Looking across the expanse of water, I detect a subtle movement in the distance. The unmistakable rolling back of a porpoise, like a dark wheel gently turning in the water. This is just one of many animals that can be seen around the coast here. We also spot seals peering curiously at us from the water, puffins landing with a graceless plop on the coastline, and storm petrels soaring overhead.
We cast our eyes eagerly across the water, hoping to see the rounded tip of a basking shark fin cutting through the surface, or a minke whale with its distinctive white pectoral fin bands. This might sound ...
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