2 Minke whales seen by local yachtsman mile off the village, one came right under boat another into a large group of birds. time
in the afternoon SEEN 15/5/07

The Rain seems to be going on for ever. will soon be on the look out for an ARK at least the dolphins will be fine. the swell has been all over the place, roll on the weekend.
See the groups stall at the Nairn harbour festival on Sunday the 3rd of June.
also taking bookings for the boat trips to the longest day of the year survey/cruise.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATTHEW ONE TODAY

Saturday was like rush hor for the dolphins at Aberdeen ,they seemed to be everywhere. lots of ID dolphins on the encounter. Kevin Hepworth and a few others were on the Seawatch survey from Stonehaven when at first they encountered a Harbour Porpoise then soon after that 2 dolphins then 6 the 10 then all of a sudden they had dolphins all around them . under and over the boat ,at one point 5 dolphins came out of the water at the same time amazing sight indeed. the trip was 2 hours late getting back due to the weather, but still dolphins kept appearing from time to time. an amazing day indeed. (lets hope they are heading into the firth pers.com Pete)

A fine day (despite a cold NE wind)greeted the watch. 20+ folk stood on the sanddunes at 2pm hoping for a sighting of a fin or two. sadly no sightings but a great watch with some new folk and good craic .
Later on in the evening we tok part in aCelebration of dolphins , held at the universal hall in the park at Findhorn.
a great night with songs, poems, music stories and a talk and slide presentation by Pete.
the niight was really moving and when the story was told on how a old humpback died and was found to have over a tonne of rubbish inside her stomach the folk in the hall were very moved . many thanks to all who took part ,big thanks to Lorriana who put the event together and to Gordon for all his help with sound and lighting. and to all who came along.

Back to Findhorn for a cetacean watch at 2pm this weekend. meeting up on the sand dunes on the East side of the village. We hope to watch for 2 hours Plus. Later in the evening at 8pm we will all be heading for the Universal hall in the Findhorn Community to Celebrate the life of Whales and Dolphins and Porpoise.
The night will be great with music ,song ,poems and photograps on a big screen hope many members can come along and lets hear your stories and adventures. Many thanks to Lorriana and Gelda for getting it together. hello to Michael fae Lossiemouth. Hope the backk gets better soonand we will see you and your music later

Two sightings of Bottlenose dolphins fae the Hostel. working away near lunchtime on the new shed and all of a sudden the sea is full of splashes 8+ dolphins heading east ,later on in the afternoon Anna phone s to tell us dolphins are heading our way this time we count 15-20 animals in three to four groups travelling fast.
what a nice day sunshine and dolphins.
The sightings are picking up now,there were was even a sighting of two Rissos dolphins at St Combs. long may it continue
all the best
Pete

The Craft fair went well. 10 stalls and a fair crowd. sadly the weather was not so great and put a few folk off venturing out. but it was nice. Three new members hello to Sue, Alice and Natalie ,welcome aboard the group.
next week see's us on the beach at Findhorn doing a wee watch from 2-4 then in the evening we are part of the celebration of dolphins held in the Universal hall Findhorn Park. This is turning out to be a fine night with songs, music ,poems and slide shows all with dolphins as the theme. Please come along and support this evening entry is only £3 and will run from 8pm till we stop dancing. Many thanks to Lorriana and Gelda for putting the gig on.
Pete

11am onwards ,come along and see the groups stall ,pick up a handmade craft and have a chat and cup of tea.
fair opens at 11am and runs till 4-30pm
see you there Findhorn village hall

6+ bottlenose dolphins at Speybay tonight. feeding close into shore. at 2030
seen by Martin and Angela not forgetting Ben

Seals and plunging gannets seen by Gelda and I. Alan