Wildlife View Blog

A collection of Photos & films of big mammals and birds, with field stories, Location Tips and all around Advice about Wildlife watching.

Overview:

  • Canada East Coast
  • Canada West Coast
  • Rhodes, Greece

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  • Well it finally happened on my 6th boath trip in canada (3rd and last in 2025): Humpback breaching action. I can very much remember seeing the one humpback back in 2024 – i believe at bonavista lighthouse – breaching. That was from shore though and much further away. The feeling then was crazy incredible and…

  • Now i finally got the motivation to come back to this blog and post more stuff from this summer. It happened a lot since my last post on 4th of August – but more on that later. Back to Summer of 2025: Still in the victoria/nanaimo area i wanted to do another whale watching boat…

  • After Vancouver and whistler i went to Victoria and Telegraph Cove on Vancouver Island – mainly for wildlife watching. The Vancouver island has lots of wildlife. There is the biggest cougar/mountain lion/puma population i know of, there are lots of black bears, moose, elk, much more. Some tips on where to stay on Vancouver Island:…

  • In summer 2025 ive been doing a trip to the Vancouver area. For land animal wildlife watching in the Vancouver area in summer Whistler is pretty much the place to go. You can do a day trip from Vancouver. If thats what you want, you should have accomodation in North Vancouver or get up early…

  • In Summer 2025 I first went to the Vancouver area, which is in British Columbia, West Coast of Canada. I did 5 tours with guides – 2 bear tours and 3 whale watching tours. Look forward too amazing pictures of both! Next i went with my grilfriend to Rhodes, where we did one boat trip…

  • As i said we drove by trinity again because we enjoyed the boat trip so much but wanted to wait a little. Actually we met one employee of them (Clarenville or Port Blanford), who told us that they we already being more playful and they saw one breaching as well close to the boat. So…

  • On the 21st we already had tonleave bonavista, but not before visiting Cape Bonavista and the Lighthouse. We mainly went there to see the Puffin colony, but were surprised by some whales in the distance: 21.07.2024, Google pixel 6a, Full Hd Video, full zoom Location: Cape Bonavista Lighthouse This is one of the main reasons…

  • The next stop of our Newfoundland roadtrip lead us to bonavista, where we stayed, and the bonavista peninsula. First thing i can recommend is “Trinity Eco Tours” out of Trinity. Trinity is yet another very small village, approx. 1h from bonavista. In difference to St. Shotts it has much more to offer (apart from boat…

  • Like i Said before, we did the “Irish loop”, Kind of Like the southern curve of the St. Johns peninsula of Newfoundland. We didnt wanna do everything in one day, so we decided to stay the night in St. Shotts. There was a lovely airbnb, which is kind of more for couples though. But there…

  • Starting this Blog in August 2025, its not easy to think back and write about everything I have seen so far. After some thinking i wanna start with the first big animal i have seen ever: 18.07.2024 – Google Pixel 6a – full HD Video Location: Ferryland Lighthouse, from shore Me and my good friend…