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       Sei-whale September 2011.
       By: George Date: February 18, 2012, 3:28 am
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       I've been asked to write a blog about the Sei-whale
       seen in September 2011..
       In the morning of the sighting I got a phone call from
       one of my sons, he said there was a Basking Shark in
       Firth Voe..
       I made my way to Firth Voe, and I seen it right away, at
       first I thought it was a Minke Whale, I took a few pictures of
       it,
       then went back to my house to report it on twitter and on
       Hugh Harrops facebook page..
       Unfortunatly Hugh Harrop was over in Canada on holiday..
       I then made my way back to Firth Voe and seen it close in to the
       shore..
       [IMG]
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       So I attached my camera to my tripod and made my way down to the
       shore,
       taking pictures of it on the way down..
       The Sei-Whale was feeding in a clockward direction, often
       lunging on its side.
       [IMG]
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       Then it was feeding upright.
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       It was very fast in the water but it never breached or showed
       its tail fluke.
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       I was joined by Austin Taylor another photographer. He got lots
       of pictures also..
       Later on I edited my pictures and copied them onto a
       memory-stick, I took them
       to Neil Anderson and gave him the memory-stick, later on I got a
       phone call from
       Neil he was certain the whale was not a Minke but a Sei-Whale he
       also told me that the Whale
       had a harpoon stuck in its head [which I missed]
       Harpoon..
       [IMG]
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       The last reported sighting in Shetland waters was I believe
       1993, and as far as I know its
       only the third sighting seen..
       To go back to the start of this blog. There was a Basking Shark
       in the Voe at the same time
       as the Sei-Whale..
       Other pictures of the Whale..
       [IMG]
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       [IMG]
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       [IMG]
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       [IMG]
  HTML http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/Minke-whale-7.jpg[/img]
       [IMG]
  HTML http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/Minke-Whale-15.jpg[/img]
       The person who asked me to write this blog was Mark Chapman the
       recorder for the RSPB..
       george..
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