It's been a busy week for sightings of Bottlenose Dolphins in
Lyme Bay, with sightings from Ian Cornwell, skipper of the Huntress
II and also from the headlands around West Bay by our
supporters at the Hive Beach Cafe and later during a fishing
trip by Liz and Ian Simpson from the White House Hotel in West
Bay.
The group appears to contain 20 - 30 animals, some with
distinctive dorsal fins and also some calves. Ian Cornwell was able
to take numerous dorsal fin photographs which will be added to the
MARINElife photo-identification catalogue, either as new animals or
re-sightings of previously encountered animals.
A video of the encounter taken by Liz and Ian Simpson has been
uploaded to our Charm III Project blog and can be viewed by
clicking here and shows how
acrobatic these large dolphins can be.
Today also marks the start of the MARINElife guided Naturetrek wildlife
trips into Lyme Bay which give us the opportunity to conduct a
survey for cetaceans and seabirds and hopefully encounter these
Bottlenose Dolphins again.