Seeing a very distant dolphin today put a big smile on my face #FunFactFriday The Bottlenose dolphins around the UK are big, heavy characters, much larger, darker and heavier than their warmer water cousins. #DolphinsOfMastodon #BottlenoseDolphin #dolphin #TursiopsTruncatus

Dolphin watching at Chanonry Point 🙂🐬

...doubtless those around here with bigger cameras and longer lenses will have better photos but the fact this is handheld from the phone suggests how close they came around the headland. Perfect timing after the walk down the beach from Rosemarkie

#ChanonryPoint #DolphinsOfMastodon #ScottishLandscapes

It has been a very quiet few weeks for seeing the local Bottlenose dolphins in the Inner Moray Firth around Chanonry Point, the winter period can be quiet anyway as they spend a lot of time further out to sea. The most reliable time to see them up here in the Moray Firth is from the end of March onwards, once the salmon run picks up. #dolphins #MorayFirth #Wildlife #ChanonryPoint #DolphinsOfMastodon

Young Bottlenose dolphin breaching out of the water, Cromarty Firth, Scotland. #DolphinsOfMastodon #dolphins #BottlenoseDolphin #CromartyFirth

It won't be too long before the Bottlenose dolphins around my area start to hunt for migrating salmon - real "nature in the raw" stuff... #DolphinsOfMastodon #dolphin #hunting #salmon

Common Dolphins, Lochcarron, Wester Ross. #DolphinsOfMastodon #dolphins #Scotland #WildlifePhotography #WesterRoss

Best wishes to all for Hogmanay - 2022 was a good dolphin year for me, fingers crossed 2023 will be as good if not better. Huge thanks to my friends, colleagues and all my boat trip buddies plus sightings volunteers for making it such a good season 🍻🐬 #hogmanay #2023 #DolphinsOfMastodon #dolphins #MorayFirth

Jumping into the new week with this lovely lady... #BottlenoseDolphin #DolphinsOfMastodon #MorayFirth