A basking shark cruises at the surface on a feeding run near the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. This shark was on a mission – filtering up to two million litres of water per hour to take advantage of a summer plankton bloom. Drones have revolutionised both wildlife film and science. Studying basking sharks from the surface is difficult- you don’t see much other than a dorsal fin and a bit of mouth and tail on a flat day. When underwater, you see more of the action but given the poor water visibility,
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A basking shark cruises at the surface on a feeding run near the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. This shark was on a mission – filtering up to two million litres of water per hour to take advantage of a summer plankton bloom. Drones have revolutionised both wildlife film and science. Studying basking sharks from the surface is difficult- you don’t see much other than a dorsal fin and a bit of mouth and tail on a flat day. When underwater, you see more of the action but given the poor water visibility,
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Wasn’t much basking today, plenty of surfing though! A fair load of plankton needed to keep them feeding hard at the surface in these conditions! | Basking Shark Scotland
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Wasn’t much basking today, plenty of surfing though! A fair load of plankton needed to keep them feeding hard at the surface in these conditions! | Basking Shark Scotland
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Take a moment to admire the awesome basking shark! The basking shark is the second largest fish in our oceans and despite its size feeds on plankton. We're so lucky that they can be regularly spotted around the west coast of Scotland. 🦈 | WWF Scotland
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Take a moment to admire the awesome basking shark! The basking shark is the second largest fish in our oceans and despite its size feeds on plankton. We're so lucky that they can be regularly spotted around the west coast of Scotland. 🦈 | WWF Scotland
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Dec 17, 2016
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It's feeding time for these basking sharks. After reports of fewer sightings this year, Basking Shark Scotland says they've had "good numbers" around Coll and Tiree. More: http://bbc.in/2amyTMl | BBC Scotland News
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It's feeding time for these basking sharks. After reports of fewer sightings this year, Basking Shark Scotland says they've had "good numbers" around Coll and Tiree. More: http://bbc.in/2amyTMl | BBC Scotland News
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Nowhere better to hang out in warm weather! Sublime swimming & snorkelling today! A fine day in the Hebrides - hope you’re all surviving the heat! | Basking Shark Scotland
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Nowhere better to hang out in warm weather! Sublime swimming & snorkelling today! A fine day in the Hebrides - hope you’re all surviving the heat! | Basking Shark Scotland
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Stunning Drone Footage Captures Basking Sharks Feeding Off The West Coast
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Stunning Drone Footage Captures Basking Sharks Feeding Off The West Coast
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Scientists have used an underwater robot to capture footage of basking sharks in the Inner Hebrides. More: bbc.in/2YUc7W4 | BBC Scotland News
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Whilst it’s not been a stellar summer season so far for sharks around the inner hebs. There is an increase in sightings now so fingers crossed for a stronger August. | Basking Shark Scotland
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Watching the gigantic fin of a basking shark break the waters surface is a moment you will remember forever. These huge sharks can have dorsal fins up to 1 metre high, some so big they fall over. Seeing them from the boat or beneath the waves is always spectacular. Join us for our 2023 Coll Shark Season! | Basking Shark Scotland
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Here's some great footage from an awesome shark encounter we had last week. Basking Sharks are returning to Scottish waters and we were lucky enough to find this individual - helped by amazing conditions out at sea. Turn on sound for a few words from our head guide Luke. | Basking Shark Scotland
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Feeding Basking Shark
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After thousands of miles searching this season Jack & Shane had their first proper basking shark encounter of the season today. A great day with numerous dolphins and whales. Although our other boats weren’t quite so lucky who were searching around other islands and too far to reach us. Outside of all the excitement, our suspicions from this summers strange situation were confirmed. A thick layer of Calenoid Copepods (aka shark food) were found in a layer 2-3m below the surface. Jellyfish were a
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A rough old week at sea but there’s a lot of food around for the big fish. High winds can break up plankton aggregations meaning sharks stay sub-surface. However along with ocean currents, they can also supercharge it to make optimal conditions for feeding. | Basking Shark Scotland
