Wednesday 13th August

Another wildlife packed day with a three hour followed by a four hour trip We saw four species of cetacean altogether along with some more mega tuna hunting this afternoon. The morning passengers found common dolphins, harbour porpoises and a minke whale, along with some sooty shearwaters and plenty of Manxies. After watching the seals this afternoon it all seemed rather quiet, apart from a couple of small pods of common dolphins – until we headed to an area where we could see the seabirds going nuts in the distance, and sure enough there was another huge ring of bluefin tuna hunting. Some of them were some seriously big fish. There was another massive variety of seabirds in the mix including some Wilson’s petrels. Heading inshore we picked up a mum/calf pair  of porpoises and then unexpectedly a couple of Risso’s dolphins – one of them was a very dark, unmarked individual. Another mother porpoise and her small calf finished the afternoon.