Day 9

Our last morning started well with low swell and light winds making it perfect for sightings. But we were definitely feeling the effect of the cold Labrador Current even in our flotation suits.  We were aware that Humpbacks migrate to this area in great numbers but thought  it might be a bit early yet. However Humpbacks were visible all the way to St. Johns. We didn’t see any cetaceans other than the Humpbacks. The Canadian scientists said that they were feeding on fish called caplin. It was a fantastic way to end the first leg of the trip and makes the start of the next leg look very promising.

Humpback (Enda McKeogh)

As we were quite close to the shore the numbers of birds seemed to increase drastically. We encountered 7 different species today the Glaucous gull, Herring gull, Fulmars, Kittiwakes, Guillemots as well as a return from the Gannets, and for the first time on the trip Puffins.

We pulled into St. Johns just after noon to complete what was a really good trip. The weather over the whole trip was much better than we expected. This led to us having lots of sightings of cetaceans as well as birds. We will be back on the ship for the return leg starting on the 2^nd of June. We will continue this blog then and hopefully we will have plenty to report.

 Humpback (Paddy O'Dwyer)