Its difficult to tell at the distance but there were at least two others which seemed smaller than the mother. The Risso's moved furtively off towards the North West before dissapearing entirely, as is often their habit. Obviously our porp count had been disrupted so we settled down to start again. several Porps began to appear and soon, if not quite porpoise soup there was quite a lot of rather subdued activity. at the end of the survey we averaged out over 40 sightings per the hour.
We are hoping to do a mini Dolphin-Othon aboard the Stena Europe whilst this phase of good weather continues, watch this space!
A typical view of Risso's from the ferry (Steve Rosser. |