The widow [...]]]> Tributes have been paid to Lady Philippa Scott at a memorial service in Gloucestershire to celebrate her life.

The widow of Sir Peter Scott, the founder of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT), died on 5 January, aged 91.

She was a very cool women, being an avid diver, photographer and conservationist. The Scott’s were ahead of the game when it came to understanding the relationship between us and our blue planet.

The whole article can be found here.

The filming looks to be off Bahia de los Angeles about 1/2 a days drive North of [...]]]> If you are living in the UK, you can still catch (via iPlayer) a great show about Stephan Fry’s journey in search of the Blue Whale. For everyone else, you will have to be satified with this short excerpt.

The filming looks to be off Bahia de los Angeles about 1/2 a days drive North of Mulegé. We have been fortunate to see them off of Isla San Marcos (between San Marcos and Isla Tortuga). However they are much more common around the Bahia de los Angeles islands.

Earlier this year, we were fortunate enough to be surrounded by the second largest animal on the planet – the Fin Whale. We spent several hours surrounded by approximately six of them.

Here is the link to the BBC footage.

-Matthew