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WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 28 November - 2 December 2009 - Clive Martin, Senior Wildlife Officer, Director BDRP
Weather: Southbound Storm 10+ NW, Northbound Storm 10>9 NW
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 1, Rorqual Sp. 1, Sperm
Whale Physeter macrocephalus 1, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius
cavirostris 2, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 459
BDRP Survey Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 25 - 28 November 2009 - Russell Neave, John Down
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 1 (probable), Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 1 (probable), Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 7, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 52, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 6, Dolphin Sp. 4
Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 5, Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 1 (+1 probable), European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 3, Leach's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa 38, Petrel sp. 6, Red (Grey) Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 5, Great Skua Stercorarius skua 65, Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 15, Little Gull Larus minutus 6, Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 114, Guillemot Uria aalge 9, Razorbill Alca torda 1, Auk Sp. 29, Small Gull Sp. 8
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 18 - 20 November 2009 - Jackie Smith, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound SSW 7/8-6, Northbound S 4-2
Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 1, Common Dolphin
Delphinus delphis 150, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
8, Dolphin Sp. 4
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 12 - 17 November 2009 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
13-15 no sailing due to heavy weather in Northern Biscay.
Weather: Southbound S-SSW 6-8, Northbound S-W 1-7
Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 2, Long-finned
Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 4, Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 192, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 7,
Dolphin Sp. 8
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Common Dolphin |
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 8 - 10 November 2009 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound NNW 4-7, Northbound WNW-NNW 3-6
Rorqual Sp. 2, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 4,
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 41
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 5 - 7 November 2009 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound NW 8-6, Northbound S-WNW 4-5
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 120, Striped Dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba 5, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops
truncatus 11
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 1 - 3 November 2009 - Jackie Smith, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound WBW-W 7-5, Northbound WNW 7
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 442, Dolphin Sp. 19
October
BDRP Survey Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 25 - 27 October 2009 - Darren Fanner, Steve Hughes
Large Rorqual Sp. 3, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 336+, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 25, Small Cetacean Sp. 3
Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis 5, Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 2, Shearwater Sp. 9, Gannet Morus bassanus 676, Great Skua Stercorarius skua 11, Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 1, Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 1, Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 26, Guillemot Uria aalge 1, Auk Sp. 10, Gull Sp. 12, Skua Sp. 4
Migrant passage including warblers, Alba Wagtail and waders
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Great Skua |
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 25 - 27 October 2009 - Jackie Smith, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound WSW 3-1, Northbound SE 4-3
Large Rorqual Sp. 1, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 341+,
Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 25, Small Cetacean
Sp. 3, Dolphin Sp. 2
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 22 - 24 October 2009 - Jackie Smith, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound WNW to W 4-3, Northbound SW to W 4-5
Large Whale Sp. 1, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 554
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 18 - 21 October 2009 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound NE to SE 0-4, Northbound SE to SSE 4-5
Large Rorqual Sp. 2, Long-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas
3, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 62, Harbour Porpoise
Phocoena phocoena 11
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 15 - 17 October 2009 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound SE to E 2-6, Northbound E to ENE 4-5
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 3, Large Rorqual Sp. 2,
Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 1, Bottlenose
Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 16, Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 8, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 48,
Dolphin Sp. 8
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 8 - 10 October 2009 - Emma Webb, BDRP Wildlife Officer, Marinelife Community and Operations Officer
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 3, Beaked Whale Sp. 2, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 1,006+, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 15, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 30, Dolphin Sp. 4
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 1
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Harbour Porpoise |
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 3 - 7 October 2009 - Clive Martin, Senior Wildlife Officer, Director BDRP
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 1, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 1, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 218, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 20, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 19, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 35
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 1 - 3 October 2009 - Clive Martin, Senior Wildlife Officer, Director BDRP
Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 2, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 2, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 489, Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus 3, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 40, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 1, Dolphin Sp. 10
September
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 27 - 29 September 2009 - Emma Webb, BDRP Wildlife Officer; Cetacean & Seabird ID Workshop led by John Arnott & Andrew Boulden
Weather: Southbound NNE 3-4, Northbound 0 to NNE 5
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 2, Large Rorqual Sp. 4,
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 1, Cuvier's Beaked
Whale Ziphius cavirostris 12, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops
truncatus 5, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 40, Striped
Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 25, Dolphin sp. 2, Harbour
Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 32
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 3
Cory's Shearwater Puffinus gravis 3, Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 167, Gannet Morus bassanus 195, Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 54, Great Skua Stercorarius skua 53, Herring Gull Larus argentatus 12, Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 25, Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 3, Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 2, Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 1, Sabine's Gull Larus sabini 15, Common Tern Sterna hirundo 2, Large Gull Sp. 2
Shoveler 1, Dunlin 1, Snipe 1, Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 1, Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 54, Pied Wagtail 3, Grey Wagtail 1, Robin 1, Blackcap 1, Willow Warbler 1, Small passerine sp. 79
Red Admiral 1, Painted Lady 1, Clouded Yellow 4, Dark Sword-grass Moth 1, Hoverfly sp. 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 24 - 26 September 2009 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer; Cetacean & Seabird ID Workshop led by Emma Webb & Russell Neave
Weather: Southbound NNE 3-4, Northbound NNW to NE 2-5
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 5, Large Rorqual Sp. 4,
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 1, Sperm Whale
Physeter macrocephalus 2, Northern Bottlenose Whale
Hyperoodon ampullatus 2 (probable), Cuvier's Beaked Whale
Ziphius cavirostris 4, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala
melas 30, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 54,
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 42, Striped Dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba 61, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena
