With the tide phase moving on an hour or so it wasn't such an early start today, but still out by 09.00. The wind had turned to the West, almost the exact opposite to yesterdays NE'ly. The chill remained though so the layers were piled on.The outer tide race had been running for a while when I arrived and the inner race started some 15 minutes later. Same as yesterday the first sighting was of a pod of around twenty or so Commons on the far side of the inner race moving quickly and actively toward the East with lots of breaches keeping my shutter finger busy. Slowly the porpoise started to show but were very difficult to pick out in the choppy swells shrouded in the overcast light. Of the 12-15 seen I only managed to capture two but both are marked animals one of which was the same as seen yesterday with the hooked fin tip. The other with a distinct notch in the fin is I'm sure a returner and will be matched in the catalogue for confirmation.
Forecast for tomorrow is for a stiff Northerly with wintery showers which will give no shelter and washing machine like sea conditions, so I'll decide in the morning if it's worth going.
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