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<blockquote data-quote="martin kitching" data-source="post: 2207007" data-attributes="member: 3216"><p><strong>Consecutive pelagics...different outcomes</strong></p><p></p><p>Our offshore wildlife season really got underway at the weekend. Friday produced a stunning display from a pod of 30+ <strong><em>White-beaked Dolphins</em></strong>, but very few birds, other than a magnificent <strong><em>Pomarine Skua</em></strong> harrassing Herring Gulls as we headed south in the fading light. Saturday; same time, same route but only a brief sighting of 2 dolphins in amongst a melee of <strong><em>Gannets</em></strong>. The other big difference was the number of birds seen - from Blyth to Snab Point we were constantly passing through feeding flocks of <strong><em>Gannet</em></strong> and <strong><em>Fulmar</em></strong> and 5 <strong><em>Sooty Shearwaters</em></strong> and 3 <strong><em>Great Skuas</em></strong> went down well. Weather permitting we're out again tonight and Wednesday.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="martin kitching, post: 2207007, member: 3216"] [b]Consecutive pelagics...different outcomes[/b] Our offshore wildlife season really got underway at the weekend. Friday produced a stunning display from a pod of 30+ [B][I]White-beaked Dolphins[/I][/B], but very few birds, other than a magnificent [B][I]Pomarine Skua[/I][/B] harrassing Herring Gulls as we headed south in the fading light. Saturday; same time, same route but only a brief sighting of 2 dolphins in amongst a melee of [B][I]Gannets[/I][/B]. The other big difference was the number of birds seen - from Blyth to Snab Point we were constantly passing through feeding flocks of [B][I]Gannet[/I][/B] and [B][I]Fulmar[/I][/B] and 5 [B][I]Sooty Shearwaters[/I][/B] and 3 [B][I]Great Skuas[/I][/B] went down well. Weather permitting we're out again tonight and Wednesday. [/QUOTE]
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