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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

 
Risso's Dolphin

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

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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

 
Sperm Whale

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

 
Risso's Dolphin

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

 
Long-Finned Pilot Whale

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

 
Fin Whale

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

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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

 

Pilot Whale

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

 
Cuvier's Beaked Whale

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

Bottlenose Dolphin

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.

 

Common Dolphin

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

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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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