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3 trips again with excellent seal sightings on the beaches around Cemaes Head. The younger seals are always the most inquisitive and as well as the hundred or so on the beach another 50 were in the water around the boat. There was also one, admittedly fleeting, sighting of a lone porpoise towards Mwnt, plus were treated to a great display by one of our peregrines, again on Cemaes Head.

Posted by : Tony Barber - Thursday, 16 April 2009

Another busy day, unfortunatley no dolphin sightings today but the seals are out in force still with at least 200 on the beach today plus two porpoise sightings.

Posted by : Tony Barber - Wednesday, 15 April 2009

Unfortunately we had to cancel all trips today due to a large ground swell making the tidal bar to rough. Sorry to those we had to reschedule, we realise that it can be both inconvenient and disappointing, however safety is always our priority.

Posted by : Tony Barber - Tuesday, 14 April 2009

Three trips today, the first at 10.00am. The Auks were out in force, 4 Choughs, Fulmars and even a Raven as we rounded the island. We’ve been waiting for our first dolphin sighting of 2009, and they certainly didn’t disappoint! Initially there appeared to be a pod of around 6 frantically chasing fish just off the island, but we were soon joined by more and more until we had at least 2 dozen around the boat putting on a fantastic show for a good 20 minutes.
Beyond Cemaes Head, we had 187 seals laid up on the beach (our skipper Len counted them), with numerous others in the water. We then topped off the trip with a sighting of one of our Peregrin Falcons.
The Dolphins proved elusive for the latter trips, but we did spot a couple of Porpoise just off Mwnt on the second, and the seals and bird sightings remained consistently good! Now if only Dan could remember to bring his video camera.............

Posted by : Tony Barber - Monday, 13 April 2009

Coughs, Razorbills, Gannets, 4 Harbour Porpoise & 200 + seals!

Posted by : Tony Barber - Saturday, 11 April 2009

1st trip of 2009 today. The auks are back in the area but are away from the Island during the daytime, although we did see some razorbills on the water. We also saw approximatley 100 seals on the beaches around Cemaes Head.

Posted by : Tony Barber - Saturday, 4 April 2009