Despite a bit of a doddgy forecast ,alls ready for the craft fair and the thousands of folk dropping bye to see us.
Sea state is hellofa. and we even had hailstones lastnight. greatevening at Buckie with dragoons, stiltwalkers and amazing fireworks. flat calm sea as well pity the dolphins never showed up. still we had a dolphin at the back door yesterday and a group were seen off the bow fiddle rock at 1030am so theres hope.
enjoy the summer .Hey schools out soon.

The group will be there in the village hall.
The Craft Fair and the usual information will be on hand. Come along and help out if you wish and see some fine boats in the harbour.
the fun starts at 10am and goes on till 5pm Saturday and Sunday. The weather is a bit better so if you are at Spey bay tonight for the seawatch watch see you there.
The sea is a sea state 3 and getting better so maybe a louper or three on offer

Its freezing ,only 8 degrees today .what is going on ? what do the dolphins make of it. wish i could see one. The watch at Burghead was amazing 5 hardy folk saw nothing. but when i say saw nothing that.s not true, the light and the clouds were amazing. the coast over by Hopeman at times looked like gold as the rays of sun pinpointed the cliffs. Gannets and Eiders braved the gales (sea state 6)thanks to Alan for information regarding how warm his coat was. Thanks to Ulrike on information regarding how cold her coat was.

Dolphins spotted by Alan and Howard this weekend at Fort george and the Point, sadly watch at Findochty washed out and away due to awful weather, whats going on this year with the summer. lets all hope for good weather and sightings at Burghead and Spey bay meeting at Usual watch sites at 7pm. Thanks to Cafe Wild for supporting our watch on Wed. with soup and tea for all on the watch.
see sightings for other encounters.
Thanks to the crew of the BBC4 team who were at Findochty over the last few days. once again great craic but no sightings and rubbish weather. can we do that one again . (quote/Unquote.

Fear not fellow louper wathers this rain will go sometime and we will be once again out and about watching our fintastic friends. PS dont forget to take your brolley.PPS lets hope the 20-21st is dry eh

Plans are well in hand for our watch at Portknockie overlooking hte Bow Fiddle rock. meeting at 11-30 we will have a wee fire and chat, then sleep on the grass till sunrise at 4am ish. then watch as dolphins leap and loup aboot the sea. Later on in the day 21st we will watch from findochty at 2pm for 2 hours. then at 10-30 tke the boats out to the sunset and the end of a grand day. The BBC are coming up to film the whole adventure so please come along. there is still space for a few more on the boats from Macduff and Buckie. contact Pete on 01542 833867 to book your place on board.

Many thanks to all at Gordonstoun for the grand day at the games. Lots of fun and a good crowd. Pete did two sets of his dolphin play and was helped by some great kids ,by being the various parts in the play. many thanks to the wave twins. All in all a grand day and raising lots of money for two good causes in the local area.

Great to hear about George and Doreens Orca encounter in the Shetlands. they were taking part in the survey from Aberdeen and were out and about on the land when at Hillswick they spotted a group of 5 Orca including a calf, WOW what a joy
george will give details in the next newsletter.

We are getting good reports of Minke whales in the Moray Firth. two sightings off Portknockie and one off Banff this last weekend and reports of good sightings from the CRRU further east at Gardenstown and outward in the firth. take also the two sightings of minke on the east coast off Aberdeen. Maybe the firth and the east coast will be the place for whale watchers to come and see minkes instead of going to Mull and the west coast. If you see a Minke while watching please report it to us and to the Sea watch Foundation. Its coming up to the National Whale and Dolphin Watch week 23-30th of June so the more folk we have out there the better. Full details of all the land and sea based watches can be seen by going to www.seawatchfoundation.org.uk
This weekend we are at Gordonstoun school for the Highland games please come along and support our group and maybe join in in tossing a caber or 2
See ya
Pete

what a day, dolphins seen fae the hostel at 8am sadly the weather was not to great so had to cancel Nairn ,also have a sore leg( its the left one) so kept it still for a half day. Then dolphins again at night just before watching coast there they were. what fun the wee calf had trying to keep up with the other 4.