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<blockquote data-quote="KRS1" data-source="post: 1855445" data-attributes="member: 76069"><p>Evening all,</p><p></p><p>I lurk on the forums most of the time but thought I'd chime in as I occasionally do, with my input. </p><p></p><p>The Pride was always brilliant, and when there wasn't a lot to be seen the atmosphere and comradery was second to none. The options once the Pride go out of service, are of course the Pont Aven (with the added hassle of ending up at a different port if you don't stop over) and the 'new' Cap Finistere.</p><p></p><p>As people have said, it's tough to know what the score will be on the Cap, but I can tell you now that so far, it's been pretty good going. Comparing to sightings from the Pride in recent weeks, its not quite on par, but perhaps that's because almost 100% of the time I'm the sole observer on deck, and settle into the 'better' side. </p><p></p><p>As it's the beginning of the season, posts on the following link are sparse so far, and I should imagine most of the time we'll be aiming them at the 'general' public. But if anyone wishes to be privy to some of the more detailed sightings info then feel free to drop me a message and I'll see what I can do. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://brittanywildlifeofficer.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://brittanywildlifeofficer.wordpress.com/</a></p><p></p><p>Either myself or my colleague Richard will be onboard and on deck throughout the summer until October, both of us are experienced marine mammal and seabird observers. I'm not onboard at the moment, the following sightings were within the last two weeks of May and first week of June. Numbers refer to estimated individuals, <strong><u>not</u></strong> individual sightings. </p><p></p><p>- 9 Cuvier’s Beaked Whale</p><p>- 1 Beaked Whale sp. (probable Cuvier’s)</p><p>- 4 Northern Bottlenose Whale</p><p>- 3 Sperm Whale</p><p>- 15 Fin Whale </p><p>- 3 Minke Whale</p><p>- c.2000 Common Dolphin</p><p>- c.200 Striped Dolphin</p><p>- c.5 Bottlenose Dolphin</p><p>- 4 Long-finned Pilot Whale</p><p>- 2 Harbour Porpoise</p><p></p><p>- c.5 large Tuna</p><p>- 1 ‘Skipjack’ small Tuna</p><p>- Blue Shark </p><p></p><p>- c.7 Cory’s Shearwater</p><p>- 3 Arctic Skua</p><p>- c.10 Great Skua </p><p>- 2 Sooty Shearwater</p><p>- 1 Balearic Shearwater</p><p>- c.50 Manx Shearwater</p><p>- 1 Puffin</p><p>- c.5 Guillemot</p><p>- c.3 Razorbill</p><p>- c.15 Little Gull</p><p>- 1 Sandwich Tern</p><p></p><p>- 3 Collared Dove</p><p>- 1 Turtle Dove</p><p>- several racing Pigeon</p><p>- Hundreds of Hirundines (Swallows and House Martins, no Sand Martins)</p><p>- 100+ Common Swift</p><p></p><p>- 1 Hummingbird Hawk-Moth</p><p></p><p>I try to make it off of the ship when I can in Santander, and aside from a lot of tourists and some amazing ice-cream, I’ve totted up the following in low numbers.</p><p></p><p>Spotless Starling</p><p>Red-backed Shrike</p><p>European Bee-eater (heard only)</p><p>Zitting Cisticola (heard only)</p><p>Spanish Sparrow</p><p>Black Kite</p><p>Melodious Warbler</p><p></p><p>Not got a lot of time to jot down everything at the moment, but if anyone has any questions, queries or comments then drop me a PM, email or obviously reply on here.</p><p></p><p>Cheers</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Lisle Gwynn - ORCA Wildlife Officer - Cap Finistere</p><p></p><p>lisle_gwynn (at) hotmail.co.uk</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.orcaweb.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.orcaweb.org.uk/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KRS1, post: 1855445, member: 76069"] Evening all, I lurk on the forums most of the time but thought I'd chime in as I occasionally do, with my input. The Pride was always brilliant, and when there wasn't a lot to be seen the atmosphere and comradery was second to none. The options once the Pride go out of service, are of course the Pont Aven (with the added hassle of ending up at a different port if you don't stop over) and the 'new' Cap Finistere. As people have said, it's tough to know what the score will be on the Cap, but I can tell you now that so far, it's been pretty good going. Comparing to sightings from the Pride in recent weeks, its not quite on par, but perhaps that's because almost 100% of the time I'm the sole observer on deck, and settle into the 'better' side. As it's the beginning of the season, posts on the following link are sparse so far, and I should imagine most of the time we'll be aiming them at the 'general' public. But if anyone wishes to be privy to some of the more detailed sightings info then feel free to drop me a message and I'll see what I can do. [url]http://brittanywildlifeofficer.wordpress.com/[/url] Either myself or my colleague Richard will be onboard and on deck throughout the summer until October, both of us are experienced marine mammal and seabird observers. I'm not onboard at the moment, the following sightings were within the last two weeks of May and first week of June. Numbers refer to estimated individuals, [B][U]not[/U][/B] individual sightings. - 9 Cuvier’s Beaked Whale - 1 Beaked Whale sp. (probable Cuvier’s) - 4 Northern Bottlenose Whale - 3 Sperm Whale - 15 Fin Whale - 3 Minke Whale - c.2000 Common Dolphin - c.200 Striped Dolphin - c.5 Bottlenose Dolphin - 4 Long-finned Pilot Whale - 2 Harbour Porpoise - c.5 large Tuna - 1 ‘Skipjack’ small Tuna - Blue Shark - c.7 Cory’s Shearwater - 3 Arctic Skua - c.10 Great Skua - 2 Sooty Shearwater - 1 Balearic Shearwater - c.50 Manx Shearwater - 1 Puffin - c.5 Guillemot - c.3 Razorbill - c.15 Little Gull - 1 Sandwich Tern - 3 Collared Dove - 1 Turtle Dove - several racing Pigeon - Hundreds of Hirundines (Swallows and House Martins, no Sand Martins) - 100+ Common Swift - 1 Hummingbird Hawk-Moth I try to make it off of the ship when I can in Santander, and aside from a lot of tourists and some amazing ice-cream, I’ve totted up the following in low numbers. Spotless Starling Red-backed Shrike European Bee-eater (heard only) Zitting Cisticola (heard only) Spanish Sparrow Black Kite Melodious Warbler Not got a lot of time to jot down everything at the moment, but if anyone has any questions, queries or comments then drop me a PM, email or obviously reply on here. Cheers Lisle Gwynn - ORCA Wildlife Officer - Cap Finistere lisle_gwynn (at) hotmail.co.uk [url]http://www.orcaweb.org.uk/[/url] [/QUOTE]
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