Tour at 13:00
Report from Eldey: Once again there was plenty of snow to clear but the scenery was very beautiful both in the harbour and out in the bay. We sailed out and there was some swell but most endured it nicelyand had a lot of fun with it. Of course it did cause some green faces but we always offer our passengers free seasickness tablets called Postefen when they buy their tickets in the ticket office but unfortunately this didn´t work for a couple. The landscape came and went, disappearing behind the snow blizzards that came through a few times during the tour so we all kept warm and toasty in the free overalls offered on board. The bay seemed more active today with lots more birds, we also saw 3 pods of harbour porpoises (2-3 porpoises in the first, 4-6 in the second and 5-8 in the 3rd) that traveled past but most were able to see them, we also saw a harbour seal that was very curious of us and popped it´s head up frequently and came quite close to the boat and we had a wonderful encounter from quite a large pod of white-beaked dolphins, at least 5-7 individuals that play next to the boat, very curious and lots of fun to watch. Lots of owww´s and aaahhhh´s at the front from the passengers, which is always great to hear.
- Megan Whittaker
Birds seen on today´s tours include: Iceland gulls, glaucous gulls, black-backed gulls, kittiwakes, fulmars, common guillemots, razorbills, long-tailed ducks, eider ducks, great cormorants and european shags.