{"id":3388,"date":"2016-07-08T11:32:01","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T10:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3388"},"modified":"2016-07-08T11:32:01","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T10:32:01","slug":"hide-and-seek-newts-north-sea-pelagic-060716","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/northumberland\/north-sea\/hide-and-seek-newts-north-sea-pelagic-060716","title":{"rendered":"Hide and Seek; NEWT&#8217;s North Sea Pelagic 06\/07\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our third <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/tour\/3\" target=\"_blank\">evening pelagic<\/a> for 2016 sailed from Royal Quays under an unremarkable grey sky and with good visibility and a calm sea.<\/p>\n<p>Three hours later, and after <em><strong>Common Scoter, Gannet, Puffin, Razorbill, Guillemot, Fulmar<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Kittiwake<\/strong><\/em> had kept everyone occupied, we were heading south towards the marina.\u00a0 The &#8216;ping&#8217; of a text message arriving on my mobile distracted me from my focus on the water close to the shore&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;<em><strong>bottlenose dolphins<\/strong><\/em> going south past Seaton Sluice, heading towards St Mary&#8217;s, swimming slowly along the tide line&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>A quick &#8216;phone call brought more information &#8217;10-15mins ago they were right where you are now&#8217;&#8230;and then they surfaced \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160706-DSC_5477-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Bottlenose Dolphin,Tursiops truncatus,St Mary's Island,Whitley Bay,Northumberland,North Sea pelagic,Northumberland pelagic,North Sea,dolphin spotting North Sea,dolphin spotting Northumberland,dolphin spotting, whale watching Northumberland,whalewatching North 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