Brydon had kindly arranged me a place aboard the Silver Swift that Phil had chartered to head northwest towards the continental shelf. Leaving Hamnavoe on Burra we made a stop on Foula from where we then headed northwest towards ever deeper water eventually reaching not far short of halfway to the Faroes! We arrived over the shelf where a slick of chum proved attractive to Storm Petrels and a Manx Shearwater before all too soon it was time for us to return seeing a few Atlantic White-sided Dolphins as we did. We arrived back later than anticipated but Phil and Rebecca couldn't have made us more welcome to again stay at their Ortolan House B&B.
the Silver Swift
our track northwest of Shetland
steaming northwest (Glen Tyler)
Brydon photographing the Stormies
Storm Petrels northwest of Shetland
Manx Shearwater northwest of Shetland
Puffins northwest of Shetland
Sunset over Foula (Gina Scanlan)
