Dolphin follows local fishing boat into port

Monday 10th January 2011, 2:29PM GMT.

The 10ft dolphin surfaces ahead of a marina dory with Jonny Wilcox at the helm. (Picture by Tony Rive)

A DOLPHIN made a guest appearance in St Peter Port Harbour on Saturday.

Photographer Tony Rive was shopping at St Martin’s when he got a call from his manager at Boatworks+ to tell him of the picture opportunity.

‘When I got there it was swimming around a motor cruiser and the people on board were taking photographs over the side,’ he said.

‘When the Commodore Clipper came in, it swam straight towards it as I’m told they follow vibration. Somebody told me later that it had followed a local fishing boat in.

‘At about 4.30pm it followed another boat out of the harbour but it must have been there for a good hour-and-a-half.’

Additional pictures by Rod Ferbrache…

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samantha

January 10, 2011 at 4:09 pm

ahhhh i love reading sweet things like this, brightens my day x

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Minkey

January 11, 2011 at 1:15 pm

Agreed Samantha, this will probably be the best story of the week!

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rachael

January 11, 2011 at 3:19 pm

We were watching the dolphin until after 5pm so he must have turned around and swam back in. Lovely to see him and first time my daughter can remember seeing a real live dolphin!

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josh

January 12, 2011 at 10:49 pm

Breaking News!: Fish in sea, fish in sea is reported to
have swam into the harbor and back out again.

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