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Basking shark, wildlife, swim & diving tours from Oban, Mull & Coll! Scientific study of Hebrides BSk population. Overseas Tours & Underwater Photography
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One of the last big fishes to come say hi last week before we left the islands! It was a fair size of fish when you see it next to the boat! Cearban Mhor is 12m long so how big do you estimate the shark to be?
#baskingshark
#baskingsharks
#hebrides
#scotland
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Incredible day off
#tiree
yesterday. Bubble net feeding
#humpback
in flat calm. Here’s some amazing footage of it feeding. We counted >30 minke whales, 100s of sb common dolphins and
#baskingshark
too. Guess summer had to squeeze it all into one day!
#hebrides
#scotland
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Basking Shark 🦈 vs Bluefin Tuna 🐟
Exclusive for
#worldbaskingsharkday
a 🧵
A world’s first moment from this summer. We captured this amazing event, where a bluefin tuna attacked a basking shark for around 20min. Check out the drone footage 👇 /1
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Classic Hebrides weather at the moment but we’ve had some great
#baskingshark
action in the calm periods. We had our best shark day in 3 years this week- great to be back in the thick of it! We’ve captured some great scientific results and footage which we’ll try and share soon
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We’ve captured a lot of cool footage of basking shark encounters over the years, but this must have been one of the most epic! This poor shark was harassed by the blue fin tuna for quite some time. The Sea of the Hebrides really is a wildlife hotspot! What will we see this year?!
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Flying the flag for
#baskingsharks
on
#WorldOceanDay
! A few cool clips of the big fish doing their things over the years we’ve been watching and studying them!
#baskingshark
#wildlife
#scotland
#hebrides
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Do you sometimes feel like a basking shark during the Christmas period, constantly feeding? Just substitute copepods with mince pies! In this film you can see the gill arches flaring as the shark filters a vast quantity of water, gathering it's tiny prey.
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Film:
@lukesaddler
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Another mental day for
#sharkweek
#scotland
! Mega
#baskingshark
trains! How many
#baskingsharks
can you see in the picture!
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Its
#endangeredspeciesday
our favourite fish is unfortunately listed as endangered by the
#IUCN
we collect important sightings data during our summers shark searching which helps us further understand their population dynamics.
#baskingshark
#baskingsharks
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One of our scientific projects is to monitor the location and number of lampreys that attach to
#baskingsharks
. Every encounter records this information along with other data such as fem/mal, mating scars, other parasites etc.
#marinescience
#marinebiology
#citizenscience
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A-m-a-z-i-n-g! Humpback whales today ( + minkes/dolphins) all smashing a huge bait ball of fish! Perhaps our best ever day! Check out the drone footage of lunge feeding!
#hebrides
#scotland
#wildlife
@WCWScotland
@HWDT_org
@wildscotland
@whalesorg
@SeaWatchersUK
@wildaboutargyll
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As good as it gets out there. Flat calm seas, strong tidal fronts and
#baskingsharks
taking advantage of the abundant
#plankton
! These are the moment we wait the whole year for! Join us for a
#baskingshark
adventure this summer!
#atlantic
#wildlife
#nature
#scotland
#ycw2020
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Orca again today! Both boys John Coe & Aquarius. Doing a lot of deep dives but amazing to see them in the sunshine!
#hebrides
#orca
#isleofmull
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We've had a few days of reduced viability due to a big phytoplankton bloom but it hasn't stopped us getting some great encounters!
Film:
@lukesaddler
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Amazing video we shared on our other channels this morning. 14yo South African laddie filmed this
#whiteshark
cruising in the surf. No mindless killers here. Just as well white sharks got the brains over
#baskingsharks
!
#shark
#surfing
#kayaking
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Outrageous weather today. Where have been all summer!!?
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As we get closer to spring we get closer to the big fish returning to the Hebrides!
We have spaces on our 2023 Coll shark tours to search for basking sharks in the Sea of the Hebrides - whose joining?
#baskingshark
#hebrides
#visitscotland
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The second recorded trans-Atlantic movement of a basking shark! Malin head, Ireland in 2014 to Massachusetts, USA in 2017! The shark was a satellite tagged female, the tag had stopped working but researchers were still able to ID it when it was photographed off the US coast!
