Friday, 1 April 2011

Tour at 13:00 The weather was very nice when we sailed out again today, our second tour. After sailing for 40 minutes we found a nice group of Harbour porpoises. After spending some time with them we headed further out. There we spotted a few groups of White-beaked dolphins, the first one was very shy, but the second group was not only surfacing all around the boat but also leaping, twisting and spinning their body in the air just 10-20 meters in front of our boat. What a show. Then we spotted a blow from a bigger whale further out and of course we had to check it out, and it was a Humpback whale. It surfaced a few times close to the boat but the time was out so we could not stay there for a long time. On our way back one Minke whale crossed out path. We could only spend a few minutes watching the Minke whale before we had to sail back. Very successful tour today.

Birds seen on the tour: A lot of Fulmars, Kittiwakes, Black-backed gulls, Razorbills, Guillemots and few Gannets. Tout at 09:00. We spent allot of time searching for whales this morning. Finally we spotted a small group of White-beaked dolphins. It was very difficult to get close to them, they where always diving away. On the way back to the harbour we found a very nice group of Harbour porpoises. They came very close to the boat so we could have a good look at them. Very nice tour.