Watch: Drone footage of 70ft fin whale captured in West Cork

"No many how many times I see a whale, they never stop amazing me," said local wildlife photographer Dan Lettice
Watch: Drone footage of 70ft fin whale captured in West Cork

A fin whale lunge feeding on sprat with common dolphins and Manx Shearwaters in attendance. Fin wahle feeding off Union Hall, Co Cork Pic; Tom Ormond

A West Cork based wildlife photographer has shared some stunning drone footage of a fin whale surfacing in waters off Toe Head this weekend, in a clip that has been viewed by over 50,000 people already. 

Dan Lettice was venturing out to sea with local skipper Rory Jackson, the man behind West Cork Ocean Tours, when they spotted the whale. 

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