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The largest basking shark recorded was around 12m in length, although this individual was nowhere near that it was pretty sizeable. The boat in the background is 9.5m and not too far back. Sometimes we see individuals like this but we can also see sharks in large aggregations of 20 . As always with wildlife, the longer you can come for the better chances you have of having the best encounters, so why not check out our week trips: https://baskingsharkscotland.co.uk/our-tours/multi-day-trips/baski
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DYK- basking sharks are classified as endangered. After widespread hunting in the 40-60s their numbers are slow to recover. Now their biggest threat is from food availability and climate include changes to zooplankton distribution. Here’s a few clips of these amazingly unique animals around the coast. It’s soon time for us to start the search as they return to our waters. We’re hoping to gather some genetic material from the spring arrivals and a microplastics project later in the season amongst
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Is this a basking shark?? Today is international Darwin Day, the day to remember the naturalist Charles Darwin. Renowned for his work on evolution by natural selection. It’s interesting to bring up the basking shark in this context. Far too long for a subject for social media post, but a few quick fire facts! Did you know basking sharks are classified in the same order as predatory sharks such as white sharks, makos and porbeagles. They share similar fin arrangement and work is continuing on the
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Shark diving in Scotland? Meet the basking sharks in the Sound of Mull
Mar 20, 2019
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'An Incredible Experience': Drone Footage Shows Basking Shark Gliding Along Scottish Coastline
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The swimmers didn’t need to go far to reach Fingal’s cave today. Epic weather. | Basking Shark Scotland
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Basking shark out in the big blue!Although the drone makes it look like it would be super obvious to spot, this basking shark is mostly submerged in this clip. Meaning that from a distance, it can’t be seen from the boat. We would need to wait till it had risen in the water column and the fin was showing above the surface before we can watch it. Basking sharks move up and down in the water column A LOT! So you usually need a lot of patience to be able to watch them and one of the main reasons we
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☀️🦈Another nice basking shark encounter. The swimmers show good conduct resulting in low impact encounter for the shark and a better experience for the swimmer. Our operations are guided by marine biologists and we have a specific code of practice for our small group trips. Hope you can join us this summer - last spaces for our peak season basking shark trips! | Basking Shark Scotland
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This season reminds us what truly matters; connection, well-being and making memories that last longer than a wrapped gift under the tree…and the science agrees! Researchers across the disciplines have repeatedly found that experiences bring more long-term joy than material things. When thinking about gifting, or treating yourself, why not consult that bucket list and make that dream come true! If Basking Sharks or ocean wildlife are on your list, our gift vouchers give you the perfect opportuni
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Encounter with Friendly Basking Sharks in Scotland
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It’s international day of education - so here’s a wee fact! Did you know that basking sharks can fully send it out of the water. The behaviour is called breaching and has been recorded at over 5m/s. Many folk don’t believe it as basking sharks are well known to be mouth open and slow moving in their stereotypical view. It’s thought the behaviour has a connection to courtship/communication. The first clip on the video was the boat view viewpoint. The second sequence is an unedited drone view when
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Nov 3, 2023
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Small spotted catsharks were a big hit during our shore snorkels this year. Especially being in shallow water within easy sight of surface snorkelers! | Basking Shark Scotland
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This is what you might have seen if you were in the water for yesterdays clip. Sometimes we'll see sharks travelling in 'trains' like this, we think one of the reasons they do this as it gives them a hydrodynamic advantage and increases feeding efficiency. . Film: @lukesaddler | Basking Shark Scotland
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Basking Shark ✅ Atlantic Bluefin Tuna ✅ Ocean Sunfish ✅ Dolphins feeing under the boat & minke whale ✅ Our week tour scored big time today. We cracked out the UAV, some epic footage & swim - sorted. | Basking Shark Scotland
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HD Scottish Wildlife Spectacular - Basking Shark Scotland 2015
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