Marine
Creatures sighted, stranded or landed during 2007
List
compiled by Raymond Dennis
1/1/07A
pod of 7 dolphins was seen heading eastward off Carn Barges SW447233 into MountsBay
at 1510 hrs
1/1/07A
dead oiled Guillemot, a 20 cm Grey Triggerfish, with eyes still present
and 15 Goose Barnacles attached to a piece of wood were found on the strandline
at Porthmeor Beach SW516410
2/1/07A
dead Guillemot and a fresh blue jellyfish were found on the strandline
at Porthmeor Beach SW516410
2/1/07A
pod of about 8 Bottlenose Dolphins, including a juvenile, was seen playing
and breaching at Little London SW525302 near St. Michael’s MountMountsBay.
2/1/073
dead Triggerfish, a Nightlight Jellyfish, Pelagia noctiluca and
15 Janthina janthina Violet Sea-snails were found on the strandline
at Gwithian SW579411
2/1/07A
pod of 12 Bottlenose Dolphins was seen off Marazion SW515301
3/1/07A
pod of 7 or more Bottlenose Dolphins was watched hunting and feeding with
some breaching for 40 minutes off The Greeb SW5229
4/1/073
Janthina
janthina and one J.pallida Violet Sea-snails and cuttlefish
bones of Sepia officiinalis, S.elegans and S.orbigniana
were found on the strandline at Perranporth SW756544, and in a cast up
specimen of the Common Mussel Mytilus edulis a Pea Crab Pinnotheres pinnotheres
.
4/1/072
Grey Triggerfish, 39 cm and 25 cm long, and 10 Goose barnacles attached
to a piece of wood, were found on the strandline at Mawgan Porth SW8467
6/1/07A
very small Kemp’s Ridley Turtle was found stranded alive on the high
tide line at Woolacombe Beach SS450420 North Devon. Two BDMLR medics were
surfing there at the time and their attention was drawn to the stranded
turtle. They arranged to meet a representative of West Hatch RSPCA wildlife
hospital who had agreed to give it temporary accommodation and treatment.
A couple of days later it was transferred to the Weymouth Sea Life Centre’s
Turtle rehabilitation Centre where they have more experience with turtles
and facilities to deal with it. The centre was very surprised to receive
such a small turtle, which was only about 35cm long. The female turtle
was very hypothermic on arrival, with a bleak outlook, but after raising
its temperature and initiating feeding, it began to recover well. The staff
are now hopeful of releasing it back into the wild off The Canaries
in late April.
7/1/072
Harbour Porpoises were feeding beneath Gannets off Porthgwarra SW371216
at 1200 hrs, and one Harbour Porpoise was seen off The Minack Theatre SW387200
at 1300 hrs
8/1/07A
Triggerfish was found stranded on the beach at Gywnver SW362276
8/1/077
Harbour Porpoises were sighted off Berry Head SX948567 at 1000 hrs.
8/1/07A
Nickar Nut, Caesalpina bondoc, was found on the strandline at Fistral
Beach SW797620
9//1/073
Harbour Porpoises were feeding in very rough seas, 600 metres south of
Porthgwarra SW371216, with hundreds of Auks and Kittiwakes, from 1300 to
1330 hrs
10/1/07A
25 cm dead Triggerfish was found stranded at the western end of Widemouth BaySS1901
13/1/078
to 10 Harbour Porpoises were watched feeding in rough seas for 10 minutes,
100 yards off Porthcothan Bay SW8572 with Herring Gulls overhead
14/1/07A
Sea Purse tropical Bean, Dioclea reflexa, 3 dead Triggerfish, 3
Violet Sea Snails and 3 groups of Goose Barnacles, one attached to a piece
of plastic the others to pieces of wood, were found on the strandline at
Sennen SW3526
19/1/076
dolphins, probably Bottlenose Dolphins, were seen heading east from St.
Ives NCI Lookout SW521411 at 0945 hrs.
20/1/073
Fin Whales were feeding with hundreds of seabirds off Porthgwarra SW371216
from 1430 to 1530 hrs. One surfaced 250metres from shore, and 3 were seen
to spout at the same time. They moved out and away to the west.
