Loads of crabs, a spectacular starfish, cute little spiny, ever-growing sea squirts….. always so much life in the sea!! Also took a try at some angling (because we’re running out of bait - if anyone can help with that, we’d be very grateful!) and did some work on our boat handling skills. Some great wee skippers-in-the-making…. 😁👌 Thanks to everyone who supports us and makes these trips a reality for so many local kids.

Got the opportunity to get out with Chrissy and Pat to take a look out around Annat Bay where we had seals, sea eagle, and Deborah Davy 's Exmoor Ponies in at Achmore (amazing ponies worth checking out if you don't know about them!) Clear blue skies, near perfect seas and good to hear their tales of Sailing Club exploits and how much they love the loch and our seas too. We tried the new slip at the wee pier and is great - we need to make of this! Looks like a few days of this ahead - if anyone else fancies coming out, please get in touch. We're really trying to emphasise that we do this to give everyone the chance to get out and share the stunning seas and coast we have. Please message Ullapool Sea Savers or get in touch with Janis or Noel if you or someone you know would like to get out and take part.

In a break from her usual routine, our wee PionerMulti boat Mada Chuain was out yesterday helping our friend James Appleton Photography to get footage of the extraordinary ultramarathon swimmer Ross Edgley as he trains for his next incredible challenge! 💪🏊‍♂️❄️ Extraordinary and deeply inspirational stuff. Excited to see the finished film!

As part of our accessible seas trips, we took out someone visiting family today to help survey what's happening with our wildlife. Grey and harbour seals back on regular haul.outs. Razorbills, black guillemot and shags showing in big numbers and breeding plumage. Sea eagles back in nesting area so hopefully good news. And common dolphin in Loch Broom again. Sunshine helped make it nice too!

The really low spring tides yesterday provided a great opportunity to test out Hunter’s magnetic fishing kit! We didn’t actually manage to find anything, but it was fun picking interesting locations and trying them out - and it led to some great chat about what ends up in the sea and why, and what impact different substances have on our marine environment….. 🤔 Also an opportunity to brush up on some boat handling skills…. new sea saver Harris is a natural!

The low tide yesterday let is look at some of what lives at the pontoons. Lots of these red squirms, some sea urchins (meant to be a good sign of decent water quality!), limpets, whelk eggs and even a spiney (squat lobster)