Latest Sightings.
If you have any sightings in Biscay or British waters,
please forward them to Tom.Brereton@biscay-dolphin.org.uk
Dr Tom Brereton, 12, St Andrews Road, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3BG
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August
BDRP Survey Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 20 - 23 August 2010 - Russell Neave, Andy Philips
Large Rorqual sp. 1, Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 12, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 9, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 47, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 201, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 21, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 31, Dolphin Sp. 36, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 27
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 6, Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 62, Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis 5, Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 1, Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 4, European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 13, Gannet Morus bassanus 250, Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 1, Great Skua Stercorarius skua 6, Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 1, Herring Gull Larus argentatus 1, Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans 2, Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 10, Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 1, Sabine's Gull Larus sabini 8, Common Tern Sterna hirundo 2, Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 22, Black Tern Chlidonias niger 1, Puffin Fratercula arctica 1, Guillemot Uria aalge 1, Tern Sp. 2, Large Gull Sp. 2
Sanderling Calidris alba 1, Dunlin Calidris alpina 1, Sand Martin Riparia riparia 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 15 - 17 August 2010 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer, Research Teams Manager
Weather: Southbound NE-NNW 5, Northbound N 2-1
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 2, Rorqual Sp. 1, Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 6, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 3, Beaked Whale Sp. 5, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 37, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 381, Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus 2, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 240, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 2, Dolphin Sp. 6, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 45
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 2
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Common Dolphin |
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 6 - 8 August 2010 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer, Research Teams Manager
Weather: Southbound SW 5-2, Northbound NNE-NNW 2-4
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 1, Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 1, Rorqual Sp. 7, Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 23, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 1, Beaked Whale Sp. 1, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 21, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 1302, Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus 3, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 57, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 115, Dolphin Sp. 342, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 4
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 4, Basking Shark Cetorhinus maximus 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 3 - 5 August 2010 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer, Research Teams Manager
Weather: Southbound WNW - WSW 3-4, Northbound NW 5-6
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 1, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 2, Beaked Whale Sp. 3, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 9, Whale Sp. breach 1 (possible Sperm Whale), Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 533, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 4, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 4, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 5
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 2
July
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 30 July - 2 August 2010 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer, Martin Gillingham
Weather: Southbound NW 3, Northbound NW 2-3
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 2, Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 6, Large Rorqual sp. 2, Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 3, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 10, Beaked Whale Sp. 2, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 38, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 1061, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 102, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 19, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 30
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 27 - 30 July 2010 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound NW 3, Northbound NW 3-4, 0 in the English Channel
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 2, Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 3 (1 breached 12 times), Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 2, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 1, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 8, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 491, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 97, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 14, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 68
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 25 - 27 July 2010 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer, Research Teams Manager
Weather: Southbound WNW - NNW 2-4, Northbound NNW 2-4
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 2, Rorqual Sp. blow
1, Pygmy/Dwarf Sperm Whale Kogia Sp. 1, Cuvier's Beaked
Whale Ziphius cavirostris 17, Beaked Whale Sp. 1, Long-finned
Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 17, Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 262, Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus 3, Striped
Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 140, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops
truncatus 2, Dolphin Sp. 20, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena
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Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 1
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Cuvier's Beaked Whale - photo from the trip |
BDRP Whale & Dolphin Themed Cruise: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 13 - 15 July 2010 - Emma Webb, John Arnott, Jackie Smith, Martin Gillingham, Darren Fanner, Andrew Boulden, Amy Tinson
Weather: Southbound SSW 2-6, Northbound NW 7-9 to SW 8-3
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 1, Cuvier's Beaked
Whale Ziphius cavirostris 1, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala
melas 4, Large Whale Sp. 1, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops
truncatus 17, Dolphin Sp. 14, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena
phocoena 2
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 7
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 3, Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 12, Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 1, Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 1, Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 2, Gannet Morus bassanus 48, Great Skua Stercorarius skua 1, Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans 2, Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 1, Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 1, Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 2, Gull Sp. 40
BDRP Whale & Dolphin Themed Cruise: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 9 - 12 July 2010 - Emma Webb, John Arnott, Adrian Shephard, Martin Gillingham, Andrew Boulden, Rebecca Scott
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 2, Sowerby's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon bidens 8, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 7, Beaked Whale Sp. 1, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 30, Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus 2, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 270, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 17, Dolphin Sp. 13, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 4
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 4, Shark Sp. 1, Billfish Sp. 1
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Sowerby's Beaked Whale - photo from the trip |
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 7 - 9 July 2010 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer, Research Teams Manager
Weather: Southbound SW-N 1-4, Northbound WNW-ENE 3-5
Beaked Whale Sp. 1, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas
16, Killer Whale Orcinus orca 2, Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops truncatus 184
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 2
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 4 - 7 July 2010 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound SW 4-2, Northbound N 1-4
