dantheman
Bah humbug
Went for a seawatch late this afternoon as it was meant to be a bit windy ...
It wasn't particularly windy, and it was from the NW, which is not the best either, so basically no passage, although did have a flock of 7 Eider (kind of a Cornwall rarity tbh) fly in, land on the sea for 10 mins before continuing on ...
... anyway. On only my second scan of the sea was surprised to see a fin maybe 400 yards out ... with a looooong body attached. Oops, that isn't a dolphin. Indeed it wasn't - it was a Minke Whale. Saw it as a dark shape just under the water briefly before it rolled smoothly through again - just a glimpse of the head, then the body and curved fin, with a bit more body. But not seen again, unfortunately, despite switching to bins for a bit.
Only the second I've seen from Falmouth in the last 8 years or so ... and thought it was meant to be more of a random summer thing than a winter thing tbh!
It wasn't particularly windy, and it was from the NW, which is not the best either, so basically no passage, although did have a flock of 7 Eider (kind of a Cornwall rarity tbh) fly in, land on the sea for 10 mins before continuing on ...
... anyway. On only my second scan of the sea was surprised to see a fin maybe 400 yards out ... with a looooong body attached. Oops, that isn't a dolphin. Indeed it wasn't - it was a Minke Whale. Saw it as a dark shape just under the water briefly before it rolled smoothly through again - just a glimpse of the head, then the body and curved fin, with a bit more body. But not seen again, unfortunately, despite switching to bins for a bit.
Only the second I've seen from Falmouth in the last 8 years or so ... and thought it was meant to be more of a random summer thing than a winter thing tbh!