The last day of September brought us sunshine and whales at last! After a tip off from the Birsay Bay Tearoom to say there were whales in the bay we set out on a mission to find them from our place.

After about half an hour we spotted gulls & gannets feeding out from our cliff & amongst them a fin. In fact it soon became apparent there were 3 Minke whales enjoying a feed. We watched these whales for about two & a half hours & got some great sights of their mouths, long backs as they circled their well earned food.

It was a wondorous sight on a calm, sunny sunday afternoon…

To date unfortunately we have not seen any Orcas from our cliffs however on the 28/03/07, a pod of 7 Orcas were seen at Windwick Bay in South Ronaldsay. It was suggested they might have been hunting seals.

Also a pod of 5 Orcas were seen on 11/05/07 at Grimness Head. Both sightings of the Orcas were seen by Steve & Sarah Sankey & their guests down in South Ronaldsay. Log onto www.orcadianwildlife.co.uk to view some great photo’s!

Two harbour porpoise seen from our cliffs travelling towards Marwick head.

One Minke whale feeding off the brough of Birsay. Feeding on the newly arrived shoals of fish that could be seen breaking the surface.

4 Harbour Porpoise in Bay.

Basking Shark in Bay spotted from our field whilst ‘Family Clark’ were visiting our Gallery. We all spent a while enjoying watching this large fish lolling around & feeding.