Wildlife you may see from the ferry You will see plenty of birds.

See if you can count four species on your voyage. You might also see seals and if you are extremely lucky, dolphins or porpoises. Common sightings marked *

Cormorant

Cormorant in the water, most of its body submerged ready to dive for food.

Cormorants

Gannet *

Gannet *

Shelduck

Eider duck

Dunlin

Dunlin

Common Tern *

Common Tern *

Herring Gull *

Common gull *

Black backed gull

Fulmar *

Fulmar * The fulmar may look a bit like a gull but in this shot you can easily see the tubenose on top of the beak.

Razorbill

Oystercatcher *

Guillemot *

Guillemot * Guillemot *

Puffin *

Puffin *

Common Scoter * Common Scoter *

Great Skua Great Skua

Harbour seal *

Harbour seals *

Harbour porpoise, length 1.85m

Harbour Porpoises seen on the crossing

Bottlenose dolphin, length up to 3m

Two bottlenose dolphins surface close to the ship - a thrilling sight!

White-beaked dolphin, length 2.75m Common Dolphin, length 2m This spotting sheet created by Chris Boardman. Sources: Orca, Wikipedia, Encyclopaedia Britannica, RSPB