phocoena 22, Small cetacean sp. 3
Basking Shark Cetorhinus maximus 1, Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 2
Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis 82, Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 28, Balaeric Shearwater Puffinus maurentanicus 1 (probable), European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 16, Gannet Morus bassanus 274, Great Skua Stercorarius skua 62, Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 2, Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 12, Sabine's Gull Larus sabini 4, Razorbill Alca torda 1
Turnstone Arenaria interpres 3, Bar-Tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 2, Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 1, Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 5, Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 290, Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 5, Starling Sturnus vulgaris 3
Stranding: Humpback Whale - 22 September
A 12m Humpback Whale stranded near Antwerp
BDRP Whale & Dolphin Themed Cruise: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 21 - 23 September 2009 - Emma Webb, James Phillips, Adrian Shephard, Andrew Boulden, Russell Neave, Jo Wharam, Hugh Venables
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Sowerby's Beaked Whale |
Weather: Southbound 0 to NNE 1/2, Northbound NE 1 to NNE 3-2
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 9, Large Rorqual Sp. 1,
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 6, Sperm Whale
Physeter macrocephalus 2 (probable), Cuvier's Beaked Whale
Ziphius cavirostris 12, Sowerby's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon
bidens 6, Beaked Whale sp. 2, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala
melas 112, Blackfish sp. 2, Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus
19, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 260, Common
Dolphin Delphinus delphis 548, Striped Dolphin Stenella
coeruleoalba 113, Dolphin Sp. 173, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena
phocoena 116
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 16, Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis 15, Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 3, Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 39, European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 48, Gannet Morus bassanus 822, Great Skua Stercorarius skua 75, Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 1, Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans 364, Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 160, Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 7, Sabine's Gull Larus sabini 136, Guillemot Uria aalge 1, Razorbill Alca torda 1, Large Gull Sp. 250
Turnstone Arenaria interpres 1, Quail Coturnix coturnix 1, Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 1, Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 54, Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 1, Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 1, Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 1, Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 1, House Sparrow Passer domesticus 1
Red Admiral 10, Hummingbird Hawkmoth 1
BDRP Whale & Dolphin Themed Cruise: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 17-20 September 2009 - Clive Martin, Tom Brereton, Emma Webb, James Philips, Adrian Shephard, Andrew Boulden, Darren Fanner
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Sperm Whale |
Weather: Southbound N1-NE2-NNW2, Northbound NW7-5 and NE1-2
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 4, Sperm Whale
Physeter macrocephalus 6, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala
melas 29, Small Whale Sp. 1, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis
490+, Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus 3, Striped
Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 8, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops
truncatus 53, Dolphin Sp. 8, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena
110
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 7, flying fish
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 33, Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 4, Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis 24, Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 1, Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 5, Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 1, European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 21, Leach's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa 1, Gannet Morus bassanus 570, Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 1, European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis 1, Great Skua Stercorarius skua 153, Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 1, Parasitic (Arctic) Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 2, Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus 130, Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus 10, Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans 420, Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 12, Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 7, Little Gull Larus minutus 1, Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 2, Sabine's Gull Larus sabini 16, Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis 1, Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 9, Guillemot Uria aalge 1, large Gull Sp. 137
Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 1, Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 1, Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 3, Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 3, Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 10, Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 1, White / Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 1, Robin Erithacus rubecula 10, Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 2, Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 1, Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 1, Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 1, Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 1, passerine Sp. 11, Snipe Sp. 1
Red Admiral 4, Hummingbird Hawkmoth 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 15 - 17 September 2009 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer; Cetacean & Seabird ID Workshop led by Emma Webb & Rebecca Scott
Weather: Southbound NE 4 to N 8, Northbound NE 4
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 1, Cuvier's Beaked
Whale Ziphius cavirostris 4, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops
truncatus 10, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 138,
Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 2, Harbour Porpoise
Phocoena phocoena 2
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 12 - 14 September 2009 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound NE-NNE 2-6, Northbound NNE 4-6
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 2, Minke Whale Balaenoptera
acutorostrata 1, Rorqual Sp. 5, Northern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon
ampullatus 1, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris
4, Killer Whale Orcinus orca 2 (some breaching), Common
Dolphin Delphinus delphis 530, Striped Dolphin Stenella
coeruleoalba 14, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 3,
Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 7
Bird Report courtesy of Nick and Jackie Hull of TwOOwls
Birding
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 8, Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
100+, Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis 150+, Macaronesian (Little)
Shearwater Puffinus baroli 1, Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
4+, Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 30, Balearic Shearwater
Puffinus mauretanicus 5+, European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
12, Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus 1, Dark-rumped
Petrel 1, Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 10, European Shag Phalacrocorax
aristotelis 4, Great Skua Stercorarius skua 50, Parasitic (Arctic)
Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 5, Common Gull Larus canus 1,
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus 2, Lesser Black-backed
Gull Larus fuscus 15, Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
6, Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 20, Sabine's Gull Larus sabini
82, Common Tern Sterna hirundo 19, Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
4
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 1, Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 1, Sand Martin Riparia riparia 6, Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 30, Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 2, Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 1, Robin Erithacus rubecula 1, Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 1, Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 1, Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 1, Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 9 - 11 September 2009 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound NE-NNE 5-7, Northbound NNE-NE 1-5
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 2, Rorqual Sp. 6, Cuvier's
Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 3, Beaked Whale Sp. 2, Long-finned
Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 9, Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 162, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 120,
Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 3, Dolphin Sp. 54,
Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 7
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Sabine's Gull |
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 1
Bird Report courtesy of Andrew Palmer, Brian Tollitt, Mike Roberts,
Geoff Clarke, Ian Appleton
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 68, Great Shearwater Puffinus
gravis 3, Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 5, Sooty Shearwater
Puffinus griseus 2, Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
2, European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 10, Dark Petrel
sp. 1, Gannet Morus bassanus 550, Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
46, Great Skua Stercorarius skua 33, Parasitic (Arctic) Skua
Stercorarius parasiticus 5, Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
1, Herring Gull Larus argentatus 1, Yellow-legged Gull Larus
cachinnans 15, Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 42, Great
Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 6, Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
3, Sabine's Gull Larus sabini 78, Common Tern Sterna hirundo
8
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 1, Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 1, Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 4, Dunlin Calidris alpina 7, Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 4, Feral Pigeon Columba livia 2, Sand Martin Riparia riparia 19, Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 11, House Martin Delichon urbicum 2, Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 1, White Wagtail Motacilla alba 6, Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii 1, Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 2, Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 1, Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita/Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 6 - 8 September 2009 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound WSW ro SE 4-3; Northbound NNW to NNE 1-3
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 1, Large Rorqual sp. 6,
Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 2, Minke Whale
Balaenoptera acutorostrata 1, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius
cavirostris 6, Beaked Whale sp. 5, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala
melas 12, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 87,
Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus 14, Striped Dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba 3, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis
142, Dolphin Sp. 57, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena
14
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 1
Bird Report courtesy of Wouter Courtens and the Belgian Courtens Crew
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 48, Cory's Shearwater Puffinus
gravis 4, Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis 2, Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinus 7, Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
1, Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 7, Macaronesion Shearwater
Puffinus baroli 1, European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
21, Gannet Morus bassanus 1433, Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis
5, Quail Coturnix coturnix 1, Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
2, Turnstone Arenaria interpres 1, Grey Phalarope Phalaropus
fulicarius 12, Great Skua Stercorarius skua 79, Parasitic
(Arctic) Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 2, Pomarine Skua Stercorarius
pomarinus 1, Skua sp. 4, Sabine's Gull Larus sabini 16, Sandwich
Tern Sterna sandvicensis 2, Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
80, Tern Sp. 186, Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 1, Sand Martin
Riparia riparia 24, Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 241, Swallow
sp. 2
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 3 - 5 September 2009 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer, Director Marinelife
Weather: Southbound W to NW 9 -4 -8; Northbound NW 4-5
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 1, Bottlenose
Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 65, Risso's Dolphin Grampus
griseus 5, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 6,
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 10
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 31 August - 2 September 2009 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer, Director Marinelife
Weather: Southbound SW 4-2; Northbound W 4-5, Force 8 in Channel
Large Rorqual sp. 1, Large Whale blow 1, Killer Whale Orcinus
orca 21, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 3,
Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 21, Bottlenose
Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 40, Risso's Dolphin Grampus
griseus 5, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 95,
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 204, Dolphin sp. 30, Harbour
Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 6
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 4
NB. This is the first time since we began surveying the Bay of Biscay that we have recorded such a congregation of Orca. The group was observed in the shallower shelf waters of Northern Biscay and appeared to consist of predominantly females and 5 juveniles.
August
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 28 - 30 August 2009 - Emma Webb, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound WNW 8 to NNW 5; Northbound NE2 to E3, heavy swell
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 2, Large Rorqual sp. 16,
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 3 (1 breaching),
Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 3 (1 breaching),
Beaked Whale Sp. 2, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas
2, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 7, Striped
Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 15, Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 150, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 1
Shark sp. 1, Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 7
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 25 - 27 August 2009 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer and Emma Webb, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound W to SW 4, moderate swell, Northbound NE 3
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 6, Large Rorqual sp. 8,
Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 1 (possible), Cuvier's
Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 6, Sowerby's Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon bidens 2 (probable), Beaked Whale Sp. 5, Long-finned
Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 24, Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops truncatus 8, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
124, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 152, Dolphin Sp. 5,
Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 9
Bird Report courtesy of Andrew Clarke, Sion Owain Jones, Rhys Jones,
Jason McManus, Neil O'Donnell
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 7, Large Shearwater sp. 41, Cory's
Shearwater Puffinus gravis 63, Great Shearwater Puffinus
gravis 14, Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 7, Balearic
Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 2, Sooty Shearwater Puffinus
griseus 3, European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 48,
Gannet Morus bassanus 257, Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
1, Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 1, Dunlin Calidris alpina
22, Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 9, Grey Phalarope Phalaropus
fulicarius 4, Great Skua Stercorarius skua 22, Parasitic
(Arctic) Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 1, Long-Tailed Skua Stercorarius
longicaudus 1, Skua sp. 8, Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans
4, Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 3, Sabine's Gull Larus
sabini 10, Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis 1, Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea 3, 'Commic' Tern Sterna hirundo/paradisaea
7, Black Tern Chlidonias niger 1, Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
1, White Wagtail Motacilla alba 1, Northern Wheatear Oenanthe
oenanthe 1, Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 2
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 22 - 24 August 2009 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
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Minke Whale |
Weather: Southbound ESE-SSW 4-1, Northbound ENE-NNW 6-3
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 7, Minke Whale Balaenoptera
acutorostrata 3, Rorqual Sp. 2, Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus
1, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 4, Beaked
Whale Sp. 1, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 6,
medium, Whale Sp. 1, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 398,
Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 24, Dolphin Sp. 33,
Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 9
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 1
Bird Report from the Belgian team with thanks.
