{"id":3011,"date":"2015-07-17T19:58:21","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T18:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3011"},"modified":"2015-07-17T19:58:22","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T18:58:22","slug":"out-of-the-gloom-newts-north-sea-pelagic-13072015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/northumberland\/north-sea\/out-of-the-gloom-newts-north-sea-pelagic-13072015","title":{"rendered":"Out of the gloom; NEWT&#8217;s North Sea Pelagic 13\/07\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our fourth <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/tours.php?id=15\" target=\"_blank\">North Sea Pelagic<\/a> for 2015 had a reasonable weather forecast &#8211; overcast, but should have been otherwise ok&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Quite good visibility meant we were soon watching <em><strong>Manx Shearwater, Kittiwake, Gannet, Fulmar, Guillemot, Puffin<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Razorbill<\/strong><\/em>&#8230;then the rain started.\u00a0 Sailing through what appeared to be low, and very wet, cloud we came out of the other side of it and continued north.\u00a0 Then ahead of us, we could see weather that we really didn&#8217;t want to be sailing into.\u00a0 We decided to turn back south and have a slow journey close inshore as the almost obligatory flock of <em><strong>Common Scoter<\/strong><\/em> flew by.\u00a0 I suggested an area to Allan that I thought would hold <em><strong>White-beaked Dolphins<\/strong><\/em> towards dusk&#8230;and there they were \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3013\" href=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/northumberland\/north-sea\/out-of-the-gloom-newts-north-sea-pelagic-13072015\/attachment\/20150713-_dsc1906\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3013\" title=\"White-beaked Dolphin [Lagenorhynchus albirostris], North Sea, Northumberland 13\/07\/2015 (c)martin kitching\/www.northernexperienceimages.co.uk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20150713-_DSC1906-e1437159218977.jpg\" alt=\"White-beaked Dolphin,Lagenorhynchus albirostris,North Sea,Northumberland,dolphin watching North Sea,North Sea Pelagics,dolphin watching Northumberland,dolphin watching England\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3015\" href=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/northumberland\/north-sea\/out-of-the-gloom-newts-north-sea-pelagic-13072015\/attachment\/20150713-_dsc1969\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3015\" title=\"White-beaked Dolphin [Lagenorhynchus albirostris], North Sea, Northumberland 13\/07\/2015 (c)martin kitching\/www.northernexperienceimages.co.uk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20150713-_DSC1969-e1437159355923.jpg\" alt=\"White-beaked Dolphin,Lagenorhynchus albirostris,North Sea,Northumberland,dolphin watching North Sea,North Sea Pelagics,dolphin watching Northumberland,dolphin watching England\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3017\" href=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/northumberland\/north-sea\/out-of-the-gloom-newts-north-sea-pelagic-13072015\/attachment\/20150713-_dsc2013\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3017\" title=\"White-beaked Dolphin [Lagenorhynchus albirostris], North Sea, Northumberland 13\/07\/2015 (c)martin kitching\/www.northernexperienceimages.co.uk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20150713-_DSC2013-e1437159476259.jpg\" alt=\"White-beaked Dolphin,Lagenorhynchus albirostris,North Sea,Northumberland,dolphin watching North Sea,North Sea Pelagics,dolphin watching Northumberland,dolphin watching England\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our fourth North Sea Pelagic for 2015 had a reasonable weather forecast &#8211; 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