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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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November
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 12 - 15 November 2008 - Suzie Cartwright, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound W 1-2, Northbound NNW 1-2 (3 during rain and 4 on day 2)
Large Rorqual sp. 9, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris
1, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 4, Common
Dolphin Delphinus delphis 170+, Striped Dolphin Stenella
coeruleoalba 1, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 30
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 9 - 11 November 2008 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound SW 8-10, Northbound S-WNW 2-8
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 35, Striped Dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba 3
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Pilot Whale |
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 6 - 8 November 2008 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound NW to S 2-4; Northbound W 4-5
Rorqual Whale spp 1, Long-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 1, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 6,
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 443, Dolphin spp 2
NB: The Pride of Bilbao has had a scheduled 2 day lay-over in Portsmouth hence there are no sightings reports from 4-6 November.
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 1 - 3 November 2008 - Emma Webb, BDRP Wildlife Officer, Marinelife Community and Operations Officer
Weather: Southbound N 8-6; Northbound N6 to NNW 7, heavy rain
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 2, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 9, Common Dolphin
Delphinus delphis 91
October
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 29 - 31 October 2008 - Emma Webb, BDRP Wildlife Officer, Marinelife Community and Operations Officer
Weather: Southbound NW 3-4 to W5, Northbound WNW 8-10, heavy squalls
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 772, Dolphin Sp. 20, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 2
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Common Dolphin |
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 1
BDRP Survey Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 26 - 28 October 2008 - Jo Wharam, John Day and Andy Phillips
Large Rorqual sp. 1, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 213, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 3, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 12, Dolphin Sp. 3
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 2
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 2, Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 3, Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 1, European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 1, Gannet Morus bassanus 269, Great Skua Stercorarius skua 55, Parasitic (Arctic) Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 3, Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans 1, Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 2, Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 11, Little Gull Larus minutus 1, Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 19, Sabine's Gull Larus sabini 1, Puffin Fratercula arctica 4, Razorbill Alca torda 2, Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 1, Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 26 - 28 October 2008 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound WSW 8-6, Northbound NW-N 2-7
Large Rorqual sp. 2, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 224,
Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 3, Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops truncatus 12, Dolphin Sp. 3
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 2
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Common Dolphin |
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 23 - 25 October 2008 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound SW 7-3, Northbound SE 3-1
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 6, Large Rorqual Whale spp 7, Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 8,
Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 2, Beaked Whale spp. 3, Long-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas
5, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 91, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 13, Dolphin spp. 107
NB: The Pride of Bilbao has had a scheduled 2 day lay-over in Portsmouth hence there are no sightings reports from 21-23 October.
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 19 - 21 October 2008 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer, Director BDRP
Weather: Southbound SSE 3, Northbound SW 1-5
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 18, Large Rorqual Whale spp 7, Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 6, Minke
Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 3 (breaching), Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 6, Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops truncatus 25, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 17, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 15
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 16 - 18 October 2008 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer, Director BDRP
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Long-Finned Pilot Whale |
Weather: Southbound NW 2-3; Northbound E 2-3
Large Rorqual Whale spp 3, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 3, Long-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 9,
Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 4, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 68, Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 172
NB: The Pride of Bilbao has had a scheduled 2 day lay-over in Portsmouth hence there are no sightings reports from 13-16 October.
