If you're lucky -- and most are in August -- you'll see at least one of the 11 species of whale that visit the bay every summer.

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The navy has also noted the location of a sperm whale off Mull which was seen in Oban bay earlier this month.

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Helen Michie's Whale Skull Bone, artwork in the shape of the bones of a minke whale, is planned for a site above the beach at Dunnet Bay.

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The sperm whale, a deep diving species, spent almost nine days in the shallow waters of Oban bay before swimming back out to sea.

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