Wednesday 29th
Up at 5.00am and spent half an hour or so on the balcony,
seeing Sooty and Indian Yellow-nosed Albatrosses, Soft-plumaged Petrels, which
we were going to see all day and a couple of Storm Petrels before collecting up
our things and heading down to deck 7 for another day of staring at the sea! A
few more Soft-plumaged Petrels were eclipsed by two groups of Gray’s Beaked
Whales and short but great views of 3/4 Strapped-toothed Beak Whales. We went
up for breakfast around 10 and managed to get some food, no fruit though,
before they feared it all away.
Between breakfast and lunch we went to the front on deck 14
which was very windy and glarey. We stood talking to Jim Glover and Chris
Skinner, old RSPB friends. I picked up two whales crossing the bow which were
more Longman’s Beaked Whales, nice views. Something I really wanted to see was
a flying squid and one took off and covered a short distance, glittering as it
went from the starboard side, hope there are more.
Following lunch we returned to deck 7 and spent the rest of
the day looking out at more Great-winged and Soft-plumaged Petrels, Indian yeel
nos, sooty and a few Wandering Albtrosses as well as Tropical Shearwaters and
White-headed Pestrel. Near the end of the day a lad called a petrel with a
white underwing, we managed to see a couple of birds right down near the wake,
one of which probably a Barau’s Petrel, but really not very satisfactory,
hoping tomorrow brings more luck.
We left the deck just after 7 to go for dinner in the Buffet
with Jake and Ian.
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