Full Moon

There was a lovely full moon above the Firth tonight and very little cloud so there was a nice reflection of the light on the water.
Thankfully the Pilot Whales have now moved out into deeper water passing through this afternoon.They did return last night and one old , unwell female, thought to be the matriarch , was found beached this morning. Efforts to refloat her were made by the BMLDR  but were unsuccessful and she was put to sleep.Her boby was recovered by the  SMASS ( Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme) and a very valuable   Post -Mortem  has been carried out. The rest of the pod were still in the area , they have strong family ties so maybe they were wondering where the old female was but hopefully now a new female will take over and they wo nt b seen this far in the Firth again. Just hoping that the three Cruise ships departing Invergordon at the same time has nt disturbed them.