Another very productive day at Strumble. Good numbers of Porpoise and Commons on a lovely sunny day. I settled in around 08.45 and waited for the action to start. Lots of porps out in the outer tide race as in previous days and as the tide built up they moved closer in. At this point I was joined by Harry (volunteer) and a visiting chap from Hereford. Midway through the session several groups of Commons started to pop up all over the area in front of us before joining up out toward the NW of the lookout leaving the porps mostly in front and to my right (NE). The action was hectic to say the least with some vigorous feeding. By 10.45 the action had moved well West of the lighthouse so I called it a day and made my way home. Glad to report three marked animals for the session, two definite returners and one possibly new one.
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| All the years I've been surveying at Strumble this is the first time I've seen a seal actively follow a potting boat looking for scraps. It seemed quite happy close to the boat as the fisherman just carried on lifting his pots. He didn't encourage the seal, it just followed him for the whole string until he move on. |
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