Saturday 2nd August
There were common dolphins everywhere today. It was a beautiful day with a lovely sailing breeze. We found them on their own, with feeding gannets, and with feeding shearwaters. We also spotted that tell tale stop start of tons of gannets piling into the water when they are following and feeding with porpoises – we…
Friday 1st August
August is the month when we could see anything, so it’s exciting to look forward to what could turn up this year. We had a brisk northerly wind blowing today which chopped the sea up a lot, but the wildlife was all there to be found. Again the porpoise sightings were amazing – we could…
Thursday 31st July
It was a damp, windy day today but definitely could have been worse. The bluefin tuna are here with a vengeance now, accompanied by huge numbers of seabirds including thousands of shearwaters, gannets, kittiwakes and other gulls. Common dolphins are hunting with them and the pace is very frenetic. The seals and porpoises are far…
Wednesday 30th July
A busy day today with three trips, and the wildlife in the bay is still pumping! Today we have seen so many porpoises again, common dolphins here there and everywhere including some mums with very young calves, bluefin tuna busting at the surface and grey seals lazing around enjoying the summer. Seabirds have included gannets,…
Tuesday 29th July
It was all rather grey and choppy today but the wildlife sightings were extraordinary. On the four hour trip this morning we headed south into the murk which thankfully lifted and it wasn’t long before we found our first group of harbour porpoises. After stopping to reef the sail, we then sailed westwards across the…
Monday 28th July
We had a proper mixture of weather today with sunshine, breeze and drizzle. The wildlife sightings were great though. On the morning Bay Discovery a big mass of gannet feeding showed us where there were scores of porpoises feeding in the bay. The fish shoals were very mobile and the porpoises were in an incredible…
Sunday 27th July
It was another lovely day with a perfect sailing breeze. We saw a group of harbour porpoises early on this morning followed by a few small groups of common dolphins . There were a couple of seals bottling round the island at the end of the trip. This morning everything was a bit more lively…
Friday 25th July
It was a beautiful morning today for our Ocean Discovery trip, and we saw loads of wildlife – porposies, lots of common dolphins and grey seals. We also saw some tuna breaching and managed to get a photo – never a foregone conclusion with tuna! On the afternoon Discovery Voyage the sun disappered but the…
Thursday 24th July
It was a mega busy day yesterday, with an Ocean Discovery followed by two Bay Discovery trips. Lots to see out there in the morning with common dolphins, porpoises, a minke whale and grey seals as well as lots of diving gannets (where have the sheawaters gone? Offshore meeting the incoming tuna? Time will tell)….
Wednesday 23rd July
We had two Ocean Discovery trips today and both were cracking. As we head towards August, the harbour porpoises start feeding in the bay in enormous numbers, and this morning they were here a week or so early. Often the general public aren’t as impressed by the idea of seeing porpoises in the same way…
Tuesday 22nd July
There were lots of dolphins around on both trips today, though it took a long time to find them on the second trip. This morning on the four hour trip, there were also some porpoises spotted as well as lots of gannets and storm petrels, and some grey seals. This afternoon we had some more…
Monday 21st July
It grew increasingly windy today, as forecast, so the second trip was shortened from three hours to two. This morning’s Ocean Discovery started calm enough, and there were a couple of really big feeding events spotted involving common dolphins, gannets, shearwaters and a few little storm petrels too. There was some big swell leftover from…