An early tide so an early start and I was at Mackrel Point just before 8am. Although the easterly wind is still with us it was thankfully less strong than of late allowing the early morning sun to provide some warmth for a change. It was thirty minutes or so before I sighted my first porpoise off to the NW and within a short time it had worked it's way in to the point below me. A few single animal sightings followed over the next hour or so and then a group of three appeared and were foraging below me at the edge of the tide race. One marked animal with a ragged rear edge on it's dorsal fin was a bonus and I feel it's one I've seen before so another returner for the ID project.
I just want to draw your attention to the final image here. OK, it's not a porpoise but we often see Cormorants sitting on rocks or hunting fish in the bay and just see them as a mostly dull black sea bird. In the right light though from above in flight the feather detail becomes apparent and is IMHO a testament to natures ability to produce striking patterns in what is otherwise seen as mundane.
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