For the past few years, I’ve been making regular trips to Land’s End between October and late December to witness the extraordinary Bluefin Tuna feeding frenzies that take place just offshore. It’s a seasonal spectacle that never loses its magic, watching these huge, powerful fish gather in numbers along the Cornish coast to hunt sardines, […]
Marazion is famous for its sweeping views across to St Michael’s Mount, but if you wander along the beach at low tide, you’ll find another side to its charm, a stretch of beautiful, crystal-clear rockpools waiting to be explored. As the sea draws back, it leaves behind calm, glassy pools full of life. Tiny fish […]
Lately, I’ve been spending several hours tracking the Humpback Whales and dolphins that have been visiting West Cornwall, drawn by the plentiful fish in the area. St Ives Bay has been a hotspot for activity, but I decided to head to Lands End for a change of scenery. After a couple of hours of patient […]
My sister had come down to St Ives and was staying in a beautiful house overlooking Bamaluz Beach. I was sitting in the living room looking out of the window when I spotting several unusual fins breaking the water. I grabbed my camera and ran outside to capture the video below.
Ten years ago, spotting an Atlantic Bluefin Tuna off the Cornish coast was a rare rumour. Today, it is one of the world’s great wildlife spectacles. Every autumn, these “super-predators”—some growing to the size of a small car—return to the waters around Land’s End to hunt. Seeing the ocean boil as hundreds of giant tuna smash into bait balls is an adrenaline rush usually reserved for nature documentaries.
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