{"id":2032,"date":"2013-08-06T10:44:22","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T09:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2032"},"modified":"2013-08-06T10:44:22","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T09:44:22","slug":"the-sun-goes-down-newts-north-sea-pelagic-26072013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/birdwatching\/the-sun-goes-down-newts-north-sea-pelagic-26072013","title":{"rendered":"The sun goes down; NEWT&#8217;s North Sea Pelagic 26\/07\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our final Royal Quays Friday evening <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/tours.php?id=15\" target=\"_blank\">North Sea pelagic<\/a> for this year was remarkable in that it was Sarah&#8217;s second evening pelagic in two weeks.\u00a0 Now, of the two owners of NEWT one of us loves small boats &#8211; and has now racked up over 1000hrs at sea &#8211; and the other doesn&#8217;t \ud83d\ude09\u00a0 Not going out on our evening pelagics had a consequence for her life list though&#8230;we have a 30&#8243;x20&#8243; canvas of a leaping <em><strong>White-beaked Dolphin<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSC8528.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1177\" alt=\"White-beaked Dolphin,dolphin watching trips,whale watching trips,Northern Experience Wildlife Tours\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSC8528.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSC8528.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSC8528-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><\/strong><\/em>on our office wall and Sarah has been closely involved with our work for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northeastcetaceans.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\">North East Cetacean Project<\/a>, but she&#8217;d never seen a WBD in real life!<\/p>\n<p>A late cancellation, and a stunning weather forecast, led to me making an &#8216;executive decision&#8217; to keep the place available so that Sarah could join us on the trip, and we could celebrate 10 years of marriage in a slightly unorthodox way \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Our first group of four <em><strong>White-beaked Dolphins<\/strong><\/em> came alongside the boat and stayed with us for 1\/4 mile before peeling off and heading back to where we&#8217;d first encountered them.\u00a0 When they made that decision we continued heading north and found another group, this time of three <em><strong>White-beaked Dolphins<\/strong><\/em> feeding.\u00a0 One of the <em><strong>dolphins<\/strong><\/em><strong> <\/strong> decided to put on a display, before they all melted away into the inky depths and we sailed home against the backdrop of another stunning sunset.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve still got spaces on our 4hr Whale and Dolphin cruise from Seahouses on August 31st, and there are a limited number of spaces on our 8hr sailings from Royal Quays on 7th and 21st September so give us a call today 01670 827465 for more details or to book your place \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130726-_DSC8979.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2034\" title=\"White-beaked Dolphin [Lagenorhynchus albirostris], North Sea, Northumberland 26\/07\/2013 (c)Martin Kitching\/www.northernexperienceimages.co.uk\" alt=\"White-beaked Dolphin,Northumberland,North Sea,North Sea pelagics,dolphin watching Northumberland,whale watching Northumberland\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130726-_DSC8979.jpg\" width=\"498\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130726-_DSC8979.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130726-_DSC8979-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130726-_DSC8988.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2033\" title=\"Sunset ,North Sea ,Northumberland 26\/07\/2013 (c)Martin Kitching\/www.northernexperienceimages.co.uk\" alt=\"Sunset,North Sea,Northumberland,North Sea pelagics,dolphin watching Northumberland,whale watching Northumberland\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130726-_DSC8988.jpg\" width=\"499\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130726-_DSC8988.jpg 499w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130726-_DSC8988-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our final Royal Quays Friday evening North Sea pelagic for this year was remarkable in that it was Sarah&#8217;s second evening pelagic in two weeks.\u00a0 Now, of the two owners of NEWT one of us loves small boats &#8211; 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