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Sei-whale September 2011.
By: George Date: February 18, 2012, 3:28 am
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I've been asked to write a blog about the Sei-whale
seen in September 2011..
In the morning of the sighting I got a phone call from
one of my sons, he said there was a Basking Shark in
Firth Voe..
I made my way to Firth Voe, and I seen it right away, at
first I thought it was a Minke Whale, I took a few pictures of
it,
then went back to my house to report it on twitter and on
Hugh Harrops facebook page..
Unfortunatly Hugh Harrop was over in Canada on holiday..
I then made my way back to Firth Voe and seen it close in to the
shore..
[IMG]
http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/Head-shot-1.jpg[/img]
So I attached my camera to my tripod and made my way down to the
shore,
taking pictures of it on the way down..
The Sei-Whale was feeding in a clockward direction, often
lunging on its side.
[IMG]
http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/Minke-Whale-15.jpg[/img]
Then it was feeding upright.
[IMG]
http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/Minke-whale-11.jpg[/img]
It was very fast in the water but it never breached or showed
its tail fluke.
[IMG]
http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/Minke-Whale-13.jpg[/img]
I was joined by Austin Taylor another photographer. He got lots
of pictures also..
Later on I edited my pictures and copied them onto a
memory-stick, I took them
to Neil Anderson and gave him the memory-stick, later on I got a
phone call from
Neil he was certain the whale was not a Minke but a Sei-Whale he
also told me that the Whale
had a harpoon stuck in its head [which I missed]
Harpoon..
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http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/Harpoon-2.jpg[/img]
The last reported sighting in Shetland waters was I believe
1993, and as far as I know its
only the third sighting seen..
To go back to the start of this blog. There was a Basking Shark
in the Voe at the same time
as the Sei-Whale..
Other pictures of the Whale..
[IMG]
http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/SEI-WHALE-B_filtered3.j…
[IMG]
http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/eye-eye-1.jpg[/img]
[IMG]
http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/Minke-whale-8.jpg[/img]
[IMG]
http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/Minke-whale-7.jpg[/img]
[IMG]
http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/Minke-Whale-15.jpg[/img]
The person who asked me to write this blog was Mark Chapman the
recorder for the RSPB..
george..
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