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 14, Shearwater sp. 2, Cory's Shearwater
Puffinus gravis 70, Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis
2, Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 5, Balearic Shearwater Puffinus
mauretanicus 2, Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 3, European
Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 117, Gannet Morus bassanus
673, Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 1, Common Teal Anas crecca
1, Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 1, Grey Plover Pluvialis
squatarola 1, Knot Calidris canutus 8, Turnstone Arenaria
interpres 1, Dunlin Calidris alpina 10, Whimbrel Numenius
phaeopus 59, Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 8, Great
Skua Stercorarius skua 23, Parasitic (Arctic) Skua Stercorarius
parasiticus 5, Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans 400,
Sabine's Gull Larus sabini 24, Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
2, Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis 1, Common Tern Sterna
hirundo 3, Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 2, 'Commic' Tern
Sterna hirundo/paradisaea 15, Black Tern Chlidonias niger
4, Puffin Fraticula arctica 1, Willow Warbler Phylloscopus
trochilus 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 19-21 August 2009 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound SSW to SSE 4-2; Northbound NNW to NW 2-5
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 2, Sperm Whale
Physeter macrocephalus 1, Minke Whale Balaenoptera
acutorostrata 1, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris
3, Long-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 10, Bottlenose
Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 45, Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 255, Dolphin sp. 80, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena
phocoena 8
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 11
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 17-19 August 2009 - Clive Martin, Senior Wildlife Officer, Director Marinelife
NB: Many thanks to Diederik D'hert, Hilbran Verstreate, Mark Coller and
other passengers for their observations.
Weather: Southbound W to NE 2; Northbound N to NE 2
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 4, Large Rorqual sp. 3,
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 9, Cuvier's
Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 14, Sowerby's Beaked
Whale Mesoplodon bidens 2, Beaked Whale sp. 3, Long-Finned
Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 41, Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops truncatus 52, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis
1632, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 250+
Basking Shark Cetorhinus maximus 4, Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 18
Bird Report (Southbound only) from Diederik D'hart and Hilbran Verstreate
with thanks.
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 3, Cory's Shearwater Puffinus gravis
31, Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 2, Balearic Shearwater
Puffinus mauretanicus 3, European Storm Petrel Hydrobates
pelagicus 258, Gannet Morus bassanus 183, Great Skua Stercorarius
skua 38, Parasitic (Arctic) Skua Stercorarius parasiticus
1, Sabine's Gull Larus sabini 3, Common Tern Sterna hirundo
1, Tern sp. 9, Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 1, Northern
Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 1, Willow Warbler Phylloscopus
trochilus 2, Chiff Chaff Phylloscopus collybita 4
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 13-16 August 2009 - Clive Martin, Senior Wildlife Officer, Director Marinelife
Weather: Southbound W 2 to NE 3; Northbound E 1 to NE 4
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 4, Large Rorqual sp. 3,
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 1, Cuvier's
Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 4, Mesoplodon sp.
2, Beaked Whale sp. 2, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus
56, Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus 2, Striped Dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba 45, Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 477, Dolphin sp. 30, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena
phocoena 32
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Killer Whale |
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 10 - 12 August 2009 - Clive Martin, Senior Wildlife Officer, Director Marinelife
Weather: Southbound W5-1, Northbound NE2 poor visibility in the Channel
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 2, Large Rorqual Sp. 2,
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 1, Killer Whale
Orcinus orca 1 (female), Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius
cavirostris 7, Beaked Whale Sp. 2, Long-finned Pilot Whale
Globicephala melas 79, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus
146, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 416, Harbour
Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 12, Dolphin sp. 406
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 4, Shark sp. 2
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Risso's Dolphin |
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 7 - 9 August 2009 - Emma Webb, Wildlife Officer, Marinelife Community & Operations Officer
Weather: Southbound NW to N2 to NNE3, Northbound NW2 to NNE5
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 4, Large Rorqual Sp. 4,
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 5, Cuvier's Beaked
Whale Ziphius cavirostris 5, Beaked Whale Sp. 8 (7 of these
breaching), Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 32,
Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus 9, Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops truncatus 53, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis
551, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 85, Harbour
Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 25, Dolphin sp. 301
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 4
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Bottlenose Dolphin |
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 4 - 6 August 2009 - Emma Webb, Wildlife Officer, Marinelife Community & Operations Officer
Weather: Southbound S5-1 early fog, Northbound NW1 to NNE2-5
Large Rorqual Sp. 5, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris
7, Beaked Whale Sp. 2, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala
melas 15, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 34,
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 42, Striped Dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba 72, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena
phocoena 8
Stranding: 2 August - Northern Bottlenose Whale between Cabourg and Ouistreham, Northern France.
A 3.5 ton Northern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon ampullatus stranded and died between Cabourf and Ouistreham on Sunday 2nd August.
