table laying imagination, pebble work and napkin art was just joyful.  She smiled all trip long and made us all feel really comfortable.  Please also thank Bella, the perpetual cleaning machine! Lucy Mary was immaculate, always.  It was gorgeous to hear the team laughing all trip long too, mostly led by Bella, who always seemed to have a grin on her face.  And finally please thank Sian.

Sarah Desjonqueres: 2 May 2024
Idyllic Islands: Mull, Iona, Staffa & the Treshnish Isles

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