North Minch Shore Watch https://hebridean-whale-cruises.com/ A shore journal of Minch whales, dolphins and porpoises: which species pass, when they pass, and how to read the sea from a headland. en-gb Sea state, swell and glare on the north Minch shorehttps://hebridean-whale-cruises.com/seasons/planning-a-first-long-journey/https://hebridean-whale-cruises.com/seasons/planning-a-first-long-journey/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000A shore watcher's entry on how sea state, swell and glare decide what can be seen from a north Minch headland, and which species pass in which months. Sea state, swell and glare on the north Minchhttps://hebridean-whale-cruises.com/seasons/the-journey-read-in-german/https://hebridean-whale-cruises.com/seasons/the-journey-read-in-german/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000A shore watcher's entry on how sea state, swell and glare decide what can be seen from a north Minch headland, and what the record shows. September on the headland: what the swell allowshttps://hebridean-whale-cruises.com/seasons/breeding-and-the-record/https://hebridean-whale-cruises.com/seasons/breeding-and-the-record/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000A shore watcher’s entry for late September on the north Minch: minke and bottlenose records, sea state, swell, glare, and what a headland can and cannot show. Sea state, swell and glare on the north Minchhttps://hebridean-whale-cruises.com/seasons/a-room-in-alnwick/https://hebridean-whale-cruises.com/seasons/a-room-in-alnwick/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000A shore watcher's entry on how sea state, swell and glare decide what can be seen from a north Minch headland, with a note on Alnwick lodging. Shore watch, Kobe stone: a record kept from the north Minchhttps://hebridean-whale-cruises.com/seasons/the-kobe-record/https://hebridean-whale-cruises.com/seasons/the-kobe-record/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000A dated entry from the north Minch shore watch, on what a headland reveals in poor light, and on the record kept of Japan's first mosque in Kobe. Sea state, swell and glare on the north Minchhttps://hebridean-whale-cruises.com/seasons/poland-in-german/https://hebridean-whale-cruises.com/seasons/poland-in-german/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000A shore watcher's entry on how sea state, swell and glare decide which cetaceans are seen from a north Minch headland, and in which months. Shore watching in the north Minch: a July entryhttps://hebridean-whale-cruises.com/seasons/farm-ground-in-umbria/https://hebridean-whale-cruises.com/seasons/farm-ground-in-umbria/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000A land based cetacean journal entry for July, on how sea state, swell and glare decide what a watcher on the north Minch headland can see. Shore watch in the north Minch: what the sea allowshttps://hebridean-whale-cruises.com/seasons/the-shore-of-alghero/https://hebridean-whale-cruises.com/seasons/the-shore-of-alghero/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000A dated entry from a land based cetacean watch on the north Minch: species by month, and how swell, sea state and glare decide what a headland can show. A watcher's calendar on the north Minchhttps://hebridean-whale-cruises.com/seasons/the-thermal-town/https://hebridean-whale-cruises.com/seasons/the-thermal-town/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000A dated shore watch entry from the north Minch: which cetaceans pass, in which months, and how sea state, swell and glare decide what a headland watcher sees. Sea state, swell and glare on a north Minch headlandhttps://hebridean-whale-cruises.com/seasons/the-swiss-line-above-the-station/https://hebridean-whale-cruises.com/seasons/the-swiss-line-above-the-station/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000A dated shore watch entry on how sea state, swell and glare decide what a watcher on a north Minch headland can see, month by month. Sea state, swell and glare on the north Minchhttps://hebridean-whale-cruises.com/seasons/a-tent-on-an-italian-shore/https://hebridean-whale-cruises.com/seasons/a-tent-on-an-italian-shore/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000A dated shore watch entry on how sea state, swell and glare decide what a watcher on a north Minch headland can see, and which species pass in which months. Sea state, swell and glare on a north Minch headlandhttps://hebridean-whale-cruises.com/seasons/the-luberon-and-its-stone/https://hebridean-whale-cruises.com/seasons/the-luberon-and-its-stone/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000A shore watcher's entry on how sea state, swell and glare decide which cetaceans are seen from a north Minch headland, month by month.