This entry is for the 15th July. On the 15th we went by boat to Iona via Staffa. Again it was a rather showery morning. Rather than go right down to the South of the island we decided to go on a small boat from Ulva Ferry - still needed to allow an hour to get to the ferry (especially as there was the possibility of road works nearby) but much nearer. On the way we saw a sea eagle perched in a tree just by the road - but couldn't stop unfortunately. Then just in the harbour of Ulva Ferry (well it's more like a small inlet), there were dolphins. I believe they were dolphins as according to the whale watch survey team, the harbour porpoises a) don't usually come that close into the harbour but b) don't do the leaping out of the water business which these were definitely doing. Brilliant.
Good trip over to Iona via Staffa, home of Fingal's cave. I decided not to try to go into the cave as it was slippery and I had the dog - but what we saw was nevertheless brilliant. The second photo, if you look carefully, shows a puffin. We didn't get close to the puffins, nor see that many - I suspect many had left their nests by this time of year (and we didn't have long on Staffa) but we did get good views of them on land. (And if I had a better camera...). I will add more to this entry later.
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