21/1/073
Fin Whales were seen off Porthgwarra SW371216 during the morning, They
were well offshore. Whale spouts were seen off Land’s End SW342253, inside
the Longships Lighthouse, as they headed north at 1600 hrs
21/1/07About
500 Goose Barnacles were found attached to a large piece of stranded driftwood
at Watergate Bay SW8464. They looked fresh and newly stranded with 45mm
shells and 75mm peduncles.
21/1/07A
Stranded large plastic buoy with about 100 Goose Barnacles attached was
found on the tide line at Sennen SW3626. Among the barnacles were 4 Columbus
Crabs, Planes minutus, but one was dead. The other three were collected
and taken to The Blue Reef Aquarium at Newquay
21/1/07A
5 metre male Pilot whale carcass was washed up on Saunton Sands SS4335
22/1/07A
Columbus Crab was found among Goose Barnacles stranded on a large log at
Watergate Bay SW8464. It was taken alive to PlymouthUniversity
where it seems to be doing quite well.
27/1/07There
was a sighting of what was believed to be a Harbour Porpoise, approximately
75 metres off Haldon Pier, Torquay SX916631. It appeared to be feeding
28/1/07A
Bottlenose Dolphin was seen following a Canoeist and generally milling
about at Broadsands Tor Bay SX895575 at 1130 hrs
29/1/072
Harbour Porpoises were seen ¼ mile south of Logan Rock SW396219
at 0930 hrs
29/1/073
Harbour Porpoises, including one juvenile, were feeding with seabirds 600
metres offshore at Porthgwarra SW371216 at 1130 hrs.
30/1/076
Harbour Porpoises were feeding with seabirds 600 metres offshore at Porthgwarra
SW371216 at 1000 hrs
31/1/076
Harbour Porpoises, including 2 juveniles, were feeding with seabirds 600
metres south of Porthgwarra SW371216 at 1030 hrs
31/1/07A
dolphin was seen off Sennen SW3526 at mid-day.
1/2/07A
10” diameter Rhizostoma octopus jellyfish was found stranded on
the high tide line at Perranporth SW756544
1/2/07About
100 Harbour Porpoises were watched from 1045 to 1400 hrs off the mouth
of the River Camel SW9277
2/2/07A
dolphin was seen off Pendennis Point SW826314 during the afternoon
2/2/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen off Constantine Bay SW8574 at
1200
hrs
4/2/07A
pod of 6 to 10 Harbour Porpoises with some juveniles, were feeding off
Kellan Head, Port Quin SW969812 at 1300 hrs They
were actively feeding, chasing fish. Further out to sea, lots of gannets
were feeding in a bait-ball fashion, indicating the presence of lots of
fish.
4/2/072
or 3 Harbour Porpoises were off St. Anthony Head SW846311, 200 metres toward
Black Rock. They did not appear to be feeding and did not stay in the area
for long. A yacht in the area stopped and did not harass the animals
4/2/07A
pod of 8 Bottlenose Dolphins including a juvenile,
was seen just outside Penzance Harbour SW476303 at 1430 hrs. They seem
to be very attracted to moving boats. When the boat stopped, they moved
away, but as soon as the boat started to move again they surrounded it.
4/2/077
Common Dolphins and a baby, were in MountsBay
in position 50º6.80N 5º31.06W at 1455 hrs
5/2/07Six
dolphins were seen passing the headland from the NCI Lookout at Rame Head
SX422488 at 1030 hrs
5/2/072
Harbour Porpoises, including a juvenile, were seen heading north just west
of the Brisons SW340311 at 1030 hrs, and at least 6 Harbour Porpoises,
including a juvenile, were feeding with seabirds 600 metres to 1 Km south
of Porthgwarra Cove SW371216 at 1230 hrs
7/2/072
Harbour Porpoise were 300 metres west of Sennen Harbour SW350263 and two
more were 400 metres north of the harbour from 1230 to 1330 hrs
14/2/07At
least 6 Bottlenose Dolphins, including one juvenile, came into St. Ives
Bay SW5241 from the north from 1230 to 1300 hrs.
14/2/06A
pod of 8 to 11 Bottlenose Dolphins, including 2 juveniles, headed eastward
into St. Ives Bay SW5241, at 1515 hrs, breaching and playing as they went
and then stopped, and appeared to be feeding for a while in an area off
the Holiday Park. At 1545 hrs they resumed playing, but some of the play
seemed to be quite aggressive toward the two young ones, looking like a
severe telling off, by the adults.
