First grey seal in Anda this year and a surfacing sperm whale very close to the boat!

14.07.2012

We left Stø at 9.30 this morning. Despite the rainy weather, the sea was very calm today and we could go close to Anda island and see many puffins, shags and kittiwakes. One puffin had its beak loaded with several small fishes! Furthermore we saw several harbour seals swimming in the water and to our great surprise, we also spotted a grey seal, the first sighting of that species in this year! Before we left the island we saw many guillemots, black guillemots and an arctic skua. There was heavy rain on our way out to Bleik canyon, and the visibility was reduced, but thanks to our hydrophones and our experienced captain we could get very close to a sperm whale while it was diving under water and saw it surfacing very close to our boat. It remained there for almost 10 min, before it descended again into the deep of the ocean, showing us its big tail fluke.

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View at Picasa Puffins on the rocks14-Jul-2012 10:03, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D300S, 6.3, 300.0mm, 0.006 sec, ISO 640	View at Picasa swimming Puffin14-Jul-2012 10:05, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D300S, 6.3, 300.0mm, 0.003 sec, ISO 640	View at Picasa Black guillemots14-Jul-2012 10:05, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D300S, 6.3, 300.0mm, 0.003 sec, ISO 640	View at Picasa Puffins on the rocks14-Jul-2012 10:05, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D300S, 6.3, 300.0mm, 0.001 sec, ISO 640	View at Picasa Arctic skua14-Jul-2012 10:08, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D300S, 6.3, 300.0mm, 0.001 sec, ISO 640
View at Picasa Harbour seal14-Jul-2012 10:09, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D300S, 6.3, 300.0mm, 0.003 sec, ISO 640	View at Picasa Shags sitting on the rocks14-Jul-2012 10:11, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D300S, 6.3, 300.0mm, 0.004 sec, ISO 640	View at Picasa Grey seal14-Jul-2012 10:12, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D300S, 6.3, 300.0mm, 0.008 sec, ISO 640	View at Picasa Puffin with prey14-Jul-2012 10:15, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D300S, 6.3, 300.0mm, 0.003 sec, ISO 640	View at Picasa Flying puffin14-Jul-2012 10:16, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D300S, 6.3, 300.0mm, 0.001 sec, ISO 640
View at Picasa Guillemots nesting on rocks14-Jul-2012 10:18, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D300S, 6.3, 240.0mm, 0.01 sec, ISO 640	View at Picasa Blowing sperm whale14-Jul-2012 12:39, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D300S, 8.0, 300.0mm, 0.001 sec, ISO 640	View at Picasa Sperm whale showing its massive head14-Jul-2012 12:39, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D300S, 8.0, 300.0mm, 0.001 sec, ISO 640	View at Picasa Sperm whales fluke14-Jul-2012 12:39, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D300S, 8.0, 300.0mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 640	View at Picasa Fluke up in the air14-Jul-2012 12:39, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D300S, 8.0, 300.0mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 640
View at Picasa Sperm whale before diving14-Jul-2012 12:39, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D300S, 8.0, 300.0mm, 0.001 sec, ISO 640	View at Picasa Sperm whale descending14-Jul-2012 12:39, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D300S, 8.0, 300.0mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 640	View at Picasa Fluke dissappear14-Jul-2012 12:39, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D300S, 8.0, 300.0mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 640

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View at Picasa Blow angle of 45 drgrees to the left14-Jul-2012 13:11, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D300S, 8.0, 300.0mm, 0.003 sec, ISO 640	View at Picasa Sperm whale on surface14-Jul-2012 13:12, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D300S, 8.0, 300.0mm, 0.003 sec, ISO 640
View at Picasa Fluke of sperm whale14-Jul-2012 13:14, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D300S, 8.0, 300.0mm, 0.003 sec, ISO 640	View at Picasa Sperm whale ready to descend14-Jul-2012 13:14, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D300S, 8.0, 300.0mm, 0.003 sec, ISO 640	View at Picasa Sperm whale diving14-Jul-2012 13:14, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D300S, 8.0, 300.0mm, 0.004 sec, ISO 640