Seals, dolphins and sunfish on the Cornish coast.

Grey seal

A great day on the monthly POLPIP seal survey on the North Cornwall coast from Padstow.

We monitored from the Quies up the coast to just above Boscastle.

Today we saw many seals, numerous seabirds including Gannets, Manx Shearwaters and a Sooty shearwater. Also a  few sunfish, Risso's dolphins and a pod of Common dolphins which came to look at us and put on an amazing display.

My personal thanks to Chris and Annabel for their hospitality aboard Atlantic Diver.

Grey seal

Grey seal

Risso's dolphins

Risso's dolphins

Common dolphins

Common dolphins

Common dolphins

Common dolphins

Common dolphins

Common dolphins

Common dolphins very close to the boat

Sunfish

Sunfish

Risso's dolphins off North Cornwall coast 6th Sept 2014.

Risso's dolphins

What a thrill to see these fabulous marine mammals just a few miles from home!

We were on the lookout for some more common dolphins (see previous post) but came across these in the same spot as earlier in the week.

My apologies for the poor focusing on the one that did a spectacular breach but put it down to the sea conditions! It did get a bit choppy out there for a while.

Thanks once again to Will Delacour our skipper although I'm now on 5 out of 5 for dolphin spotting!

Risso's dolphins breaching

Risso's dolphins breaching

 

Risso's dolphins

Risso's dolphins