Saturday 20 October 2012

Porpoises, lots of porpoises but where was everything else?

Hi Cliff

Better conditions this morning as the weather seems to be calming down for the weekend. On a day off so we ventured out to St Davids Head and had it all to ourselves. Got there around 10am at the top of the flood tide, and there were 3 porps feeding just south of the tip of the Head only 50 to 100 metres from the cliffs. Looked like an adult with a calf and one other adult. Very quiet otherwise with only 1 Gannet seen, and a couple of seals. Wind 1- 2 southerly, sea mainly calm inshore.

Regards

Phil

Yep Phil, weather good and we did a last minute Stena Europe Ferry Survey (Fri/Sat). The weather was brilliant as we headed towards the Irish Coast , warm, overcast and for the last hour and a half almost millpond calm. We saw birds and  flotsam but nothing except the odd porpoise , much the same on the way back, indeed plenty of porpoises, but where were the Risso's, where were the Common Dolphins. On past experience I would have betted a leg on getting some of both on both crossings but zilch, where are they???