Friday 16 October 2015

Corvo- False Killers


 False Killer Whales (pic Vincent Legrand)
 Cory's Shearwater
 East side of Corvo showing the infamous valleys
 Carlos and Katt- our skippers- thanks for a great trip!
 Still trying to work out what this was?

We took a boat out today for a Corvo pelagic. We had a pod of 5-6 False Killer Whales, Cory's, Manx and Great Shearwater. A great little trip.
When we got back a grey shrike sp had been found in Tennessee Valley so we headed straight there but no luck.
A few other bits and pieces on the island including the Veery. More here:


6 comments:

Unknown said...

I'm genuinely happy you boys experienced this. The smiles on your faces were priceless. Welcome to the Atlantic!!!

Peter Alfrey said...

Great day!

Chris Townend (Jaffa) said...

Great stuff Pete- Gripped!

Benoit said...


The fish looks like a dolphin fish (Coryphaena).

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Peter Alfrey said...

Looks a lot like a dolphin fish. We've got other pics that show a smaller dorsal fin than should be shown by Dolphin fish. We got some advice from a fish expert and he reckons it could be of the genus trachynotus?