Anchorage: Bunessan (Isle of Mull)
Position: 56°19’.312N, 06°16’.007W
Distance travelled: 55.7NM (excluding relocation from Tinkers Hole to Bunessan)

Various seals were seen on the rocks when leaving Loch Tarbert. Almost immediately after starting the survey effort (actively looking out for animals), many basking sharks were sighted at the north entrance of the Sound of Islay, all foraging with their white mouths wide agape, glowing in the green water. So far, the basking sharks are the most frequent observed species of the trip. After a quick looking around and circumnavigating the sharks, we continued our survey route west into the open waters west of Colonsay and Oronsay, from there we went north towards the south side of Mull. Many porpoises were detected and we were fortunate enough to see some of these groups. More basking sharks as well were spotted. With the remaining mussels, a delicious mussel soup was prepared. Before ending the day, we did a full man overboard exercise and discovered that in the meantime other boats had sneaked into the anchorage location we’d chosen for the night. We headed into Tinkers Hole anyway in case there was room for one more only to discover that there were even more boats in there already. A relocation around the Ross of Mull, via the Sound of Iona towards Burnessan occurred, helmed by Shawn. After a Burn’s dinner (including Burn’s poem to address the haggis performed by the skipper), Nienke gave the Bird- ID presentation by role play.