Thursday, 28 March 2013

Tour at 13:00: Report from Hafsúlan. We left from Reykjavík and headed to where we had seen the dolphins that morning. After an hour sail we found a pod of White-beaked dolphins. There were about 6-8 individuals. We were following this pod when suddenly a minke whale surfaces very close to the boat. It came up a few times near the boat before heading for a deeper dive. We didn't find it again after that. But this was an amazing tour, great weather, dolphins and a Minke whale.

Tour at 9:00: Report from Hafsúlan. We left from Raykjavík and it was a bit windy but the sea was very calm. After searching the bay for just over an hour we found some White-beaked Dolphins. They were swimming very fast and constantly changing directions. We saw two pods, the first one had between 20-30 doplhins and the second one 5-6. We followed them for a while before heading back to the harbour. They came rather close to the boat so we got a good look at them. Where we saw the dolphins there were hundreds of seabirds flying all around the boat. So it was a good tour, we saw at least two pods of dolphins and a lot of seabirds.

Birds seen on the tour include: Fulmars, Black-backed Gulls, Eider-ducks, Lesser black-backed gulls and a Great Skua.

-Aldís Erna Pálsdóttir