Apr 27 2020
The elusive basking shark is not an easy one to predict, there are certain patterns we see in their summer aggregations, with the peak of sightings being around late July – August. Their arrival in the spring …
Jan 24 2020
What is Burns Day? Scotland’s National Bard, Rabbie Burns is celebrated on his birthday, the 25th of January each year. It has been celebrated since 1801, five years after his death. Who is Rabbie Burns? …
Jan 15 2020
Whilst writing our Cetacean blog recently, we realised that we hadn’t ever written one about our unusual Oban humpback whale sightings from the last couple of years! Before the first sighting, if someone had told …
Jan 06 2020
Top 5 Cetaceans around Oban & The Hebrides We’re lucky to operate in an area with a high number of whales, dolphins and porpoises. Some are resident in our waters year round, others migrate here for …
Dec 12 2019
This is our top 5 list of snorkelling and swimming experiences from our season around the Hebrides! Basking Shark The top of our pile is the enigmatic basking shark (of course)! The sharks arrive back from their …
Nov 22 2019
We’ve not long returned from Arctic Norway and we had a really great trip this Autumn! The migration has changed a little over the last few years and in January the main herring (and therefore whale) …
Nov 12 2019
Am I too old to swim with basking sharks? This is a great story from our 2019 summer! Naomi travelled on one of our week tours and became our oldest-ever basking shark swimmer! We had discussed what’s …
Apr 06 2019
Our spring expedition was a huge success with 16 beaches cleaned around Oban and Isle of Kerrera coastline. Following our huge expedition beach clean last year on the Isle of Mull (see blog from that …
Aug 31 2018
We’re proud to share the news of the publication of our first collaborative scientific paper. We have a long-standing partnership between Dr Mauvis Gore & Dr Rupert Ormond of Marine Conservation International and Heriot-Watt University for …
Aug 27 2018
Juvenile Basking Shark We have some really exciting news in that one of our recent tours spotted our first-ever sighting of a juvenile basking shark. We believe this could be one of the only records …
Jul 09 2018
We’re delighted to announce the arrival of our brand new basking shark boat ‘ Cearban Mhor’. It’s been a few years of planning, design, discussions and convincing the bank manager to lend us (a lot) …
Apr 15 2018
Here at Basking Shark Scotland, we are passionate about wildlife conservation and the protection of the incredible natural assets around us. We are lucky enough to call the Hebrides our home and our office is …
