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Common Dolphin.. |
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By: George Date: August 1, 2011, 1:15 am |
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Don't let Common fool you. They are not as common as they used |
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to be, but this one has been hanging about in Vidlin Voe for the |
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past weeks, it seems to favour just off the Salmon cages.. |
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here it is.. |
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I just got home from the Dolphin, and got a call from Mark, he |
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was watching a Basking Shark in Firths Voe, just round the |
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corner from where I live.. unfortunatly I did'nt see it.. oh for |
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a new pair o eyes. lol .. |
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george.. |
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Re: Common Dolphin.. its still with us.. |
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By: George Date: August 12, 2011, 3:36 am |
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The Common Dolphin is still at Vidlin Voe, it was very active |
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yesterday, it did a lot of jumping and tail walking while I was |
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there.. |
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I fitted my 1.4x onto my 500mm lens, making it into a 700mm/ |
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manual focus, as the Dolphin was really far away.. unfortunatly |
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I could only take pics in a southerly direction making the pics |
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look gloomy.. |
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Common Dolphin.. |
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Tail walking. |
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Re: Common Dolphin..It may be gone for good.. |
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By: George Date: August 14, 2011, 1:39 pm |
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I watched the common dolphin for a few hours today, I set up my |
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camera on the banks [on the tripod] took my folding stool, midge |
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net [ and boy, I was glad of it ] The dolphin started in the |
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first hour quite slowly only jumping a few times. then it seemed |
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to come awake, and was doing all sorts of acrobatic jumps, |
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swimming on its back and tail walking, it was wonderful to watch |
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it. then at 1500 hours it left the voe following the oot |
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skeeries ferry, then veered left into the sea proper.. so i |
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don't know if it'll be back or not, Julie Redpath and I watched |
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it do the same thing last week, but it came back from the voes |
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mouth, but not this time.. anyway, you'll be wanting the pics I |
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took today. lol .. |
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Leaving Vidlin Voe, the wake in the top of the pic. is of the |
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ferry.. |
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Re: Common Dolphin.. |
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By: benjiesmum Date: August 14, 2011, 2:00 pm |
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How brilliant! You can see its eye there George. Bet he was |
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spying on you too! ;D |
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Re: Common Dolphin.. |
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By: George Date: August 14, 2011, 2:10 pm |
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They were all taken in manual focus as it was so far away, i |
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used my 1.4x on my 500mm lens= so that gave me 700mm. i was |
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surprized they came out so well Lynne.. Well done on your rams, |
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they swept the board at the sheep show.. |
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george.. |
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Re: Common Dolphin.. 16th August 2011 |
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By: George Date: August 17, 2011, 1:12 am |
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I watched the common dolphin for three hours yesterday, it kept |
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going to the sea, It did it three or four times in the three |
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hours I was there.. Just wish I could get a lift in a boat out |
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to the salmon station, this would get me closer to the dolphin.. |
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Anyway this is the pics I took yesterday, it was again very |
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acrobatic, with jumping, swimming on its back, tailwalking and |
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every time it went back to the sea, it jumped clear of the |
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surface every 50 yds. |
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Re: Common Dolphin.. |
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By: George Date: August 18, 2011, 1:39 am |
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More pics of the common dolphin taken on the 16th.. |
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Re: Common Dolphin..19th. August 2011. |
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By: George Date: August 19, 2011, 1:46 pm |
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With many thanks to James MacDonald who arranged the boat trip |
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and Robert Isbister and Steve Pottinger, the boat crew.. and |
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Scottish Sea Farms, who allowed me to visit the cages.. |
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