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 1 - 3 August 2009 - Clive Martin, Senior Wildlife Officer, Director BDRP
Weather: Southbound NW 3-6 moderate swell, Northbound NW 1
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 1, Rorqual Sp. 1,
Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 10, Beaked Whale
Sp. 2, Mesoplodont Sp. 2, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala
melas 11, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 766, Risso's
Dolphin Grampus griseus 10, Striped Dolphin Stenella
coeruleoalba 28, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 15,
Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 2
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 1
Bird Report courtesy of Martin Gillingham. Rachael Stilgoe, Kirsten
Woodsford, Ian Munday
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 2, Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
18, Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 2, Sooty Shearwater Puffinus
griseus 2, European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 7, Great
Skua Stercorarius skua 8, Common Tern Sterna hirundo 1,
'Commic' Tern Sterna hirundo/paradisaea 5, Black Tern Chlidonias
niger 4 (probable)
Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 1
July
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 29 - 31 July 2009 - Clive Martin, Senior Wildlife Officer, Director BDRP
Weather: Southbound S-SW 4-8 heavy swell and heavy rain, Northbound NW
1
Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 7, Beaked Whale
Sp. 2, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 10, Common
Dolphin Delphinus delphis 145, Striped Dolphin Stenella
coeruleoalba 45, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 2,
Dolphin Sp. 10, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 2, Mesoplodont
Sp. 2 (either True's or Gervais' with a 90% probability of Gervais'
Beaked Whale Mesoplodon europaeus)
Note: Fin Whale are particularly scarce in the bay compared to around 50 seen at the end of July last year.
BDRP Survey Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 26 - 28 July 2009 - Nigel Symes, Simon Hartill
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 1, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 4 (in one group), Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 2, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 153, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 13, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 35
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 13, Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 66, Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 6, Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 2, European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 5, Gannet Morus bassanus 511, Great Skua Stercorarius skua 1, Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 26 - 28 July 2009 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound S-W 5-1, Northbound NNW-W 7-1
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 1, Sperm Whale
Physeter macrocephalus 1, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius
cavirostris 7, Beaked Whale Sp. 2, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala
melas 2, Killer Whale Orcinus orca 3, Common Dolphin
Delphinus delphis 175, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
30, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 35, Dolphin
Sp. 31, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 2
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 23 - 25 July 2009 - Clive Martin, Senior Wildlife Officer, Director BDRP
Weather: Southbound SW 4-6, Northbound WNW 2-8
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 4, Cuvier's Beaked
Whale Ziphius cavirostris 4, Killer Whale Orcinus
orca 1, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 631, Harbour
Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 9
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Striped Dolphin |
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 17 - 19 July 2009 - Emma Webb, BDRP Wildlife Officer, Marinelife Community and Operations Officer
Weather: Southbound NW 8-6, Northbound NW 5-7
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 27, Striped Dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba 6
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 2, Basking Shark Cetorhinus maximus 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 14 - 16 July 2009 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound SSW-SW 5-8, Northbound NE-W 5-1
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 15, Striped Dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba 17, Dolphin Sp. 34
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 1
BDRP Whale & Dolphin Themed Cruise: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 11 - 13 July 2009 - John Arnott, Emma Webb, Laura Fletcher, Pete Hutchinson, Jackie Smith, Andrew Boulden, Fiona McNie, Adrian Shephard
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 2, Large Rorqual sp. 3, Killer Whale Orcinus orca 7, Northern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon ampullatus 2, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 11, Beaked Whale Sp. 3, Mesoplodon Sp. 5 (probable), Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 13, Whale Sp. 2, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 35, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 1204, Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus 2, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 101, Dolphin Sp. 178+, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 3 (plus 1 dead Harbour Porpoise entangled in fishing net), Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 9, Shark Sp. 2, Billfish sp. 1
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 6, Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 38, Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 1, European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 1, Gannet Morus bassanus 35, Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 1, Great Skua Stercorarius skua 1, Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 5, Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 2, 'Commic' Tern Sterna hirundo/paradisaea 2, Gull Sp. 1, Racing Pigeon 1
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Sperm Whale |
BDRP Whale & Dolphin Themed Cruise: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 8 - 10 July 2009 - John Arnott, Emma Webb, Laura Fletcher, Pete Hutchinson, Darren Fanner, Jo Wharam, Amy Tinson
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 3, Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 2, Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 10, Killer Whale Orcinus orca 2 (probable), Northern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon ampullatus 1, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 10, Beaked Whale Sp. 2, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 29, Whale Sp. 4, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 417, Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus 1, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 209, Dolphin Sp. 78, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 4, Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 14+, Shark Sp. 1
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 49, Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 6, Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 7, Gannet Morus bassanus 123, Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 3, Great Skua Stercorarius skua 1, Herring Gull Larus argentatus 1, Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans 18, Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 4, Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 3, Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 5 - 7 July 2009 - Clive Martin, Senior Wildlife Officer, Director BDRP
Weather: Southbound SW 6-4, Northbound W-NW 4-5, 7 in the Channel
Beaked Whale Sp. 1, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 551,
Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 10, Harbour Porpoise
Phocoena phocoena 2
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 2
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 2 - 4 July 2009 - Clive Martin, Senior Wildlife Officer, Director BDRP
Weather: Southbound SW 3, Northbound NE 1-0 - SSW 1
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 3, Rorqual Sp. 2,
Beaked Whale Sp. 4, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas
6, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 1240, Striped
Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 37, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops
truncatus 6, Dolphin Sp. 142, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena
phocoena 6
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Killer Whale |
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 29 June - 1 July 2009 - Clive Martin, BDRP Wildlife Senior Officer, Marinelife Director
Weather: Southbound SE 2, Northbound NE 2
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 2, Killer Whale
Orcinus orca 1, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris
2, Beaked Whale sp. (Mesoplodon sp. 2, Long-Finned Pilot Whale
Globicephala melas 8, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus
14, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 523, Striped Dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba 114, Dolphin sp. 820, Harbour Porpoise
Phocoena phocoena 22, Sharp sp. 2
NB. The high number of Dolphin sp. sighted was due to excellent monitoring conditions and many animals being sighted at distance.
