Steve ..Im no Dr Doolittle ..but I kid you not they swim and fish around 100 yards from where I stand and watch them ... then after they scoff enough fish ..they come back to their holt which is around 15 feet from where I am. They watch me the whole time when the come back to the holt and as long as I dont move or make a noise ..they then climb straight up the vertical wall..a height of around 7ft. Its truly amazing watching their muscles ripple and move as the go up the wall. Two females and two ciubs.. I see them every day just now as its quiet and no one around.. but it is getting busier with other folks coming to see them the past few days. When you are up on holiday ..assuming they have not moved on ,,I will show you them... its like everything..its knowing where they are and what time of the tide they come out. I have footage of the sliding down a seaweed ramp..climbing the wall..eating fish etc ..and will make it into a video soon
Last week.. I saw gulls dive into the loch ..so headed across to see what was going on. Saw a big fish tail break surface ..then a seal head popped up and grabbed the fish ..the gulls were going crazy cos fish flesh was flying..then next minute a sea eagle ..a young one appeared too ..and landed about 50 yards away from me. About an hour later..a guy I know stopped and dropped his fishing line down in the same spot ..and pulled out a huge ling. It sounds unbelievable but I have it all on video.
A couple of still shots from that day ..
The Ling which was stirring things up at the bottom of the loch.. its scoffed now
And the young sea eagle flying off ..no telephoto shots..standard 50mm lens stuff.
Winter boating is far more interesting that summer boating if you enjoy these kind of sightings..but Im delighted the majority of folks dont winter boat..because crowds scare everything away lol
When I lived in the city ..the only wildlife I saw was the glesga bears and I kept well out their road
Now Im a country boy ..I spend most my day looking for these things as you dont see them sitting in the house unless on TV