Saturday 27th July

What a mega long day  – we had two full Ocean Discovery trips followed by an evening Bay Discovery. During the morning we found lots of common dolphins and had great views also of a minke whale! Not a bad start to National Whale and Dolphin Watch 2024. We also saw seabirds including lots of gannets and a couple of storm petrels. On the afternoon trip, everything had moved a little further out we think, as we only found one dolphins. However we saw lots of grey seals hauled out on the rocks, including a very cute youngster. On the evening Bay Discovery things moved back into the bay with the tide, and as well as the common dolphins, but incredibly we also saw a huge group of about sixty harbour porpoises feeding under gannets!

We have a day off tomorrow. Monday is full so the next spaces are on the Bay Discovery trips on Tuesday.