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WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 28 - 31 May 2010 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound SW 6-7, Northbound W 4
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 9, Minke Whale Balaenoptera
acutorostrata 1, Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 2,
Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 1, Common Dolphin
Delphinus delphis 40, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
19, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 8
BDRP Survey Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 22 - 24 May 2010 - Adrian Shephard, Durwyn Liley
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 10, Rorqual Sp. 10, Sowerby's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon bidens 5, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 1, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 19, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 196, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 105, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 20, Dolphin Sp. 8, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 17
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 1
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Sowerby's Beaked Whale |
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 34, Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 12, European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 3, Gannet Morus bassanus 451, Great Skua Stercorarius skua 8, Common Gull Larus canus 1, Herring Gull Larus argentatus 32, Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans 6, Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 191, Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 31, Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 6, Guillemot Uria aalge 9, Gull Sp. 1, Black-backed Gull Sp. 30
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 4, Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 8, Red Knot Calidris canutus 13, Common Redshank Tringa totanus 5, Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 4, Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 17, European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 3, Common Swift Apus apus 8, Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 13
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 21 - 24 May 2010 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound E 3, Northbound E 3-1
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 12, Minke Whale Balaenoptera
acutorostrata 2, Rorqual Sp. 11, Sowerby's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon
bidens 5, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 2,
Small Blackfish Sp. 2 (possible), Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis
202, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 210, Bottlenose
Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 20, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena
phocoena 18
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 17 - 20 May 2010 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound W 2-3, Northbound NW 2-0
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 6, Rorqual Sp. 1, Sperm
Whale Physeter macrocephalus 4, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius
cavirostris 11, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas
9, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 114, Striped
Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 22, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops
truncatus 13, Dolphin Sp. 20, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena
phocoena 30
Basking Shark Cetorhinus maximus 3
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 15 - 17 May 2010 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound NW 2-4, Northbound NW 2-4
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 6, Sperm Whale Physeter
macrocephalus 3, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris
1, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 9, Common
Dolphin Delphinus delphis 239, Striped Dolphin Stenella
coeruleoalba 20
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 11 - 13 May 2010 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound NE 4-6, Northbound NE 4-6
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 5, Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 189, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 6,
Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 3
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 8 - 10 May 2010 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer, Research Teams Manager
Weather: Southbound ENE to E 5-1, Northbound SSE to ENE 2-5
Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 5, Long-finned Pilot
Whale Globicephala melas 1, Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 173, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 41,
Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 45, Dolphin Sp. 27,
Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 4 - 6 May 2010 - Emma Webb, BDRP Wildlife Officer, Marinelife Community and Operations Officer
Weather: Southbound N to NNE 6, Northbound NNW to N 6/7
Rorqual Sp. 3, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 47, Dolphin
Sp. 11, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 1 - 3 May 2010 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer, Research Teams Manager
Weather: Southbound WSW-W 3, Northbound NW-NNW 5
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 4, Rorqual Sp. 4, Long-finned
Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 8, Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 28, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 62,
Dolphin Sp. 40, Medium Whale Breach 1, Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 1
April
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 27 - 29 April 2010 - Emma Webb, BDRP Wildlife Officer, Marinelife Community and Operations Officer
Weather: Southbound SSE 2 to SE 3, Northbound ENE to E 2-0
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 1, Sperm Whale Physeter
macrocephalus 2, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris
2, Beaked Whale Sp. 1, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis
35, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 166, Bottlenose
Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 5, Dolphin Sp. 41
BDRP Survey Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 24 - 26 April 2010 - Peter Howlett, Maggie Gamble
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 7, Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 1 + 1 probable, Large Rorqual sp. 1, Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 6 including calf, Northern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon ampullatus 9 with at least one juvenile, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 9, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 135 + 1 probable, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 647 + 50 probable, Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus 11, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 132, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 60, Small Dolphin Sp. 202, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 3, Blackfish Sp. 4, Whale blow 1, Basking Shark Cetorhinus maximus 1 (c 10m in length), Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus 1
