spotted a 8-10ft Thresher shark this afternoon northern side of Strumble
Head, 600 yds out. Trail thrashing on surface followed by half breach.
First one I've ever seen from the shore, really excited. This fish was
massive, similar sized or larger than the male Risso's I occasionally see.
Regards,
Phil Horner
Seems likely from Phil's description that it was even bigger as Risso's are much bigger than 8-10 feet although always difficult to estimate size at sea! nice one Phil! Our waters seem to be favoured by this elusive shark with several sightings over the years! This is one photographed by Rich Crossen some years ago off Saundersfoot
On Monday Fran Eggby and family members spent the day on Ramsey. Apart from having a great day watching birds she also reported having seen Porpoises, a pod of circa 30 Common Dolphins and a very early seal pup! Later she heard there had also been two Minke Whales and perhaps as many as 60 common dolphins seen to the southern end of Ramsey Sound!
coincidentally Sea Trust volunteer Rubina Sherali had been aboard Blue Shark Charters boat and...
"Can you see it??
In the centre of the picture is a Minke whale in Ramsey Sound!
There were two of these magnificent mammals transiting through Ramsey Sound today, not the best picture but an awesome sight from the boat! This is the first time we have ever seen Minke whales in the Sound, we were quite excited"
I should hope you were excited Ruby! and well done to whoever got this shot!
As Ken mentioned in an earlier post, Holly Dunn and two of our new Interns have been aboard Swansea Universities Boat surveying between St Davids Head and Camaes Head. On Tuesday in near perfect conditions they encountered Risso's and Common Dolphins as well as Minke Whale!
With Kens Bottlenose Dolphins Sea Trust volunteers have scored five out of five of our Pembrokeshire "Big Five!" most regularly seen cetaceans! Its early on in the season but things are looking promising for 2019 to go down as an exceptional year, particularly for Minke's!