Monday 24th September
What a four hour trip we had this morning. Spotting conditions were more or less perfect and we saw more or less everything. There were three groups of common dolphins in all, who gave us some great views as they swam beside the boat. There were very large numbers of harbour porpoises seen, hunting quickly,…
Sunday 18th August
We had a couple of awesome trips today. The morning Discovery Voyage passengers saw lots and lots of porpoises again, as well as grey seals and a couple of groups of common dolphins. Conditions were sunnier in the morning, and it clouded over and the wind built for the afternoon. After watching the seals bobbing…
Wednesday 7th August
It was a long day with two Ocean Discovery trips and an evening Bay Discovery, and there was lots of wildlife around to wish Josh happy birthday. There were common dolphins around all day, though we had to go a long way to find them on the afternoon Ocean Discovery. However we did find two…
Monday 29th July
What a day we had on the water today. It started so calm that the sea’s surface was like a mirror. This gave us awesome through-the-water views of not only the hundreds of common dolphins, but also harbour porpoises. It seems that by this stage of the summer, the porpoises are feeding more efficiently which…
Friday 19th July
Another long day today with a four hour trip followed by a three hour. This morning the weather was better, and the sun even peeped through at times. A few very tricky dolphins and a porpoise were spotted at the start of the trip, as well as a couple of seals. We got much better…
Wednesday 26th June
It was a mega busy day today in beautiful conditions. The first of the three trips set off in mirror calm conditions so we were hopeful for some good sightings. We soon got those with some lovely views of harbour porpoises – these diminutive cetaceans are so much easier to spot in calm conditions and…