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Each Orca is attributed a number. Busta (left) is 032, and Razor (right) is 065. Razor apparently gave birth to the calf in the middle in 2018
We thought that was them heading off away from the area, but amazingly a couple of them started to breach in front of us! I couldn’t believe it. Luck really was on our side. From an age of around 4 or 5 years old I remember watching the Trials of Life BBC documentary series, narrated by David Attenborough. I was particularly captivated by the episode which showed Orcas deliberately beaching themselves to catch Sea Lions at Peninsula Valdes in Argentina. I’ve been hooked on Orcas ever since with a dream to see them in the wild. Never would I have expected to have had that opportunity in the UK.
Author: Alastair Marsh
Alastair Marsh Photography
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