Monday 25 July 2011

22ND JULY 2011
Weymouth, Naturetrek Pelagic
4 Balearic Shearwater, 1 Ocean Sunfish (first one on these trips), 8 Kittiwake, 21 Common Tern, 2 Sandwich Tern, 1 Guillemot, 1 Fulmar, 1 Shag and 31 Gannet. Survey carried out between 16:45 - 20:15. F3 NNE wind, sunny spells. Survey carried out by Tom Brereton and Sarah Anthony on board Tiger Lily of Weymouth.
Balearic Shearwater
Lyme Bay, MARINElife Photo-ID Survey
8 White-beaked Dolphin (interacting and bow-riding for 1hr 15 minutes). Also 3 Harbour Porpoise, 918 Manx Shearwater (1 extended group of 910+ birds), 6 Balearic Shearwater, 3 European Storm Petrel, 6 Great Skua, 1 Arctic Skua, 1 Pomarine Skua, 2 Sandwich Tern, 7 Dunlin (flying E), 3 Common Tern, 41 Kittiwake, 1 Cormorant, 248 Gannet, 27 Fulmar, 289 Guillemot, 352 Herring Gull and 36 Great Black-backed Gull. Survey carried out by James Phillips on board Huntress II of West Bay. F1 NEE with sunny spells; sea state 0-1.
White-beaked Dolphins bow-riding Huntress II in Lyme Bay

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