{"id":4625,"date":"2018-09-18T16:54:38","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T15:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4625"},"modified":"2018-09-18T16:54:38","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T15:54:38","slug":"bow-riding-newts-penultimate-north-sea-pelagic-15-09-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/northumberland\/north-sea\/bow-riding-newts-penultimate-north-sea-pelagic-15-09-18","title":{"rendered":"Bow-riding; NEWT’s (pen)Ultimate North Sea pelagic 15\/09\/18"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday was our penultimate pelagic trip for 2018; another 10hr Northumberland Ultimate Pelagic<\/a> out to the Farne Deeps in search of Minke Whale<\/strong><\/em> and White-beaked Dolphin<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 We started our exploration of Northumberland’s offshore waters, as a partner in the North East Cetacean Project<\/a>, in 2009 and we’ve been able to demonstrate some quite specific site fidelity by White-beaked Dolphins<\/em><\/strong> since 2010 so we always know where we’re heading once we’re out of the Tyne.\u00a0 We can get distracted on the way though and while I was watching a distant flock of circling Gannets<\/strong><\/em> towards the shore I was sure I’d seen a whale lunge-feeding under them.\u00a0 As we approached them they didn’t move away – lots were sitting on the sea and even more were circling and diving, and there were a few Fulmars<\/strong><\/em> and a Sooty Shearwater<\/strong><\/em> among them too.\u00a0 Sure enough, a Minke Whale<\/strong><\/em> soon surfaced and came straight towards the boat!\u00a0 Once it had done that very Minke<\/strong><\/em> thing of apparently vanishing without trace we resumed our original course and, right on cue, the White-beaked Dolphins<\/strong><\/em> appeared as expected \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 Some remarkable bow-riding included a group of 6 dolphins<\/strong><\/em> that appeared once we were making tracks back to the Tyne and stayed alongside us for nearly 5 miles!<\/p>\n

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We’ve got one final pelagic this year, another fully booked 10hr sailing this Saturday, but 2019’s dates are on our website calendar<\/a> and starting to fill already \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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