The first of a few posts from our recent Yorkshire Coast Nature trip to Tarifa and its environs, where Spain reaches out towards Africa and divides the North Atlantic from the Mediterranean. We (Amity and I) were there for a week's recon before my YCN group came out, during which time we took two boat trips out into the Straits - one of which was blessed with these magnificent beasts coming to investigate, at heart-stoppingly close quarters....
Orcas are migratory in the Straits, and are usually encountered only in July and August, so our timing was perfect; in fact, this was the last that was seen of them for the season. Lucky, lucky us.....
