Strumble Diary A CHANGE OF SCENE 22/02/2019

On the back of the teams spotting of common dolphins at Pen Anglas yesterday I decided to brave the chill of the SE wind, put the walking boots on and head there in the hopes the commons might still be around. I arrived just after 10am and settled at a spot between Crincoed point and Pen Anglas. There was a big swell running in from the west which promised some good action if the porpoise were about. Thirty minutes in and my first sighting was of a porpoise coming in from the NE (Dinas Hd direction) and it stayed around for fifteen minutes or so just milling around in the tidal flow. Over the next hour or so several more animals moved through the flow presenting some good image opportunities with a couple of marked animals amongst them. Scrambling around the rocks from the fog horn came Lloyd, Ben and Dawn and so with four sets of eyes on the job we settled in for a full session. Only another four or five animals were spotted over the next hour and a half and with the tide now having dropped away considerably we packed the gear away and headed for the steep climb back to the coast path. Pen Anglas brings you really close to the porpoise and allows for some great close up images so given the right weather conditions I hope to get there more frequently through the coming year.

Smile for the camera.