Tuesday 8th August
More delightful summer weather today, with mizzle and murk and by the afternoon a fairly brisk westerly wind. The wildlife made up for it. This morning we had a four hour trip, and we had great views of common dolphins and a really good variety of seabirds, including storm petrels, sandwich terns, Manx, spooty and great shearwaters, and gannets. We also saw a grey seal perched high up on a rock at high tide. This afternoon the dolphins were in a shyer mood and we watched them doing their own thing – quiet socialising and resting. We found three groups in total. When we came into the coast we saw five seals hauled out on the rocks. Sea sightings included a juvenile puffin.
![Bessie Ellen Bessie Ellen](https://marinediscovery.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6533/2023/08/Bessie-Ellen.jpg?resize=200%2C200)
![common dolphin common dolphin](https://marinediscovery.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6533/2023/08/common-dolphin-3.jpg?resize=200%2C200)
![common dolphins common dolphins](https://marinediscovery.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6533/2023/08/common-dolphins-4.jpg?resize=200%2C200)
![gannet gannet](https://marinediscovery.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6533/2023/08/gannet.jpg?resize=200%2C200)
![grey seal grey seal](https://marinediscovery.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6533/2023/08/grey-seal-3.jpg?resize=200%2C200)
![grey seals grey seals](https://marinediscovery.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6533/2023/08/grey-seals-4.jpg?resize=200%2C200)
![storm petrel storm petrel](https://marinediscovery.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6533/2023/08/storm-petrel-1.jpg?resize=200%2C200)
![sooty shearwater sooty shearwater](https://marinediscovery.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6533/2023/08/sooty-shearwater-1.jpg?resize=200%2C200)
![sandwich tern sandwich tern](https://marinediscovery.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6533/2023/08/sandwich-tern.jpg?resize=200%2C200)
![manx shearwaters manx shearwaters](https://marinediscovery.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6533/2023/08/manx-shearwaters.jpg?resize=200%2C200)
![juvenile puffin juvenile puffin](https://marinediscovery.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6533/2023/08/juvenile-puffin.jpg?resize=200%2C200)
![common dolphins common dolphins](https://marinediscovery.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6533/2023/08/common-dolphins3-1.jpg?resize=200%2C200)