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 24, Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 5, Gannet Morus bassanus 504, Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 4, European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis 2, Great Skua Stercorarius skua 19, Parasitic (Arctic) Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 1, Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus 1, Herring Gull Larus argentatus 5, Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans 2, Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 65, Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 54, Little Gull Larus minutus 12, Sabine's Gull Larus sabini 4, Little Tern Sterna albifrons 39, Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis 2, Common Tern Sterna hirundo 1, 'Commic' Tern Sterna hirundo/paradisaea 10, Auk Sp. 8, large, Gull Sp. 4
Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 2, Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 82, House Martin Delichon urbica 1, Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 4, Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 2
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Fin Whale |
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 23 - 26 April 2010 - Clive Martin, Senior Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound SE-S 3, Northbound NE 2-0-3
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 10, Minke Whale Balaenoptera
acutorostrata 2, Rorqual Sp. 1, Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus
8, Northern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon ampullatus 9,
Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 9, Long-finned
Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 177, Blackfish Sp. 2 (Possible
False Killer Whale), Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 523,
Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus 11, Striped Dolphin Stenella
coeruleoalba 130, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus
60, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 3
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 19 - 22 April 2010 - Clive Martin, Senior Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound NW 2-3, Northbound NW 2-4
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 1, Minke Whale Balaenoptera
acutorostrata 3, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris
3, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 15, Common
Dolphin Delphinus delphis 4, Striped Dolphin Stenella
coeruleoalba 40
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 16 - 19 April 2010 - Clive Martin, Senior Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound ENE 6, Northbound ESE 1/2
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 11, Minke Whale Balaenoptera
acutorostrata 3, Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus
5, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 7, Beaked Whale
sp. 2, Long-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 100+,
Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 57, Common Dolphin
Delphinus delphis 157, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
76, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 11, Small Blackfish
sp. (probable) 2
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 12 - 15 April 2010 - Clive Martin, Senior Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound NE 5-2, Northbound NE 2-4
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 1, Large Rorqual Whale 2,
Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 5, Cuvier's Beaked
Whale Ziphius cavirostris 8, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops
truncatus 20, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 50, Striped
Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 4 (including 1 dead)
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 9 - 12 April 2010 - Clive Martin, Senior Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound NE 4-5, Northbound NE 2-6
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 1, Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 56, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 4
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 6 - 8 April 2010 - Emma Webb, Wildlife Officer, Marinelife Community& Operations Officer
Weather: Southbound SSW 3 to SW 2, heavy swell; Northbound NW 4 to NNW
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Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 1, Cuvier's Beaked
Whale Ziphius cavirostris 4, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops
truncatus 30, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 98, Striped
Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 55, Dolphin sp. 10
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 3 - 5 April 2010 - Emma Webb, Wildlife Officer, Marinelife Community& Operations Officer
Weather: Southbound W tot NW 9, Northbound NW 8 to WNW 5
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 45
March
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 30 March - 1 April 2010 - John Arnott, Wildlife Officer, Research Teams Manager
Weather: Southbound WNW to W 8-7, Northbound S to WNW 3-6
LArge Rorqual Whale 1, Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus
3, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 38, Dolphin sp. 7
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 27 - 29 March 2010 - John Arnott, Wildlife Officer, Research Teams Manager
Weather: Southbound NW to WSW 5, Northbound SW 1
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 61, Striped Dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba 12, Risso's Dolphin Grampus
griseus 4, Dolphin sp. 2
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 23 - 25 March 2010 - Emma Webb, Wildlife Officer, Marinelife Community& Operations Officer
Weather: Southbound SSE 5, Northbound SSE 3 to WNW 2
Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 2, Long-Finned
Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 70, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops
truncatus 15, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 28, Dolphin
sp. 3
BDRP Survey Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 19 - 22 March 2010 - Nigel Jarman, Joe O'Hanlon
Weather: Southbound SW-NW 3-6, Northbound NNE-SSE 3-4
Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 8, Long-finned Pilot
Whale Globicephala melas 54, Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 210, Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus 19, Striped
Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 65, Dolphin Sp. 5 + 1 dead, Harbour
Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 3
