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A tale of 3 pelagics
After our stunning pelagic on Friday, we had 3 more evening trips in 5 days, all concentrating on the southeast Northumberland coast. Saturday was a massive contrast with Friday; only 2 brief...
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Dark night
This has been a difficult year for boat operators on the east coast, with unseasonable winds and frequent heavy rainfall making it unwise to head out to sea. Tuesday was the first of this year’s...
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White-beaked Dolphins
Friday was our final Royal Quays evening pelagic for this summer, and we were heading once again on to the North Sea in search of a species that has come to occupy much of my time; White-beaked...
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Local knowledge
As many regular readers of our blog will know, we have quite an affinity for our local pub The Swan at Choppington; Kirsty and Chris’s daughter, Annabel, is Sarah’s god-daughter, Northern Experience...
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Mirror-calm
As I collected Carol and Howard from their holiday accommodation in Alnwick, the bright afternoon sunshine was going to make viewing conditions difficult for the first few hours. The plan for the...
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Supporting cast; NEWT’s North Sea Pelagic 19/07/2013
In late July there are a few species that we’d be amazed to not find on a North Sea pelagic trip; Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Kittiwake, Fulmar and Gannet are all great birds to see, and are all part...
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The sun goes down; NEWT’s North Sea Pelagic 26/07/2013
Our final Royal Quays Friday evening North Sea pelagic for this year was remarkable in that it was Sarah’s second evening pelagic in two weeks. Now, of the two owners of NEWT one of us loves small...
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“That’s a big dorsal fin…”; NEWT’s North Sea Pelagic 10/08/2013
Sometimes things go right, sometimes things go wrong, and sometimes things go just right and completely wrong all at the same time… We set sail from Beadnell with a full boat, and stopped just outside...
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Deep water; NEWT’s North Sea Pelagic 14/08/2013
Probably my favourite pelagic of all of the North Sea pelagic trips that we run (although I enjoy all of them immensely!) is our 10hr Farne Deeps – Northumberland’s ‘Ultimate Pelagic’. The forecast...
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Whales and Dolphins; NEWT’s North Sea Pelagic 31/08/13
Our annual Whale and Dolphin Cruise on Glad Tidings V is one of the highlights of our North Sea Pelagic programme. With over 40 people booked on to this year’s sailing, we were going to need to be...
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