Giants of the sea return in hordes to Highlands Basking sharks, some with their babies, are being seen earlier and in larger numbers off Hebridean islands.

Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK) | June 10, 2006| | Copyright

Basking sharks, some with their babies, are being seen earlier and in larger numbers off Hebridean islands.

Conservationists report sightings of about 60 of the huge sharks, the world's second-largest fish, off Coll.

Healthy plankton blooms have also helped attract increased marine wildlife activity, including appearances by a fin whale and the much more common minke whales.

Coll RSPB warden Simon Wellock said he was amazed by the numbers, which usually only reach a peak in July and August, and the presence of sharks with young calves.

The vegetarian basking shark is second in size only to ...

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