Species seen today: Humpback whale, Minke whale

Birds seen today: Atlantic puffin, great cormorant, herring gull, great black-backed gull, lesser black-backed gull, northern fulmar, oystercatcher, greylag goose, black guillemot, common guillemot, razorbill, eider duck, red shank, brent goose, arctic tern, long-tailed duck, sandpiper, wagtail, purple sandpiper, glaucous gull

10:00 - Our premium whale-watching adventure started with a quick stop at Akurey to see the puffins on their breeding island. Next, we went out into the bay, looking for whales. We scanned some areas with many feeding seabirds, but finally we found a whale a bit further out. This individual was resting and surfacing very calmly. We could easily follow it as it did not move very fast. In the same area, we also spotted a different individual who was travelling. After some time, we shifted our attention to this individual. The tour ended with the second individual joining the first one, so that we could say goodbye to both individuals at the same time. On the way back we caught a quick glimpse of a minke whale as well!

Crew: Daniel & Eline

Today we are running a full schedule of tours, with whale watching at 1000, and puffin watching at 0900 and 1300!

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