A morning excursion to tarifa followed by a noon boat trip was enjoyed by myself, Dawn, Gill & Noel today.
A walk along the seafront produced some good sightings, there were many Sanderling, a few Turstones, a single Bar-tailed Godwit and lots of Sandwich Terns feeding in the bay. Apart from good numbers of Yellow-legged Gulls we could see several Northern Gannets diving a little further out in the Atlantic.
We walked the causeway to Tarifa Island with the Mediterranean Sea on our left and the Atlantic Ocean on our right.
The boat was great we had good close views of Cory's Shearwaters and distant views of Balearic Shearwaters. A POMERINE SKUA was seen chasing gulls just a fe2w meters in front of the boat.
Lots of migrating eagles flew over us as we cruised the Strait: Short-toed and Booted Eagles, Black Kites and a Marsh harrier were logged.
But it was the cetaceans that we came for and that is exactly what we got. The boat was surrounded by White Sided and Bottle Nosed Dolphins for quite a while and much later we had fantastic views of a pod of Pilot Whales.
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| Two views of Pilot Whales |
Several Sun Fish drifted passed the bow as we headed back to the quay.
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