Jim Wilson

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359 appearances 7 recordings 4 series first heard Feb 2013 last heard 25 Jun

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Mooney Goes Wild · Cruising The Skelligs · 25 May 2026 podcast

We've got a few from Britain.

And I think there's one or two also from New Zealand, believe it or not.

So we've got a mix, but primarily from North America.

Yeah, I'll tell you why, Derek.

When you're on a ship, no matter how big or small it is, puffins are very small, far away, and not easy to get good views of.

So we try not to hype

expectation by telling them they're going to see lots of puffins.

They will see puffins, but they'll be flying by or they'll be sitting in the water.

But it won't be the same as if you went onshore at Skellig Vihil and went up and saw them there.

But this ship will be going along the west coast of Ireland and heading up towards Scotland.

And lucky enough for the guests,

They will be able to go on islands like Staffa, which is near Iona, which has a great Irish link with Irish Saints and the Book of Kells.

And there they'll be able to get really close to the puffins.

So tomorrow we're going to focus on the gannets because it'll be one of the best chances they'll have of seeing huge numbers of gannets up close.

Yeah, I mean, gannets are our largest seabird.

Wingspan of roughly about two metres.

So they're very big, very long, straight wings.

One of the easiest seabirds to identify if you're learning to birdwatch.

Gleaming white with black wings.

outer wing parts, so big black wingtips basically.

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