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Oh what a night! The skies were dancing as the northern lights shined bright over
#Oban
!
#AuroraBorealis
#northernlights
#argyll
#scotland
#nightsky
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Super exciting- our first ever baby
#baskingsharl
today - note the snub nose. We’ll be writing this one up for sure!
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Today is meant to be
#bluemonday
the most depressing day of the year! The January blue are biting as it's still dark and grey outside and the festive period is over! Here's a
#baskingshark
out in the big blue to help get through it!
#baskingsharks
#wildlife
#nature
#scotland
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It’s the first
#worldbaskingshark
day! Join in today to celebrate these gentle giants. Share facts, history, encounters, threats and conservation. Anything that raises the profile of these amazing animals.
#baskingshark
#baskingsharks
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Amazing close up
#baskingshark
video from
@BertieGPhoto
from the summer! Have you ever seen the eye so close!? They have very poor eyesight but a highly developed sense of smell! All to do with feeding on zooplankton!!
#baskingsharks
#hebrides
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The northern lights were dancing last night in
#oban
. Our new guide
@BenSheilPhoto
was out with his camera and took this amazing picture of the lights above our boats at the marina. Amazing job Ben! 🙌📷
#aurora
#AuroraBorealis
#NorthernLights
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Very obliging of this basking shark to indicate it was turning left before it passed in front of my camera! Want to get this close? Still a few limited spaces left on our shark trips this season.
Check out this link for more:
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Film:
@lukesaddler
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Happy
#BlueMonday
! Here’s a big
#baskingshark
cruising out in the big blue!
This is the first time we’ve filmed a basking shark like this, with fish schooling to move out the sharks way. The situation makes it look very predatory! 😍🦈
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2/ Forgive the sensational headline, it was a dramatic scene with one very p
@ssed
off shark. The shark swam in very tight circles in a defensive posture, thrashing as it tries to evade the tuna. The drone footage allows a really great aerial perspective and shows….
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After thousands of miles of searching and a number of fleeting views this season we had our first proper
#baskingshark
view! As suspected the plankton layer is 2-3m below the surface and the shark was happily feeding away below the boat.
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Join us on one of our multi-day wildlife and swim adventure tours to encounter these amazing animals. Help with our science programme whilst having a great time exploring the Hebrides!
#baskingsharks
#hebrides
#scotland
#travel
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#northernlights
from
#Oban
tonight! Spectacular display!
#aurora
#auroraborealis
#argyll
#scotland
#nightsky
#photography
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What a special day we had to visit St Kilda this week. After spending 5 hours exploring ashore on Hirta. We had glass calm to motor around Stac Lee, Stac an Armin & Boreray before heading back to Barra. Trip of a lifetime!
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3/ …the tuna constantly pursuing the sharks tail. Numerous times it’s bumps into the shark for unknown reasons. t’s was an amazing spectacle and one which is being looked at for hopefully future publication. In the meantime then enjoy a few crazy clips.
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Guess who we saw on yesterday’s trip out to the puffins! 🐼🐟
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We found this absolute weapon whilst snorkeling. The bell was around a metre with the tentacles extending 4-5m behind it. A predator in the water column, a good sign to see big ones like this. Amazing to watch them from a safe distance.
#jellyfish
#hebrides
#atlantic
#scotland
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One of the days we had a
#baskingshark
in the harbour cruising around the pier at
#isleofcoll
. Amazing wildlife on the doorstep where we run our tours Jul-Sept. Come join one our marine biologist guided tours next summer!
#hebrides
#islands
#scotland
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Great news- the first report of a
#baskingshark
in the
#Hebrides
today. It is early, as the main season is later in the year, but not surprising given the recent conditions. We’ll be out to see them soon. For info - our earliest sighting was 5th April 2015.
#baskingsharks
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Here’s the full video of our encounter with the very curious minke whale. What a wee legend!
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It’s
#WorldWildlifeDay
today and we’re advocating for
#baskingsharks
which are listed as
#Endangered
by
@IUCNRedList
. It’s our 10th season this year and over that time have amassed a 🏔 of data. Much of it collected from our low impact
#swims
like this one.
