A beautiful sunny morning at Strumble today. A light Easterly wind just taking the edge off the warmth of the sun though. A very strong spring tide flow, even before the tide race formed, meant I wasn't confident of seeing many porpoise as they don't like either too fast or slow of a flow. Speaking to a couple in a camper van at the car park and they told of a hundred or more Commons around 8am feeding well before moving swiftly westward with the dropping tide. I stayed for an hour and a half before it became evident I wasn't going to see any more action off the lookout as what porpoise were there had moved West of the lighthouse. A few commons did show but again west of the lighthouse and I had a half dozen or so Porpoise during the session. The first image is of a marked animal, the only porpoise seen during a very short session yesterday the 18th so I added it into today's blog entry. To match Cliff's first sighting of a Manxie on the 14th I had my first Wheatear (pair) of spring today, which is always a lovely sight and a sure sign that spring is well and truly here.
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