{"id":4565,"date":"2018-08-15T08:11:46","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T07:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4565"},"modified":"2018-08-15T08:13:07","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T07:13:07","slug":"heading-offshore-newts-north-sea-pelagic-14-08-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/northumberland\/north-sea\/heading-offshore-newts-north-sea-pelagic-14-08-18","title":{"rendered":"Heading offshore; NEWT&#8217;s North Sea pelagic 14\/08\/18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday was the first of our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/welcome\/tour\/3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10hr &#8216;Northumberland Ultimate Pelagic&#8217; sailings<\/a> for this year and it started well with two <em><strong>Harbour Porpoises<\/strong><\/em> at the mouth of the Tyne, then another two a couple of miles further north.\u00a0 As <em><strong>Gannets<\/strong><\/em> soared by, <em><strong>Fulmars<\/strong><\/em> circled us and <em><strong>Kittiwakes<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Lesser Black-backed Gulls<\/strong><\/em> tagged along in our wake, two <em><strong>White-beaked Dolphins<\/strong><\/em> put in a brief appearance and the swell started to build.\u00a0 By mid-afternoon we&#8217;d got heavy rain and then another 5 <em><strong>dolphins<\/strong><\/em> spent a couple of minutes bow-riding \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Our August 29th, September 15th and September 22nd 10hr sailings each have two places still available so give us a call on 01670 827465 to book your place \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180814-_DSC2652-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"White-beaked Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris,Northumberland,dolphin spotting, dolphin spotting Northumberland, 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100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180814-_DSC2839-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"White-beaked Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris,Northumberland,dolphin spotting, dolphin spotting Northumberland, dolphin spotting UK, dolphin spotting England, dolphin spotting North Sea, whale watching Northumberland, whale watching UK, whale watching England, whale watching North Sea\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180814-_DSC2839-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180814-_DSC2839-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180814-_DSC2839-768x512.jpg 768w, 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