#WWD2022
#Hebrides
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So this happened today…….look out for the video later. What an amazing animal!
Out on a day trip from
#oban
to
#isleofmull
&
#isleofcoll
#minkewhale
#hebrides
#scotland
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SCOTLAND!
Yes many people's perception of Scotland is of grey skies, wind and rain - we certainly get our fair share of that but we've been also treated to a fair bit of sunshine and great conditions lately. This is the view from Coll looking north to the islands of Rum and Eigg.
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Unbelievable first day on
#barra
. One the most exposed places was very calm and allowed the swimmers to take on King Kong and swim the arch. Some very very luck people on our trip!
#wildswimming
#outerhebrides
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First bluefin tuna sighting for us this year. Just now at Coll
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We're heading offshore tomorrow to start our main 'shark season'! It's quite a logistical effort to get boats/vans/gear/people out to the islands but it's all worthwhile being in the heart of the action and scoring days like this!
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Breaking news!First ever photo ID match of
#humpbackwhale
btwn east and west
#Scotland
. Animal first sighted Aug20 on our tour off
#Coll
and recaptured over wend, btw
#Edinburgh
&
#Fife
. Thanks to Lyndsay from ScottishHumpback ID, Shane,
@Rosiebphotos
, Emma &
@GregMacvean
🐳📸
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Another one from this mornings
#dunsunrise
, the
@CalMacFerries
isle of mull coming into
#oban
harbour with the snowy
#morvern
hills in the background.
#Lismore
ferry heading past maiden island too.
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Amazing effort yesterday cleaning up a remote beach (50km away) on the
#isleofmull
- we had to battle the unexpected surf and wind with our 13 beach cleaners and there was still a boat load on the beach when we left.
#beachclean
@mcsuk
@Seasaver
@argyllandbute
@wildfreckle
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Supermoon in
#oban
tonight peeking though McCaigs Tower
#supermoon
#Supermoon2018
#SuperBlueBloodMoon
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Sometimes we see
#baskingsharks
travelling in 'trains' like this, we think one of the reasons they do this as it gives them a hydrodynamic advantage and increases feeding efficiency. Join us for a adventure this summer!
#baskingshark
#wildlife
#nature
#travel
#scotland
#ycw2020
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When we're swimming with sharks sometimes you'll see only one the surface but there are more hiding below! We think one of the reasons that you see sharks following one another like this is that it can give them a hydrodynamic advantage.
Trips live here:
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Today is
#endangeredspeciesday
and we want to fly the flag for basking sharks!
Listed as endangered on the
@IUCNRedList
& recovering after wide spread hunting in the last century. Here’s a clip of
@bertiegregory
enjoying filming
#baskingsharks
a couple years ago with us.
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Who wants to see a
#baskingshark
?
We have spaces left on our 2022 shark weeks starting 23rd July and 13th August with accommodation available!
Join us in the beautiful Hebrides for the adventure of a lifetime!
Awesome shot by IG morlo_wildlife
#visitscotland
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@jethroreading32
@mcsuk
@SharkTrustUK
@TheSimsLab
@SharkAdvocates
@Shark_Guardian
@WWF_Sharks
@IUCNShark
@SharkWeek
@nature_scot
@HWDT_org
Yes that’s the current theory that’s being looked at. Poor bsk- not too happy about being used as a scratching post
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It’s not all calm seas and drone videos! Here’s a
#baskingshark
happily feeding away in fairly choppy conditions. In this instance there is dense plankton at the surface unaffected by surface conditions.
#hebrides
#argyll
#scotland
#baskingsharks
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That's a beauty!!!!!!!! What else do you say in the presence of a massive
#baskingshark
!?? Although we do a lot of
#snorkelling
with the
#sharks
, we get a lot of amazing views from the boat too.
#wildlife
#argyll
#hebrides
#ycw2020
#scotland
#summer
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Sometimes we see them a few minutes from the pier. Other times they disappear for weeks. Or sometimes you are just floating along and one swims under the boat. This was an amazing
#baskingshark
encounter, it fed merrily as we drifted with the current. Join us in summer 2024!
