I arrived at the breakwater two hours after high tide expecting like the day before to wait for any dolphins to come in. When I reached the end though there were three Bottlenose foraging in the area just behind the lighthouse. I quickly got the camera out as recently they haven't been staying very long. Today was different though, as they stayed for two and a half hours, mostly just milling around with the odd burst of action as they came accross fish. I always take a look over toward Pen Anglas as well just to see if there's more about and sure enough there were at least another three out in the tide race showing intermitently about 300mtrs out. When they did catch fish it seems it was Sea Trout and Mullet were on the menu as they played with them and threw them up in the air before devouring them. One particular sequence was very interesting as it looked as if the fish, a Grey Mullet, was all but safely away untill the final bite came. There is no escape from those jaws. I'll put that sequence up first.
There was one other incident where a Gannet came down and took a fish being chased by a dolphin and it was so big the gannet, after swallowing it, couldn't take off. The dolphing was not best pleased and came at the Gannet veering away at the last moment. I was hoping for some play action but sadly none this time but two of them did go and escort a large sail boat entering the bay with one of them bow riding for a short while.
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