Many thanks to Dylan Walker and others for their sightings reports
June
BDRP Survey Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 25 - 28 June 2009 - Martin Gillingham, Heather Fowle
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Sperm Whale |
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 1, Large Rorqual sp. blow 3, Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 2, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 5, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 4, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 502, Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus 7, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 181, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 49, Dolphin Sp. 11, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 1
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 3, Tuna Thunnus sp. 1
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 7, Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 5, Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 7, Shearwater Sp. 1, European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 2, Gannet Morus bassanus 313, Great Skua Stercorarius skua 2, Common Gull Larus canus 1, Herring Gull Larus argentatus 41, Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans 2, Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 46, Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 8, Gull Sp. 40
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 1, Racing Pigeon Columba livia 1, Common Swift Apus apus 3
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 26-28 June 2009 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer, Marinelife Director
Weather: Southbound S to SW 2-3, Northbound E 6 to SE 2
Large Rorqual sp. 3, Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 2,
Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 9, Sowerby's
Beaked Whale Mesoplodon bidens 4 (probable), Long-Finned
Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 5, Risso's Dolphin Grampus
griseus 7, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 54,
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 579, Striped Dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba 181, Dolphin sp. 11, Harbour Porpoise
Phocoena phocoena 1
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 2
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 23-25 June 2009 - Emma Webb, BDRP Wildlife Officer, Marinelife Community & Operations Officer
Weather: Southbound E 5-4, Northbound NW 4-3 to N 2-0
Large Rorqual sp. 1, Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 3,
Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 4, Long-Finned
Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 5 (report from passenger) ,
Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 76, Common Dolphin
Delphinus delphis 349, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
1271+, Dolphin sp. 225+
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 20-22 June 2009 - BDRP Cetacean & Seabird Identification Workshop & Emma Webb, BDRP Wildlife Officer, Marinelife Community & Operations Officer
Weather: Southbound NNW 5 to N 4-5, Northbound N 2-4 (Day 1), N 1 (Day
2
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 3 (reported by passenger),
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 1, Sperm Whale
Physeter macrocephalus 3, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius
cavirostris 6, Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus 2, Bottlenose
Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 16, Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis c.2000, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 114,
Dolphin Sp. 41
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 8, Blue Shark Prionace glauca 1 (probable), Billfish sp. (probale Swordfish Xiphias gladius) 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 17-19 June 2009 - Emma Webb, BDRP Wildlife Officer, Marinelife Community & Operations Officer
Weather: Southbound NNW 3-2, Northbound NE 1 to NNW 2-3
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 2, Large Rorqual sp. 2,
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 1, Cuvier's Beaked
Whale Ziphius cavirostris 2, Sowerby's Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon bidens 4 (probable), Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala
melas 41, Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus 1, Bottlenose
Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 20, Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 405, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 209,
Dolphin Sp. 200
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 14 - 16 June 2009 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound NW - N 0-3, Northbound NNW 3
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 1, Sperm Whale
Physeter macrocephalus 11, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala
melas 11, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 341, Risso's
Dolphin Grampus griseus 6, Striped Dolphin Stenella
coeruleoalba 117, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus
35, Dolphin Sp. 220, Dead whale sp. 1, Thresher Shark Sp. 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 11 - 13 June 2009 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound W-S 5-6, Northbound NE-ENE 4-1
Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 4, Cuvier's Beaked
Whale Ziphius cavirostris 1, Mesoplodon Sp. 1, Long-finned
Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 10, Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 481, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 355,
Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 73, Dolphin Sp. 322,
Whale Sp. breach 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 8 - 10 June 2009 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound ESE - SW 3-9, Northbound NNW - WSW 2-3
Large Rorqual sp. 1, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 273,
Dolphin Sp. 32
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Long-finned Pilot Whale |
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 5 - 7 June 2009 - Emma Webb, BDRP Wildlife Officer, Marinelife Community and Operations Officer
Weather: Southbound N to NW 1, Northbound NW 3 to W 8 to NNW 6
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 4, Large Rorqual Whale sp.
1, Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 3, Small Whale
sp. 1, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 5, Bottlenose
Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 38, Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 96, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 105,
Dolphin Sp. 182, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 3
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 3
Many Painted Lady butterflies and Hummingbird Hawkmoths heading north
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 2 - 4 June 2009 - Emma Webb, BDRP Wildlife Officer, Marinelife Community and Operations Officer
Weather: Southbound NE4 to E3-2-4, Northbound NE4-3
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 2, Minke Whale Balaenoptera
acutorostrata 2, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris
5 (4male/1 female in group), Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala
melas 12, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 300+, Striped
Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 348, Dolphin Sp. 71, Small Cetacean
Sp. 1
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 2
May
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Cuvier's Beaked Whale |
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 30 May - 1 June 2009 - Clive Martin, Senior Wildlife Officer, Director BDRP
Weather: Southbound E4-1, Northbound NE2-3
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 15, Rorqual Sp. 14, Cuvier's
Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 1, Long-finned Pilot Whale
Globicephala melas 29+, Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 1750, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 20,
Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 20, Harbour Porpoise
Phocoena phocoena 4
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 26 - 29 May 2009 - Clive Martin, Senior Wildlife Officer, Director BDRP(& Pete Hutchinson)
Weather: Southbound W7 - W1, Northbound NE6-4
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 14, Rorqual Sp. 10, Sperm
Whale Physeter macrocephalus 2, Northern Bottlenose Whale
Hyperoodon ampullatus 1, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius
cavirostris 1 (probable), Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala
melas 38, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 305, Striped
Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 13, Dolphin Sp. 100, Harbour
Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 1 (probable)
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 3
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 24-26 May 2009 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound NNE 4-1; Northbound W to SW 1-3
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 2, Large Rorqual Whale sp
3, Medium Whale sp. 1, Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata
1, Large Beaked Whale sp 1 (possible Northern Bottlenose Whale
Hyperoodon ampullatus) 1, Long-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala
melas 22, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 1 (DEAD),
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 593, Striped Dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba 21 (inc. one DEAD), Dolphin sp. 198
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 20-23 May 2009 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound WNW to N 3-4; Northbound ENE to NNE 2-6-2
Large Rorqual Whale sp 5, Northern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon
ampullatus 4, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris
2, Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus 10, Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops truncatus 2, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis
174, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 74, Dolphin
sp. 69
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 17 - 19 May 2009 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer, Director Marinelife
Weather: Southbound SW 8, heavy swell; Northbound NW 1-2, heavy swell;
SW 6 in Channel
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 4, Large Rorqual Whale
sp 5, Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 3, Sowerby's
Beaked Whale Mesoplodon bidens 1, Risso's Dolphin Grampus
griseus 10, Pygmy Killer Whale Feresa attenuata 5+ (probable
- good view of head profile seen showing profile indicative of this species),
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 411, Striped Dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba 60
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 14 - 16 May 2009 - Emma Webb, BDRP Wildlife Officer, Marinelife Community & Operations Officer
Weather: Southbound SW 2 to WNW 6; Northbound W 7-5, heavy swell
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 2, Large Rorqual Whale
sp 8, Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 2, Common
Dolphin Delphinus delphis 170
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 2
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Fin Whale |
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 9 - 12 May 2009 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer, Director Marinelife
Weather: Southbound E 4-3, hazy; Northbound W 3-1, hazy
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 5, Large Rorqual Whale
sp 2, Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 1, Cuvier's
Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 1, Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 1026, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
348
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 7 - 9 May 2009 - Emma Webb, BDRP Wildlife Officer, Marinelife Community & Operations Officer
Weather: Southbound SW 3 to NW 2; Northbound 0 to WNW 1 to NNE 2-0, heavy
swell
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 10, Sperm Whale
Physeter macrocephalus 1, Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata
2, Beaked Whale sp. 4, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus
22, Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus 2, Common Dolphin
Delphinus delphis 345, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
362, Dolphin sp. 78, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena
1, Dead Cetacean sp. 1
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 3 - 5 May 2009 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound NNW to N 3-7; Northbound NNE 3-5
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 1, Large Rorqual Whale
12, Large Whale sp. 1, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris
3, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 6, Common Dolphin
Delphinus delphis 38, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
4, Dolphin sp. 8
April
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 30 April - 2 May 2009 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer, Director Marinelife
Weather: Southbound SW 4-5; Northbound NW 3-2
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 21, Large Rorqual Whale 7, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 2,
Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 15, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 7, Common Dolphin
Delphinus delphis 383, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 58, Dolphin sp. 2, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena
phocoena 5
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 26 - 28 April 2009 - Emma Webb, BDRP Wildlife Officer, Marinelife Community & Operations Officer
Weather: Southbound NW 5-4; Northbound WNW 4 to W 7-4, heavy rain
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 4, Large Rorqual Whale 12, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 4,
Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 13, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 75, Striped Dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba 25, Dolphin sp. 3
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 23 - 25 April 2009 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer, Director Marinelife
Weather: Southbound S 2, poor visibility, Northbound NW 6-7
Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 11, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 30, Common Dolphin
Delphinus delphis 18, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 2, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 2
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 19 - 21 April 2009 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer, Director Marinelife
Weather: Southbound N 4-2, Northbound NW to NE 4-3
Large Rorqual Whale sp. 3, Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 2, Northern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon
ampullatus 1, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 4, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 14,
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 6
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 16 - 18 April 2009 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound SSW 5-2 , Northbound SW 1-3
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 1, Large Rorqual Whale sp. 11, Large Whale sp. 1 (Dead), Sperm Whale Physeter
macrocephalus 1, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 2, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala
melas 16, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 10, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 483, Striped
Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 210, Dolphin sp. 33
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Risso's Dolphin |
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 12 - 14 April 2009 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound NW 2-1 , Northbound ESE 2 to WSW 5
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 1, Large Rorqual Whale sp. 3, Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 1, Cuvier's
Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 2, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 2, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops
truncatus 22, Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus 15, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 20, Striped Dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba 88, Dolphin sp. 31
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 9 - 11 April 2009 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer, Director Marinelife
