A pod of about 1,000 dolphins was spotted off the north east coast of Skye
A group of wildlife spotters has encountered a massive pod of dolphins on a boat trip off the north coast of Skye.
The boat's owner Nick Davies, who operates out of Gairloch on the mainland, estimated there were about 1,000 short-beaked common dolphin.
He said he had only seen such a sight once before in 15 years of operating.
Last June, a "superpod" of more than 400 short-beaked common dolphin was recorded in the Moray Firth.
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Christina Gore, a 61-year-old Earthwatch volunteer who was also on the boat trip, said the water was "boiling with animals".
She said: "It was incredibly exciting. They were swimming under the boat and leaping alongside us. There were older animals doing back-flips, and there were even newborn calves swimming along with the group."
Charlie Phillips, of the WDCS, said common dolphins could be seen in the Inner Moray Firth where the stretch of water narrows in the summer.
He said the numbers in the group seen by Dr Robinson off Fraserburgh were amazing.
Mr Phillips said: "To see wall-to-wall dolphins is something to behold."
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