Our friends from New Zealand and beyond:  sooty shearwaters (Puffinus griseus) come to the Channel to feed and moult.
For the complete story, read this scientific journal article:
http://www.pnas.org/content/103/34/12799.full.pdf+html
Sooty shearwaters take off.
A humpback whale sends a flock of 
sooty shearwaters flying.  Common
dolphins can also be seen.
A flock of black-vented shearwaters (Puffinus opithomelas) take flight as the boat passes by.
A black vented shearwater (Puffinus opisthomelas) sits on the water.
Megaptera novaeangliae & Puffinus opisthomelas 2012 09-29 SB Channel-045
Megaptera novaeangliae & Puffinus opisthomelas 2012 09-29 SB Channel-031
Two sooty shearwaters (Puffinus griseus) soar across the blue waves.
Puffinus griseus 2012 06-20 SB Channel-030
Our friends from New Zealand and beyond: sooty shearwaters (Puffinus griseus) come to the Channel to feed and moult.
For the complete story, read this scientific journal article: http://www.pnas.org/content/103/34/12799.full.pdf+html
Our friends from New Zealand and beyond:  sooty shearwaters (Puffinus griseus) come to the Channel to feed and moult.
For the complete story, read this scientific journal article:
http://www.pnas.org/content/103/34/12799.full.pdf+html
Our friends from New Zealand and beyond: sooty shearwaters (Puffinus griseus) come to the Channel to feed and moult.
For the complete story, read this scientific journal article: http://www.pnas.org/content/103/34/12799.full.pdf+html
See photo in original gallery.