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Wow! Fin whale for us today. First time we’ve seen one this far in.
Big beastie, lots of minkes & common dolphins about with bird aggregations. Plenty food about now. Great to see.
#isleofcoll
#argyll
#hebrides
#scotland
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How does it feel to have the second biggest fish in the world swim by you! ?
#baskingshark
#baskingsharks
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When a basking shark's mouth is closed they look at their 'sharkiest', you can see how mistakes can be made between them and their close cousin the great white. We will soon be releasing dates for next years trips and will let you all know when the 2020 shark tours are online!
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Happy world oceans day! This video from last years day is worth reposting again. We’re about month away from starting our main basking shark season and we’re looking forward to seeing the sharks arriving in bigger numbers soon!
#baskingsharks
#hebrides
#scotland
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Fantastic
#baskingshark
encounters for our day tour on Saturday! Lucky folk to roll the dice to come for a day and see this! Hopefully the same luck for our passengers this week!
#wildlife
#hebrides
#scotland
#snorkel
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This is what’s it like to explore the amazing kelp forest and mermaids tresses on our Hebrides snorkel tours. There’s so much marine life to discover!
#snorkelling
#wildswimming
#oban
#mull
#hebrides
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Great images from Michael Eisenbart from our week tour last week. A female with a number of lampreys attached to her.
#baskingshark
#baskingsharks
#wildlife
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It’s
#SharkAwarenessDay
day so here’s a shout out for
#baskingsharks
! The biggest fish to swim in our coastal waters, they migrate here from the sub-tropics to feed & possibly breed. The peak season for them is about to begin and we still have spaces to join our specific trips.
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View from the office window today. Outrageous conditions
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Wait for it......we'll be releasing our remaining one, three and four day tour availability for summer 2021 this coming week!
#baskingshark
#baskingsharks
#hebrides
#scotland
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It's
#bluemonday
- the most depressing day of the year apparently. Here's our version if you have the January blues!!!
#baskingsharks
out in the big blue! Enjoy!
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It’s
#WorldOtterDay
- and what a way to celebrate. An otter was fishing just off the back of the boat at the marina in
#oban
today. At lunchtime - bright blue skies and full sunshine. Amazing experience! Never seen one there in the 10 years we’ve had the boat there!
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#baskingshark
eDNA in action. We used to capture this by skin slime and physically touching the shark. The university has refined the technique so we can capture it from the shark swimming past only. Great to be part of this project and have a fridge full of samples this summer.
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Great secret beach as a stop off for lunch on our tour today. Off out to swim in fingals cave and visit the puffin's again tomorrow! Can't beat Scotland in the sun!
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A close up look at the basking shark!
Like other sharks basking sharks are covered in dermal denticles! These tiny scales are actually more like teeth than the scales we see in other fish, in whale sharks these have even been found in the eyeball!
#sharkscience
#baskingshark
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We hope you were inspired by BBC
#WildIsles
last night. What a great episode to celebrate North Atlantic marine life. Much of it we experience around the Hebrides on our tours. If you want your own wild isles experience then join us this season.
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Great to see
#baskingsharks
on BBC
#wildisles
tonight with some footage from our trips in the Hebrides ( saw the shot by
@bertiegregory
). Really great show, kudos to
@jdouganderson
for fantastic filming. So good to see our home waters celebrated so well. 👏
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Lovely to see the bottlenose dolphins on way out to see the puffins and snorkeling from
#oban
today. Minke in the distance too.
#dolphins
#mull
#isleofmull
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If you want to see the best of what the west coast of Scotland has to offer check out
@BBCSpringwatch
this evening. They are featuring a 5 min film made by our head guide Luke, all shot while guiding our trips over the last few years - excited for our summer season!
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Whilst it’s not been a stellar summer season so far for sharks around the inner hebs. There is an increase in sightings now so fingers crossed for a stronger August.
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Well.....that was a pretty different day! Boat and safety swimmer support for a mermaid film!
#mermaid
#fingalscave
#staffa
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Nice to see wee baby common dolphins today, splashing and playing around.
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