Weather: Southbound S 5-4 , Northbound W 5
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 1, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 24, Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops truncatus 8
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 5 - 7 April 2009 - Emma Webb, BDRP Wildlife Officer, Marinelife Community and Operations Officer
Weather: Southbound ESE 1 to SE 2 , Northbound NW 1-5
Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 3, Small Beaked Whale sp. 1, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 355,
Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 30, Dolphin Sp. 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 2 - 4 April 2009 - Emma Webb, BDRP Wildlife Officer, Marinelife Community and Operations Officer
Weather: Southbound ENE 4 to WNW 2 , Northbound NW 2 to W 1 to NW 2, hazy
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 6, Cuvier's Beaked Whale
Ziphius cavirostris 9, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala
melas 12, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 27, Risso's
Dolphin Grampus griseus 2, Striped Dolphin Stenella
coeruleoalba 12, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 15,
Dolphin Sp. 23
March
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 29 - 31 March 2009 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer, Director Marinelife
Weather: Southbound NNW 2-3, moderate swell; Northbound: NW 4-3
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 2, Large Rorqual spp 4,
Long-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 10, Bottlenose
Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 7, Striped Dolphin Stenella
coeruleoalba 10, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 235
BDRP Survey Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 26 - 28 March 2009 - Martin Gillingham, John Mallord
Weather: Southbound W 6-5; Northbound: WSW to WNW 4-5
Large Rorqual spp 1, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris
2 (breaching), Long-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 4,
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 12, Dolphin spp. 6
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 10, Fulmar Fulmaris glacialis 22, Gannet Morus bassinus 331, Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 1, Great Skua Stercorarius skua 15, Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 20, Little Gull Larus minutus 47, Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 9, Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 39, Great Black-backed Gull/Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus marinus/Larus fuscus c.150 (mixed flock behind distant fishing trawler), Herring Gull larus argentatus 1, Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis 4, Guillemot Uria aalge 14, Razorbill Alca torda 1, Puffin Fratercula arctica 1, Auk spp. 13
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 26 - 28 March 2009 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound W 6-5; Northbound: WSW to WNW 4-5
Large Rorqual spp 1, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris
2 (breaching), Long-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 4,
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 7, Dolphin spp. 9
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 22 - 24 March 2009 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer, Director Marinelife
Weather: Southbound N 3-4; Northbound: N 1-5
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 4, Large Rorqual spp 2,
Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 1, Long-Finned
Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 27, Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops truncatus 43, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
29, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 26, Dolphin spp. 7,
Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 2
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Sperm Whale Fluke |
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 19 - 21 March 2009 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer, Director Marinelife
Weather: Southbound E 3-5; Northbound: NE 4-5
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 1, Large Rorqual spp 5,
Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 1, Cuvier's Beaked
Whale Ziphius cavirostris 2, Beaked Whale spp 1 (breaching),
Long-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 18, Bottlenose
Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 30, Striped Dolphin Stenella
coeruleoalba 8, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 10,
Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 3
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Breaching Risso's Dolphin |
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 15 - 17 March 2009 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer, Director Marinelife
Weather: Southbound SW 1 to E 3; Northbound: NE 3
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 1, Large Rorqual spp 2,
Long-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 10 (inc. calf),
Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus 1 (breaching), Bottlenose
Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 6, Striped Dolphin Stenella
coeruleoalba 12, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 154
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 12 - 14 March 2009 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound W to SE 1-3; Northbound: WNW 1-2
Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 5, Common Dolphin
Delphinus delphis 138
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Long-Finned Pilot Whale |
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 8 - 10 March 2009 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound WNW to W 5-8; Northbound: NW 2-1
Long-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 2, Striped
Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 7, Common Dolphin
Delphinus delphis 24
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Fin Whale |
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 5 - 7 March 2009 - Emma Webb, BDRP Wildlife Officer, Marinelife Community & Operations Officer
Weather: Southbound NNW 9-8; Northbound: NW 2, big residual swell
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 1 (probable), Striped
Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 10, Common Dolphin
Delphinus delphis 126, Dolphin spp. 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 1 - 3 March 2009 - Suzie Cartwright & Emma Webb, BDRP Wildlife Officers
Weather: Southbound NW 3-5; Northbound NNW 4 to NW 2
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 1, Large Rorqual spp. 1,
Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba c. 60, Common Dolphin
Delphinus delphis 108, Dead Cetacean spp (possible Beaked Whale
spp.) 1
February
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 26 - 28 February 2009 - Jackie Smith, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound N-NE 2-1-2, Northbound E-NE 1-4 (E 4)
Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 3,
Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 3,
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 86, Bottlenose
Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 14, Dolphin sp 12, Cetacean
sp 1
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Pilot Whale |
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 22 - 24 February 2009 - Emma Webb, BDRP Wildlife Officer, Marinelife Community & Operations Officer
Weather: Southbound NW 3-4, Northbound (Day 1) WNW 2 to N 1 to NE 2; (Day 2) Sea state 0, reduced visibility
Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 6, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 55, Common Dolphin
Delphinus delphis 157, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 13, Dolphin spp. 5, Cetacean spp. 2
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 19 - 21 February 2009 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound N-E 2-3, Northbound ENE-E 3-5
Large Rorqual sp. 1, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 98,
Dolphin Sp. 30
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 15 - 17 February 2009 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound ESE to ENE 2-4; Northbound ENE 2-6
Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 40, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 34, Dolphin species 30
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Cuvier's Beaked Whale |
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 12 - 14 February 2009 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer, BDRP Director
Weather: Southbound NNE 2-3; Northbound E 1-2
Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 2, Bottlenose
Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 30, Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 201
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 8 - 11 February 2009 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer, BDRP Director
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Bottlenose Dolphin |
Weather: Southbound SW 3-6-3; Northbound W 9-11 to NW 8-2
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 2, Large rorqual spp 1, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 44, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 30
NB: This was an extended trip due to adverse weather conditions.
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Common Dolphin |
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 5 - 7 February 2009 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer, BDRP Director
Weather: Southbound SW to S 2-9; Northbound N 9 to NE 8
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 156, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 2
January
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 31 December 2008 – 3 January 2009 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer, Director BDRP
Weather: Southbound E 3 to SE 6, Northbound E 2 - 7
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 1, Cuvier's Beaked Whale
Ziphius cavirostris 2, Long-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala
melas 7, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 15, Common
Dolphin Delphinus delphis 273
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