Our flight was in the afternoon, so we had rescheduled our whale watching trip from the previous morning to this morning before our flight. Instead of departing from the more popular port of Los Cristianos, from where we had departed the previous afternoon, we instead headed out from the port of Las Galletas on the southwest corner of the island, with the company Biosean. I had hoped that going from a different area might produce some different species, but sadly it did not.
It actually took quite a while before we managed to find any cetaceans at all, but in the end we did manage to encounter a group of Short-finned Pilot Whales. They once again came close to our small vessel, and we even got to see them spy-hopping at one point. An excellent way to finish off our trip. It was also nice to see a couple of wader species, with a Turnstone and two Whimbrel in the harbour as we departed.
And after that we headed to airport, handed back the car and prepared to return to Paris. An enjoyable short trip, with some pleasant birding and nice marine mammal action.
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