Tuesday, 31 December 2013

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: Well it was the last whale watching tour of 2013. We sailed out from Reykjavik with two boats which held the many passengers whom decided to join us on the calm weather day. Calmest wind we have perhaps had throughout December. It was another whale watching company that found the cetaceans today, a pod of 4-6 White-beaked Dolphins which seemed busy feeding to begin with but then calmed down and traveled along side us later on. Hafsúlan also spotted a couple of Harbour Porpoises too on the way out, but this species is usually quite shy and elusive and don´t stick around too long. It was beautiful on the way back with the sun setting over the snow covered mountains.

HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL :)

-Megan Whittaker

Birds seen on today´s tour included: Glaucous Gulls, Iceland Gulls, Lesser black-backed Gulls, Shags, Cormorants, Guillemots, Eider Ducks.