IWhale Watch esuka eOrkney

Akukho mfuneko yoLuhlu lweLwandle ukuya kwiiNtshontsho, iiDolphins, iiPowpoises kunye neziTywina kwi-Orkney

Ihlobo libukela ixesha lokubukela i-whale kwi-Orkney. Awudingi nokuba nemilenze yolwandle ngokubukela okukhulu.

Ukutyelela i-Orkney ngexesha leenyanga zasehlotyeni, ukususela ngoMeyi ukuya kuSeptemba kunye namathuba akho ekuboniseni i-whale yokubulala, i-minke whale okanye i-whale ye-pilot elinexesha elide emanzini okujikeleza eli qela eliqithileyo.

Iingcali zibika ukuba i-90 pesenti yemiboniso ye-orca ecaleni kwe-United Kingdom iphakathi kwamanzi e-Orkney naseShetland.

Iipodombo ezincinci zezimnyama ezimnyama kunye ezimhlophe "imikhomo yokubulala" (empeleni zihlobene namahlengethwa) zihlala zibonwa. Kwaye ngo-2015 ibhola elikhulu elinama-150 okanye i-orcas lalibheke empuma ye-Orkney.

Ama-Orcadians baye baxosha imikhomo iminyaka

Ngexesha elidlulileyo, i-whale e-Orkney yayiza kuthathwa njengenhlanhla yokufumana ukutya.

Iipods zeemikhomo ezincinci zaziqhutywe ngamabomu kwiindawo zokutya kunye neoli. Kwaye, ngekhulu le-19, oomkhumbi be-Orcadian, abayaziwayo ngobuchule babo kwiinqanawa ezincinci, babehlala beqeshwe kwiinqanawa zokuthungela i-Atlantic.

I-port of Stromness kwi-West Mainland, idolophu yesibini enkulu i-Orkney, yayisoloko ivakatyezwa yimifudlana ye-whaling kunye neendwendwe kufuneka zijonge amathambo e-whale ahlobisa izindlu ezininzi.

Ukuzingela ama-Whale kunye neekhamera

Namhlanje, imikhomo izingelwa kuphela ngeekhamera. Abagibeli abanamaqhawe abathwala isikebhe ngaphesheya kwePentland Firth ukusuka eSrabster eScotland ukuya kwiStromness baye babika ukubonwa - ngokukodwa ukususela ngoMeyi ukuya kuJulayi.

Kodwa ukubonwa kwi-ferry akuqinisekanga kwaye ukuwela ngaphaya kunokuba kunzima.

Enyanisweni, unethuba elingcono lokubona amahashe kunye nezinye izilwanyana zasendle ezivela kwipherki ekhululekile emhlabathini oqinileyo. I-Orkney yindawo enye onokuyibukela umlingo kwilizwe. Amanzi asentshona, ukusuka kwiindawo ezinxweme kunye namanxweme ase-Orkney asezintini ezisentshonalanga anika iimeko ezintle zokubona kakuhle.

I-Orkney ayikho isiqithi kodwa iqela leziqithi (okanye i-archipelago) eyaziwa ngu-Orkney. Abahlali baya kulungisa ngokukhawuleza ukuba ubhekisela kwikhaya labo ngokuthi "ii-Orkneys". Isiqithi ngasinye kwiqela sinalo igama.

Ukubukela i-whale engcono, iindawo zincoma i-Cantick Head kwisiqithi sase-Hoy, iNhloko yeNewp kwisiqithi saseWestray naseNorth Hill kwisiqithi sasePapa Westray. Ngethuba lakho elihle lokufumana amahlumela kunye namahlengethwa, bhuqa iindawo zasendle ezisemhlabeni kunye nohambo lwe-archeology ukusuka kwizikhokelo zendawo kwi-Orcadian Wildlife. Inkampani yenza iindwendwe ezide kunye neendawo zokuhlala, kodwa iyakwazi nokucwangcisa iholide ezenziwe zifutshane, ezenziwe ngolu hlobo.

Uhambo lweentsuku kunye nohambo lwamanxweme kunye nethuba lokubukela i-whale nazo zifumaneka kwi-WildAbout Orkney

Hoy, Westray kunye noPapa Westray banokufikelela kuwo onke amachwephelo e-Orkney - isiqithi sase-continent - nge-Orkney Ferries. Iiferi ziyahamba ezivela kwiziqithi eziqithiweyo eziqithi. KuHoy, iiferi zihamba ukusuka eHouton kunye neStromness. KuWestray kunye noPapa Westray, iiferi ziyahamba zivela eKirkwall. Ishedyuli yonyaka kwaye iyinkimbinkimbi ngoko kukulungele ukujonga iwebhusayithi kunye nemephu kwiphepha lasekhaya lase-Orkney Ferries.

Ziziphi iintlobo zemikhomo onokuzibona?

Nangona i-orcas yizona zityalo eziqhelekileyo, i-minke whale kunye ne-long-wilt pilot whale yokutshatyalaliswa kwexesha elidlulileyo nayo iphinda ibonakale.

Enyanisweni, ubuncinane ubuninzi beentlobo ezili-18 eziye zabonwa, zithatyathwa kwiindawo ezibandayo, ezityebileyo kwiintlanzi. Ngo-2011, i-sperm whale engama-50 iqhutywe yilo lonwabo.

Ama-watchkil whale watchers:

Yaye yinto yokuqala. Ukuba unethamsanqa unokubona i-dolphin emhlophe e-Atlantic emhlophe, i dolphin emhlophe emhlophe, i-dolphin eqhelekileyo, ihlengethwa-i-dolphin, i-porboise kunye ne-dolphin. Naliphi ixesha lonyaka, ungalindela ukubona iimpawu ezigreyathi neziqhelekileyo zixhomekeke kwiindawo eziselunxwemeni, zihlala zicolile kwaye zibulele kwiidlokhwe zasemanzini zase-Orkney.