Sightings Blog

There was such a lot of easterly wind this morning we had to cancel our two hour trip, which was a pity. It dropped for the afternoon a bit, though the four hour trip became a three hour. It was a beautiful sunny afternoon though wildlife sightings were probably the quietest we have had so…

It was a sunny breezy bank holiday Monday, but at least the wind wasn’t as strong as yesterday. On the three hour first thing we went east to try and stay in a bit of shelter and we found some seals in a couple of places. Sailing across the bay we were found by a…

Risso’s dolphins Unbroken sunshine all day today, but with an easterly wind which properly chopped up the sea by this afternoon. As soon as we left the harbour this morning we found the remains of a recently preyed upon cuttlefish – sure signs of recent Risso’s dolphin activity. We later found a group spread out…

It was a beautiful sunny afternoon on the water: the wind dropped and we had an awesome encounter with a group of about 20 Risso’s dolphins! This is such a charismatic species, especially when they are in the mood to socialise. We often see Risso’s in May and June. We also saw seabirds including guillemots…

Very similar conditions to yesterday, with bright sunshine and a brisk northeasterly wind. We had a four hour trip this morning followed by a three hour this afternoon. We spotted Manx shearwaters, more gannets than there have been recently, guillemots, razorbills and fulmars, and seals in three spots

It was a quiet day for marine mammals as often can happen in May, but the seabirds were great particularly this afternoon. This morning we headed out south and saw a puffin, manx shearwaters, fulmars and other auks. We saw a grey seal at the island. This afternoon there were a couple more seals and…

Sunny breezy weather for our Discovery Voyage this morning. Again, we headed round to the Land’s End area where we were out of the wind in the turquoise sheltered water under the cliffs. We had some lovely views of seals popping up for a look at us. We saw a good variety seabirds again, including…

Beautiful weather again today, and it felt properly warm out of the wind. On this morning’s Ocean Discovery we went a long way south and had good views of a harbour porpoise as it did a slow track past the boat. We also saw several large rafts of seabirds – kittiwakes, shearwaters and auks mainly….

It was a day of two halves today. This morning was sunny and glassy calm: we found lots of seabirds including puffins, a couple of grey seals and finally an interactive pod of common dolphins. They gave everyone beautiful views through the clear water. This afternoon the sun hid and the wind came up making…

Back on the water today after the strong wind yesterday – we had a three hour followed by a four hour trip. This morning we quickly found a very interactive pod of common dolphins who made a beeline straight for us and the swam alongside for a few miles. In the crystal clear water we…

We had a Bay Discovery trip this morning in cooler cloudier conditions, but flat calm sea. There was a great array of birdlife to be spotted, including several puffins, gannets, guillemots, fulmars, kittiwakes and sandwich terns. We also saw a couple of grey seals round the island including a young one hauled out on the…