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21-04-2009, 03:48 PM   #1

Dolphins in the harbour


For the last few weeks I have been watching tha harbour porpous (spelling) in the mouth of the harbour while walking a few dogs along the coastline. Today I saw a pod of dolphins playing aswell Got a clip of one on my mobile, the quality isnt very good and will try to get some more if I see them again. Sadly I missed some pretty good displays from them while fumbling around, trying to get all dogs to stay still with me and get my phone out of my pocket.




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21-04-2009, 03:49 PM   #2

Re: Dolphins in the harbour


http://s15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...t=MOV00484.flv



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21-04-2009, 03:55 PM   #3

Re: Dolphins in the harbour


There looks as if there were lots of them Elaine - at least I imagined there were lots! I envy you seeing dolphins and porpoises too.



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21-04-2009, 03:59 PM   #4

Re: Dolphins in the harbour


There were around 6 dolphins, I think and several porpouses. The rain was chucking it down and i didnt have my raincoat but didnt care at that point It was a thrilling sight.



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21-04-2009, 04:25 PM   #5

Re: Dolphins in the harbour


How wonderful! I've never seen wild porpoises or dolphins, lucky you!



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21-04-2009, 04:32 PM   #6

Re: Dolphins in the harbour


With the harbour porpoise (thanx for spelling it correctly Eileen ), you only really see their humps as they come up to the surface but the dolphins were jumping right out of the water. It was fantastic to watch even in the pouring rain.



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21-04-2009, 05:33 PM   #7

Re: Dolphins in the harbour


Oh that is something I so miss! We used to go park up at the battery and walk round the coastline and also the harbour. We spent many hours watching those beautiful creatures. Thank you very much for posting that Elaine, brought back some happy memories!



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21-04-2009, 06:08 PM   #8

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Elaine I do envy you such a lovely walk that takes in sea wildlife. One of the things I would really like to see is Whale in the wild.



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21-04-2009, 06:12 PM   #9

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What a wonderful sight, lucky you being able to witness it Elaine...



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21-04-2009, 07:51 PM   #10

Re: Dolphins in the harbour


Have the same dogs tomorrow, so if I get a chance and if they are around still, I'll try to get some better shots of them.
I have to admit that we are a little spoilt for choice up with respect to walks, coastline, beeches, woods and hills.



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