Wednesday 8th May
We had an Ocean Discovery today on a flat sea with hardly any wind. First of all we watched a great northern diver catch something and devour it – not sure what the victim was, but the diver gave us good views! Further south in a shiny area of plankton we picked up some movement – harbour porpoises. There was a group of five including a juvenile animal, who were initially very furtive and tricky before giving us all some great photo opportunities as they repeatedly surfaced. We went a long way south and even though the water looked promising with tidal fronts and plankton evident, it was quiet. Heading inshore there was a lot more birdlife, with gannets, shearwaters and auks spotted – one group contained puffins, guillemots and razorbilles all flying together. On the island there were a couple of grey seals resting.
![Guillemots, razorbills and puffins Guillemots, razorbills and puffins](https://marinediscovery.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6533/2024/05/auks.jpg?resize=240%2C240)
![gannet gannet](https://marinediscovery.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6533/2024/05/gannet-2.jpg?resize=240%2C240)
![gannet gannet](https://marinediscovery.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6533/2024/05/gannet1.jpg?resize=240%2C240)
![great northern diver great northern diver](https://marinediscovery.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6533/2024/05/great-northern-diver-2.jpg?resize=240%2C240)
![grey seal grey seal](https://marinediscovery.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6533/2024/05/grey-seal-4.jpg?resize=240%2C240)
![guillemots guillemots](https://marinediscovery.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6533/2024/05/guillemots-1.jpg?resize=240%2C240)
![harbour porpoise harbour porpoise](https://marinediscovery.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6533/2024/05/harbour-porpoise1.jpg?resize=240%2C240)
![harbour porpoise harbour porpoise](https://marinediscovery.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6533/2024/05/harbour-porpoise2.jpg?resize=240%2C240)
![razorbills razorbills](https://marinediscovery.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6533/2024/05/razorbills-1.jpg?resize=240%2C240)
![shearwaters shearwaters](https://marinediscovery.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6533/2024/05/shearwaters-1.jpg?resize=240%2C240)