Boat trip 9/8/12

It was such a great day that it was difficult leaving any photos out. As you will see, in the end, I hardly left any out! All the bird photos on the post below.

Minke Whale (c) D. Roberts

Minke Whale

Common Dolphins (c) V. Shenston

Common Dolphin (c) D. Roberts

Grey Seal (c) D. Roberts

Compass Jellyfish (Chrysaora hysoscella) (c) D. Roberts

Common Dolphin from Port Eynon

I've been seawatching from Port Eynon the last couple of mornings. A feature of both sessions has been the large movement of Manx Shearwater passing, some at very close range. Also, an almost constant group of approximately 50 to 100 Gannet in a feeding party between Port Eynon and Worms Head. That feeding party worked towards Port Eynon this morning and underneath I observed 1+ Common Dolphin breaking the surface with one very nice breach. Conditions were far from ideal, making following the movement through the water hard to track, and video capture remained beyond me before the feeding party started working back towards the the Worm.