{"id":5088,"date":"2021-07-09T09:40:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T08:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5088"},"modified":"2021-07-09T09:40:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T08:40:05","slug":"triple-crown-newts-north-sea-pelagic-07-07-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/northumberland\/north-sea\/triple-crown-newts-north-sea-pelagic-07-07-21","title":{"rendered":"Triple crown; NEWT&#8217;s North Sea pelagic 07\/07\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wednesday&#8217;s 4hr pelagic had a forecast that promised rain, although we only had a few drops, and it took just a few minutes for our first cetacean to appear as a <strong><em>harbour porpoise<\/em><\/strong> crossed the mouth of the Tyne in front of us.  90 minutes of intense scanning eventually produced <strong><em>bottlenose dolphins<\/em><\/strong> off Whitley Bay and they swam alongside us for an hour as we headed slowly south, finally leaving as we passed the mouth of the river again.  On a glassy sea we headed beyond the Tyne and with conditions so perfect I spotted fins that were 2nm ahead of us&#8230;and then the <strong><em>white-beaked dolphins<\/em><\/strong> appeared \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210707-_DSC0239-2-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5089\" width=\"512\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210707-_DSC0239-2-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210707-_DSC0239-2-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210707-_DSC0239-2-768x614.jpg 768w, 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