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 2, Minke Whale Balaenoptera
acutorostrata 2, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris
7+, Beaked Whale Sp. 9, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala
melas 19, Killer Whale Orcinus orca 8, Common Dolphin
Delphinus delphis 93, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
310, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 200+, Dolphin
Sp. 6, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 21
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 20+
1 dead Humpback Whale reported from the M.V. Minerva
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Orca |
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 1 - 3 July 2010 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound W-SW 5 mainly 3, Northbound NW 2-5
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 3, Dwarf/Pygmy
Sperm Whale Kogia Sp. 4, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius
cavirostris 1, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas
32, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 182, Risso's
Dolphin Grampus griseus 6, Striped Dolphin Stenella
coeruleoalba 410, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus
12, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 8
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 20+, Shark Sp. 1
June
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 27 - 30 June 2010 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound N 0-2, Northbound NW 2-3
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 1, Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 1, Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 3 (2 animals breaching, tailsmacking and spyhopping), Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 8, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 5, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 165, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 176, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 10, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 14
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 11
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 25 - 27 June 2010 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer, Research Teams Manager
Weather: Southbound NW-E 0-3, Northbound NW-NNE 1-2
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 1, Minke Whale Balaenoptera
acutorostrata 3, Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 2,
Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 2, Long-finned
Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 22, Killer Whale Orcinus
orca 6, Medium Whale Sp. breach 2, Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 193, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 458,
Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 25, Dolphin Sp. 218,
Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 18
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 11
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 21 - 24 June 2010 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound E 0-2, Northbound NNE 2
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 1, Sowerby's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon bidens 1 breaching, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 5, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 500+, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 61, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 40, Dolphin Sp. 180, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 4
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 1
BDRP Survey Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 19 - 21 June 2010 - James McCarthy, Ann-Marie Barnard
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Common Dolphin |
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 1, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 60+, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 732, Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus 1, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 161, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 12, Dolphin Sp. 60, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 25
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 3, Basking Shark Cetorhinus maximus 1
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 37, Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 7, Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 17, Gannet Morus bassanus 824, Great Skua Stercorarius skua 3, Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 1, Herring Gull Larus argentatus 35, Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans 1, Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 68, Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 67, Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 2, Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis 3, 'Commic' Tern Sterna hirundo/paradisaea 7, Auk Sp. 1, Large Gull Sp. 673
Feral Pigeon Columba livia 26, Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 2, European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 1, Common Swift Apus apus 6
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 19 - 21 June 2010 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound NNE 3-5, Northbound NNE 3-4
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 1, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 6, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 68, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 59, Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus 1, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 209, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 10, Dolphin Sp. 36, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 30+
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 1, Basking Shark Cetorhinus maximus 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 16 - 18 June 2010 - Emma Webb, Wildlife Officer, Marinelife Community and Operations Officer
Weather: Southbound NE 8-5, Northbound NE to NNW 4-2 & NNE 1
Beaked Whale Sp. 1, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 7, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 485, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 40, Dolphin Sp. 18,
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 12 - 15 June 2010 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound 2 - NW 4, Northbound NW-NNW 4-7
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 2, Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 1, Large Rorqual sp. 5, Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 5, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 1, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 612, Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus 2, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 32, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 8, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 8
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 9 - 12 June 2010 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound ENE 6-7 heavy rain squalls, Northbound W 4 heavy rain squalls
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 3, Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 193, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 15,
Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 6
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 7 - 9 June 2010 - Emma Webb, Wildlife Officer, Marinelife Community and Operations Officer
Weather: Southbound S-WSW 5 heavy rain, Northbound NNW 1 - WSW 3
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 6, Minke Whale Balaenoptera
acutorostrata 1, Large Rorqual sp. 7, Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 151, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 135,
Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 10, Dolphin Sp. 102
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 1
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Fin Whale |
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 4 - 6 June 2010 - Emma Webb, Wildlife Officer, Marinelife Community and Operations Officer
Weather: Southbound W 0-1 to NNE 2-1, Northbound NNW 1 to N 2/3 to NNW3
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 25, Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 4, Large Rorqual sp. 11, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 8, Beaked Whale Sp. 1, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 38, Dead , Whale Sp. 1, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 650, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 299, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 52, Dolphin Sp. 479, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 28
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 1, Basking Shark Cetorhinus maximus 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 1 - 3 June 2010 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound W 4-5
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 10, Sperm Whale Physeter
macrocephalus 1, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris
2, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 27, Common
Dolphin Delphinus delphis 250, Striped Dolphin Stenella
coeruleoalba 9, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 10,
Dolphin Sp. 50
Basking Shark Cetorhinus maximus 1
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