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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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