点评:The trip on June 23, 2025 at 1pm was very disappointing. The Naturalist on board only did a life jacket demonstration and we never heard from her again… she stayed at the front of the boat while the rest of us were seated in the back. The sea was very, very rough so it took us a while to reach the island where the puffins were nesting. We stayed for literally 5 minutes before the Cpt headed back to the dock. I get it that sometimes you are not able to see what you hoped to see and that the sea can be rough. This is not our complaint.
However, there were hundreds of puffins to observe. If the seas were that rough that we couldn’t even stay for 15min, they should have cancelled the trip. The ride back was calm and the naturalists could have been in the back with all of us talking about the wildlife - but she was not. She stayed up front. When we returned, to the dock, there was a new group waiting to go out. It definitely felt like a money grab. No connection with staff, 5 minutes to observe birds, and back to the dock.
Not sure if this is what all the operators do, but the boat did run straight into the puffins on the water where they quickly took flight and then left the area. It seemed like this was deliberately done to create a stressed puffin swarm so people could get their photo shots.
Ok, done my rant! But seriously, I would hope there would be better operators 😞
翻译:2025年6月23日下午1点的行程非常令人失望。船上的博物学家只演示了如何穿救生衣,之后就再也没有她的消息了……她待在船头,我们其他人都坐在船尾。海浪非常非常大,所以我们花了好一会儿才到达海鹦筑巢的岛屿。我们只待了短短5分钟,船长就返回码头了。我明白,有时候你看不到你希望看到的东西,海浪也可能很汹涌。这不是我们的抱怨。
然而,那里有数百只海鹦可供观察。如果海浪真的大到我们连15分钟都待不住,他们就应该取消这次行程。回程的路途很平静,博物学家本可以坐在船尾和我们一起讨论野生动物——但她没有。她待在船头。当我们回到码头时,又有一群人等着出海。感觉就像在捞钱一样。没有联系工作人员,5分钟观鸟,然后返回码头。
不知道是不是所有工作人员都这么做,但船确实直接撞上了水面上的海鹦,它们迅速飞走,然后离开了。这似乎是故意为之,为了让海鹦群紧张,好让人们拍照。
好了,我的吐槽完毕!不过说真的,我希望会有更好的工作人员😞