Yes a splendid day for a voyage out to the Celtic Deep, sunshine all the way. Typical rafts of auks - mostly guillemots and young but also razorbills and 2-3 puffins (juvs). An impressive feeding frenzy involving hundreds of gannets and Manx shearwaters near the Smalls was probably the highlight. Here a bull seal must have thought it was his birthday when a few dead mackerel etc were lobbed in his direction, as he muscled in to spoil attempts to photograph gannets feeding close to the boat!
We also saw numerous passing storm petrels (3 together at one time), a few common terns and we all had good views of a bonxie. There were very few kittiwakes around today. Common Dolphins put in good appearances as usual - with excellent views. There was also a nice passage of large white butterflies just off shore.
We also saw numerous passing storm petrels (3 together at one time), a few common terns and we all had good views of a bonxie. There were very few kittiwakes around today. Common Dolphins put in good appearances as usual - with excellent views. There was also a nice passage of large white butterflies just off shore.
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