Thursday 5 July 2012

News

A pod of Killer Whales seen last week!

Monday 11 June 2012

travel arrangements

Some of us have booked rail tickets for travel to Portsmouth harbour and for the return from Plymouth.

Outbound: Departs Cardiff central @ 10:30 and arrives Portsmouth harbour @ 13:54.

 Return: Departs Plymouth @ 18:25 and arrives Cardiff Central (via Bristol TM) @  21:44

Tickets are available with First Great Western.

At the present the cost is, to Portsmouth £12.00 and to Cardiff £22.50. Just to make you aware,the fare to Portsmouth was £9:00 earlier this week,so it would seem ,the sooner you book,the cheaper it is.

Sunday 27 May 2012

Now only 4 places left.

***BLUE WHALE spotted off MV Pont Aven 17th May 2012.

Saturday 19 May 2012

thank you...

Jan Scheeres - payment received
Ed Kavanagh -payment received
Paul & June Marshman - payment received
John Wilson-payment received

Friday 11 May 2012

Details

This years crossing has been arranged for August 14th to August 16th. We are booked aboard the Brittany Ferries vessel "Pont Aven", we used this ship last year and found it to be of higher standard than the P & O  "Pride of Bilbao". The Pont  is a faster ship,but the crossing times are more desirable,giving us virtually a full day  over the Abyssal Plain and canyons in the southern bay.

Great Shearwater

2 Sperm Whales


   The ship leaves Portsmouth at 17:00hrs and makes her way south over the channel and around the Channel Islands during the night. We will try and be up for early doors (around 06;00am) and on deck 6 soon after. We should be over the deeper, richer waters already and with any luck connecting with our first cetaceans and seabirds. as we progress further south we will hopefully encounter some larger cetaceans like Fin and Sperm whales,long finned pilot and possibly Cuvier's beaked whales and bearing in mind just about anything is a possibility out there,previous sightings have included Blue whale,the worlds largest ever living animal or maybe Orcas which are seen with growing frequency. We will most likely see Common and striped dolphins with bottle nosed also a regular sight.Keep an eye out for sunfish,tuna and sharks, they are all out there. Seabirds might include Storm petrels,Wilson's petrels,Cory's,great, Manx and maybe little Shearwaters, Sabine's gulls,great, Pommarine or even long tailed Skuas as well as a host of other possibilities.
 We dock in Santander at around 19:00hrs and our return leaves at 21:00hrs (Spanish time) and travels North overnight. Again we aim to be up early to catch the last few hours over the deep waters, the remainder of our journey is across the shallower Northern bay,where we might encounter Minke whales and dolphins. We dock in Plymouth at 17:00hrs.
 With just a few hours ashore there isn`t much time to explore the City or in fact much time for birding.
 Bring a few Euros for a coffee or a beer outside many of the cafe`s, a favourite is next to the Cathedral and a chance to relax and discuss the day`s sightings.



Fin Whale


Cory`s and Great Shearwaters



Pilot Whales

  

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