Strumble Diary 30/04/2025

 A bonus session today as the hoped for boat trip was postponed due to the increased wind off the west coast. A beautiful day again but still the breeze was colder than expected. There were Commons at distance to the North but nothing visible closer in. A local boater was enjoying the Commons while being very respectful and letting them come to him before moving quietly on. A few porpoise came in much later with one distinctly marked animal as highlighted below.

I've included this image above to demonstrate the effect of heat haze as described in a previous post.

 

Strumble Diary 29/04/2025

 What a glorious morning at Strumble today. The sun on your back and an azure blue sea with a ringside seat down on the ledge. What's not to like. Drifting along below me was my first Barrel Jellyfish of the year, very early at that. Scanning out to the horizon I spotted several Commons at great distance moving West to East but they didn't come in any closer. About ten minutes later again scanning out to the horizon a breaching Thresher Shark about two miles out caught me by surprise. As the tide race formed the porpoise started coming in some moving quickly and stealthily while others acting more sedately giving better chances for some shots. At 12.15 I moved up to the lookout and joined the Tuesday team and had some good interactions with a few visitors who were curious as to what we were doing. I ended my session at 12.55pm 

Breakwater Bottlenose from the 27th April 2025

I know I had my first encounter of the year with them a week or so ago but this was the first good hour or so with several animals being playful doing what Bottlenose do. It was a message from Holly that sent me into overdrive to get out there before they moved off. I was joined by Lloyd and some of his friends and we enjoyed some dolphin acrobatics of the highest order. One notable returner was the one I spotted last year which has a growth by it's right eye. Hopefully there will be more encounters as summer comes and goes, but for now enjoy!!

The worlds longest dolphin :-)