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 16, European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 1, Gannet Morus bassanus c 693, Great Skua Stercorarius skua 23, Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans 1, Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 22, Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 6, Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 29, Puffin Fratercula arctica 1, Guillemot Uria aalge 42, Auk Sp. 23, Gull Sp. 202
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 10, White / Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 1, Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 3
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Long-finned Pilot Whale |
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 16 - 18 March 2010 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound SSE-SE 5, Northbound E 2-3
Northern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon ampullatus 1, Long-finned
Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 9 in association with Bottlenose
Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 7 Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 119, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 67,
Dolphin Sp. 1 dead
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 13 - 15 March 2010 - John Arnott, Wildlife Officer, Research Teams Manager
Weather: Southbound NE 4-5, Northbound NNE to NE 3-2
Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 1, Common Dolphin
Delphinus delphis 37, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
12, Dolphin sp. 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 9 - 11 March 2010 - Emma Webb, Wildlife Officer, MARINElife Community & Operations Officer
Weather: Southbound NE 6-4, Northbound NW to NE 5-7
Beaked Whale sp. 1, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 5,
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 24, Striped Dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba 18, Dolphin sp. 2
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 6 - 8 March 2010 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound ENE-E 4-6, Northbound Day 1 NE-E 5-7, Day 2 NE 8
-9
Whale Sp. blow 1, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 13, Striped
Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 5, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops
truncatus 3, Dolphin Sp. 10
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 2 - 4 March 2010 - Clive Martin, Senior Wildlife Officer, Director BDRP
Weather: Southbound E 1-4, Northbound SSW 2
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 6, Striped Dolphin Stenella
coeruleoalba 30
February
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 26 February - 1 March 2010 - Clive Martin, Senior Wildlife Officer, Director BDRP
Weather: Southbound SW to NE 4, Northbound SE 4
Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 2, Long-Finned
Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 10, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops
truncatus 40, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 336
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 22 - 25 February 2010 - Clive Martin, Senior Wildlife Officer, Director BDRP
Weather: Southbound SW 6, Northbound SW 6
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 161
BDRP Survey Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 20 - 22 February 2010 - Bob Graves, Helen Boulden
Weather: Southbound SSE-SE 5, Northbound E 2-3
Large Rorqual sp. 3, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris
2, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 4, Striped Dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba 4
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 7, Gannet Morus bassanus 251, Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 4, Great Skua Stercorarius skua 6, Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus 2, Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus 1, Herring Gull Larus argentatus 5, Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 56, Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 3, Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 63, Guillemot Uria aalge 29, Razorbill Alca torda 12, Auk Sp. 8, Gull Sp. 3
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 20 - 22 February 2010 - John Arnott, Wildlife Officer, Research Teams Manager
Weather: Southbound WNW to WSW 3-5, Northbound S to SSW 5-4
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 2, Large Rorqual Whale sp.
3, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 2, Common
Dolphin Delphinus delphis 4, Striped Dolphin Stenella
coeruleoalba 4
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 16 - 18 February 2010 - Emma Webb, Wildlife Officer, MARINElife Community & Operations Officer
Weather: Southbound SW5 - SE2, Northbound SW-NW 3
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 249, Striped Dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba 5
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 12 - 15 February 2010 - Clive Martin, Senior Wildlife Officer, Director BDRP
Weather: Southbound NE4, Northbound NE4-2
Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 2, Beaked Whale
Sp. 3, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 50, Striped Dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba 12, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops
truncatus 14, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 2
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Common Dolphin |
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 8 - 11 February 2010 - Clive Martin, Senior Wildlife Officer, Director BDRP
Weather: Southbound NE6-4, Northbound NE3-1, NE8-9
Whale Sp. 1 (probable Beaked Sp.), Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 16, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 7,
Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 4
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 5 - 8 February 2010 - Clive Martin, Senior Wildlife Officer, Director BDRP
Weather: Southbound W5, heavy swell, Northbound SE1-6
Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 4, Large Whale
Sp. 1 (dead), Small Whale Sp. breach 1, Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 52
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 1 - 4 February 2010 - Clive Martin, Senior Wildlife Officer, Director BDRP
Weather: Southbound W6-4, Northbound SE1-3
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 42, Striped Dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba 3, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops
truncatus 23
January
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 4 - 6 January 2010 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer, Director BDRP
Weather: Southbound ESE to E 6-5, Northbound NW 4-3
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 2, Large Whale blow 1, Bottlenose
Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 11, Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 165
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 1 - 3 January 2010 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer, Director BDRP
Weather: Southbound NE 4-3, Northbound SE 4
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 594
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