Out very early to watch the stars and there were a few passengers not looking so good so not surprising there were not many having breakfast today. Boy did the ship have a mind of it own last night but luckily the weather improved and as we approached the Cherbourg peninsular it was pretty calm. The English Channel can be pretty quiet sometimes but we had a steady stream of Gannets going past (final count - 497), Fulmar 15, Storm Petrel 5, Great Skua 4, Great black-backed Gulls 15, Kittiwake 2, Golden Plover 19 heading south, a medium size Basking Shark feeding, a female Kestrel going west but we missed the Minke Whale In the approaches to Portsmouth harbor there were Med Gull 2, Common Gull 2 and Common Tern 6.
Gannets by Pete Hall
Great Skua by Pete Hall
After docking we said our goodbyes and had an easy journey home arriving just in time to put the trap on.
Richard
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