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 11 - 13 October 2008 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound ESE to SE 2-4, Northbound SSE to SE 2
Large Rorqual Whale spp 2, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 1, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 8,
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 127, Dolphin spp 9
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 8 - 10 October 2008 - John Arnott & Clive Martin, BDRP Wildlife Officers
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Harbour Porpoise |
Weather: Southbound WNW to N 3-1; Northbound NE 3-2
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 8, Large Rorqual Whale spp
17, Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 1, Cuvier's Beaked
Whale Ziphius cavirostris 1, Long-Finned Pilot Whale
Globicephala melas 2, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
82, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 393, Dolphin spp 18,
Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 2
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 5 - 7 October 2008 - Emma Webb & Clive Martin, BDRP Wildlife Officers
Weather: Southbound W 10-5, (Day 2) SE 2; Northbound NE-SE 2 (Day 2) SW 7
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 15, Large Rorqual Whale
spp 5, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 2, Striped
Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 6, Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 56, Dolphin spp 38
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 4, Large Shark spp (not Basking Shark) 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 2 - 4 October 2008 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer, Director BDRP
Weather: Southbound NW 8-6, heavy squalls; Northbound NW 3
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 2, Large Rorqual Whale spp
4, Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 1, Minke Whale
Balaenoptera acutorostrata 1, Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 74
September
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 29 September - 1 October 2008 - Clive Martin, BDRP Senior Wildlife Officer, Director BDRP
Weather: Southbound N5-3; Northbound NNW3-8
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 33, Large Rorqual Whale
spp 17, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 33, Striped
Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 33, Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 41
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 3
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 26 - 28 September 2008 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound E3-6; Northbound ENE3-4
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 8, Large Rorqual Whale spp
39, Large Whale spp 1, Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus
1, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 1, Striped
Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 97, Common Dolphin Delphinus
delphis 46, Dolphin spp 3, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena
1
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 3
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 23 - 25 September 2008 - Clive Martin, Senior Wildlife Officer, Director BDRP
Weather: Southbound E 5-2, Northbound E 2-3
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 14, Large Rorqual sp. 11,
Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 5, Common Dolphin
Delphinus delphis 59, Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus
1, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 20, Bottlenose
Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 33
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry BDRP Whale & Dolphin Themed Cruise 19 - 22 September 2008 - Clive Martin, Emma Webb, John Arnott, Adrian Shephard, Tom Brereton, Jo Wharam, Andrew Boulden, Suzie Cartwright, Peter Hutchinson, Mike Bailey, Russell Neave
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Sperm Whale |
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 16, Large Rorqual spp 34, Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 2, Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 11, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 3, Beaked Whale Sp. 1 (breaching), Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 22, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 51, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 43, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 8, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 28, Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 3
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 4, Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 4, Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 3, Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 1, Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 17, European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 1, Gannet Morus bassanus 234, Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 2, Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 13, Red (Grey) Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 6, Great Skua Stercorarius skua 20, Black-Headed Gull Larus ridibundus 10, Yellow-Legged Gull Larus michahellis 577, Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 6, Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 1, Little Gull Larus minutus 1, Sabine's Gull Larus sabini 35, 'Commic' Tern Sterno hirundo/paradisaea 3, Shearwater spp 1, Skua spp 1
Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 2, White Wagtail Motacilla alba 2, Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 1, Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 1, Robin Erithacus rubecula 1, Goldcrest Regulus regulus 1, Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 1, Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 1, House Martin Delichon urbica 1, Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 9, Dunlin Calidris alpina 1, Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 1, Knot Calidris canutus 1, Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 3, Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 1, Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 6
Cleopatra Gonepteryx cleopatra 1, Large White Pieris brassicae 3, Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta 1, Silver Y Autographa gamma 1, Underwing sp. 1
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry BDRP Whale & Dolphin Themed Cruise 16 - 19 September 2008 - Clive Martin, Emma Webb, John Arnott, Adrian Shephard, James Phillips, Darren Fanner, Andrew Boulden, Suzie Opacic, Peter Hutchinson, Tony Thouless
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 37, Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis 1 (possible), Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 2, Large Rorqual sp. 49, Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 1, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 4, Beaked Whale Sp. 2, Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 8, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 95, Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus 3, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 167, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 40, Dolphin Sp. 26, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 8
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Common Dolphin |
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 8
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 2, Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 3, Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis 30, Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 1, Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 176, Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 1, European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 54, Leach's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa 1, Gannet Morus bassanus 535, European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis 1, Red (Grey) Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 13, Great Skua Stercorarius skua 39, Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 1, Parasitic (Arctic) Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 1, Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 8, Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans 105, Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 60, Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 3, Sabine's Gull Larus sabini 75, Common Tern Sterna hirundo 2, 'Commic' Tern Sterna hirundo/paradisaea 4
Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus 1 - from St Catherine's Hill,
Isle of Wight, south over the Pride of Bilbao at 14:30 on the 19th
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 1, Common Kestrel Falco
tinnunculus 2, Merlin Falco columbarius 1, Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres 8, Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
1, Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 60, House Martin Delichon
urbicum 1, Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 2, White / Pied Wagtail
Motacilla alba 4, Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 2,
Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 1, Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
1, Passerine Sp. 2, Duck Sp. 12 (dabbler)
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 11 - 13 September 2008 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
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Humpback Whale |
Weather: Southbound WSW to WNW 6-5; Northbound NW 7-4
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 5, Large Rorqual spp 49, Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae 1, Cuvier's
Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 3, Common Dolphin Delphius delphis 101, Striped Dolphin Stenella
coeruleoalba 17, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 2
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 5
Bird Report courtesey of Dominique Verbelen
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 140, Great Shearwater Puffinus
gravis 10, Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 15, Sooty Shearwater
Puffinus griseus 36, Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
2, European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicua 4, Gannet Morus
bassanus 828, Great Skua Sterorarius skua 40, Arctic Skua Stercorarius
parasiticus 4, Common Tern Sterna hirundo 27, Sandwich Tern
Sterna paradisea 3, 'Commic' Tern Sterna hirundo/paradisea
33, Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis 2, Sabine's Gull Larus
sabini 59, Yellow-Legged Gull Larus michahellis 1, Mediterranean
Gull Larus melanocephalus 1, Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 16,
Auk spp 2, Grey (Red) Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 2, Turnstone
Arenaria interpres 2, Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 9, Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo 5, Alba Wagtail Motacilla alba 1, Wheatear
Oenanthe oenanthe 1, Feral Pigeon 3
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 8 - 10 September 2008 - John Arnott, BDRP Wildlife Officer
Weather: Southbound S to SE 5-2 , Northbound WNW 2-0
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 59, Large Rorqual Spp 56, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 2, Beaked
Whale Spp 4 (1 breaching), Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 26, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 22,
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 97, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 116, Dolphin Spp 38,
Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 2
Bird Report courtesey of Nigel Jarman, Gerald Segelbacher, Richard Heading & Jack Chantler
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 153, Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis 7, Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
53, Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 210, Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 1, European Storm Petrel
Hydrobates pelagicua 84, Great Skua Sterorarius skua 24, Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 2, Kittiwake Rissa
tridactyla 1, Sabine's Gull Larus sabini 66, 'Commic' Tern Sterna hirundo/paradisea 28, Black Tern Chlidonias niger
6, Puffin Fratercula arctica 1, Grey (Red) Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 10, Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 15,
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 24, Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 1, Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 6, House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 5 - 7 September 2008 - Emma Webb, BDRP Wildlife Officer, Marinelife Community & Operations Officer
Weather: Southbound SSW 8-9, heavy rain/swell; Northbound WNW 7, heavy swell
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 7, Large Rorqual spp 12, Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus 1 (possible - reported),
Long-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 14, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 7, Common Dolphin
Delphinus delphis 12, Dolphin spp 6
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 2 - 4 September 2008 - Emma Webb, BDRP Wildlife Officer, Marinelife Community & Operations Officer
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Cuvier's Beaked Whale |
Weather: Southbound W 7-4; Northbound WNW 5-6-2
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 9, Large Rorqual spp 24, Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 1,
Long-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 13, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus 10, Striped Dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba 10, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 118, Dolphin spp 5
WLO Report: Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry Pride of Bilbao 30 August - 1 September 2008 - Clive Martin, Senior Wildlife Officer, Director BDRP
Weather: Southbound NE-NW 2-4; Northbound NW 4
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus 57, Large Rorqual spp 39, Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata 1, Sperm
Whale Physeter macrocephalus 1, Long-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas 5, Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops
truncatus 5, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba 40, Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 350, Dolphin spp 18,
Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 19
Bird Report courtesey of Martin Gillingham, Rachael Stilgoe, Jim Glover,
Chris Skinner
Fulmar Fulmaris glacialis 7, Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
59, Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis 5, Balearic Shearwater Puffinus
mauretanicus 3, Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 9, European
Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 14, Cormorant Phalacrocorax
carbo 4, Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis 1, Avocet Recurvirostra
avosetta 4, Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 9, Turnstone
Arenaria interpres 1, Redshank Tringa totanus 1, Great Skua
Stercorarius skua 8, Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus
1, Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 10, Lesser Black-Backed
Gull Larus fuscus 29, Little Tern Sterna albifrons 4, Sandwich
Tern Sterna sandvicensis 12, 'Commic' Term Sterna hirundo/Sternaparadisea
13, Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 1, Sand Martin Riparia riparia
1, Alba Wagtail Motacilla alba 1, Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
3, Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 1
Strandings: Sowerby's Beaked Whale and Risso's Dolphin calf
A 3.6m female Sowerby's Beaked Whale was washed up in the Isles of Scilly. Shortly after a Risso's Dolphin calf was also found stranded, initial indications suggest it may have been killed by Bottlenose Dolphin.
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