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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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July

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 12

Ocean Sunfish Mola mola 1

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

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

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

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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

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

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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May

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

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

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