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Don’t stop believin’…; NEWT’s North Sea Pelagic 02/09/16

Friday was the latest of our 2016 pelagic trips from Royal Quays and, once we’d recovered the participant who’d inadvertently headed to the ferry terminal, we sailed north east from the Tyne.  A few Sooty Shearwaters passed by and one was rafting with Guillemots, Fulmars soared effortlessly in the stiffening breeze and an Arctic Skua (a worryingly infrequent find on our pelagic tours over the last couple of years) was harassing Kittiwakes.  A feeding flock of Gannets revealed the location of our first White-beaked Dolphins of the day, unidentified (but obviously very large) cetaceans were breaching on the edge of the Farne Deeps and another small group of White-beaked Dolphins came alongside as the breeze, and swell, started building.

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Heading inshore to calmer waters we decided to search the nearshore from Druridge Bay down to Souter Point.  Everything seemed quiet and I’d just taken my usual ‘end of pelagic’ shot of St Mary’s Island when Teri said she was sure that she’d just seen fins breaking the surface near a pot marker.  A couple of minutes of searching didn’t produce any more sightings…and then suddenly the sea erupted with Bottlenose Dolphins 🙂

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One response to “Don’t stop believin’…; NEWT’s North Sea Pelagic 02/09/16”

  1. How wonderful to witness this abundance of wildlife on our stunning North East coast. I’ve been on ocean cruises where I’ve spent days at sea without seeing a solitary thing!! just shows you don’t need to go far ?