Wednesday 4 May 2011

Tour at 13:00

The weather continued being very nice. Calm sea but it started to rain. We found two groups of white-beaked dolphins, one very small and one much bigger. The second group came quite close to the boat. We also spotted lots of harbour porpoises and they were very nice to us to. The minke whales were very difficult this afternoon. We found two minke whales but they only surfaced twice before disappearing. But all together, very nice tour this afternoon.

 

Tour at 09:00

The weather was absolutely perfect when we sailed out searching for whales. We started at the puffin island Akurey and there were lots of puffins. Out in the bay we spotted lots of harbour porpoises. They were surfacing everywhere in a large area. The sea was like a mirror so it was very easy to spot them. Suddenly one minke whale surfaced 100 meters from the boat. It surfaced frequently and later we spotted two more. So at least 3 minke whales, all in the same area and lots of harbour porpoises. Diving gannets and some puffins out in the bay. So very nice tour.

Birds seen on the tours: Fulmars, kittiwakes, Puffins and guillemots