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A party of whale watchers got an unexpected treat when a humpback surfaced close to their boat.

The group on a trip organised by Gairloch-based Hebridean Whale Cruises were off Tiumpan Head on Lewis.

The cruise firm鈥檚 Lucy Baldwin captured the encounter with the whale in a video.

She said: 鈥淲e had not expected a whale to show up so close to us. It was just amazing.鈥�

Humpbacks are large whales known for behaviour called breaching, which sees the animals flinging themselves up out of water.