Porpoiseful observation; NEWT’s North Sea Pelagic 24/07/19

by martin on Jul.25, 2019, under North Sea

Yesterday’s 4hr evening pelagic started with a sky that looked certain to deliver an impressive sunset…

With little swell and only a very gentle westerly breeze, the sea was as smooth as we’ve seen it in a while. Puffins and Guillemots were on the water and skittering across the surface as we passed them, Kittiwakes were following us, Gannets soared by, flocks of Common Scoter were rafting then taking off and speckling the steel grey sky to the east and the star of the show was the tiny, undemonstrative Harbour Porpoise. we don’t encounter them very often so finding at least two mother/calf pairs was a real bonus 🙂