18/2/072
Harbour Porpoises were seen heading slowly east 100 yards off Capstone
Point SS519418 at 1412 hrs
18/2/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen off The Cowloe, Sennen SW349266 at 1450 hrs and
a Grey Seal was seen bottling 500 metres
off The Old Success Inn Sennen SW354265 at 1600 hrs.
18/2/07An
Ocean Sunfish was spotted 3 times just below the NCI Lookout at Cape Cornwall
SW349318 at 1530 hrs
19/2/073
Harbour Porpoises, including one juvenile, were 700 metres off Lizard Point
SW694115 from 1230 to 1330 hrs.
20/2/076
Bottlenose Dolphins, including one juvenile, were just west of St. Michael’s
Mount SW515301 from 0930 to 1000 hrs, and 2 Harbour Porpoises were west
of the Brisons SW340311 at 1230 hrs
21/2/07A
Harbour Porpoise was about 1 Km northeast of St. Ives Island SW521411 at
1530 hrs
21/2/07A
Grey Seal was seen feeding on a large fish at the surface, below theNCI
Lookout at Cape Cornwall SW349318
25/2/07A
Harbour Porpoise was beneath feeding seabirds 1 Km south of Porthgwarra
Cove SW371216 early in the afternoon
1/3/072
dolphins, possibly Common Dolphins, were seen close inshore at Porthminster
Beach SW521401 at 1400 hrs. They were watched until they headed safely
out to sea
6/3/07A
pod of Bottlenose Dolphins were seen playing off the rock at Gwithian SW579411
at 1530 hrs
7/3/07A
Grey Seal was seen at the surface below the NCI Lookout at Cape Cornwall
SW349318 at 1020 hrs
8/3/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen 500 metres south of Porthgwarra Cove SW371216
at 0930 hrs
10/3/072
Harbour Porpoises were seen 400 metres south east of Lizard Point SW694115
at 1300 hrs
12/3/078
Bottlenose Dolphins headed east off St Ives SW521411 at 1500 hrs
12/3/07A
single unidentified dolphin was seen heading north about 50 metres off
the NCI Lookout at Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1310 hrs
12/3/07A
single dolphin was seen heading north off the NCI Lookout at Cape Cornwall
SW349318 at 1310 hrs
13/3/078
Bottlenose Dolphins headed west off St Ives SW521411 at 1200 hrs
13/3/072
Harbour Porpoises were seen 50 metres north of Cape Cornwall SW349318 at
1300 hrs
14/3/07At
least 3 Harbour Porpoises including one juvenile were seen 400 metres south
of Porthgwarra SW371216 at 0930 hrs
14/5/078
Bottlenose Dolphins were very active and bow riding off Hayle SW551382
from 1030 hrs onward, and later headed east.
15/3/07About
100 Harbour Porpoises headed east off the NCI Lookout at St Ives SW521411
at 0730 hrs
15/3/0715
Harbour Porpoises headed west off St Ives SW542411 at 1340 hrs
16/3/0715
Harbour Porpoises were milling around for a while off St. Ives SW521411
at 1400 hrs before heading east when approached by a fishing boat..
17/3/0710
Harbour Porpoises were seen feeding and heading east off St. Ives SW521411
at 1500 hrs
21/3/073
Harbour Porpoise were seen SSW of The Minack Cliff Theatre SW387220 at
1230 hrs. Two were about 500 metres off and the other 800 metres
21/3/072
Bottlenose Dolphin were seen in Mounts Bay in position 50º07N 06º31.5W
at 1505 hrs. Slowly heading south
23/3/072
Harbour Porpoises were seen ¼ mile west of Land’s End SW341253 at
1030 hrs
24/3/075
or 6 Bottlenose Dolphins, including young, arrived off Gyllyngvase Beach
SW808316 at 1630 hrs, but were harassed by a jetskier who drove into and
around the pod at speed numerous times. Ignoring
many people on the beach who protested. Eventually he moved away
and the pod quickly headed back east.
25/3/072
Bottlenose Dolphins were inside Fowey Estuary SX120510, bow riding boats
up and down the river for 2 hours from 1500 hrs. One of the dolphins had
a golf ball sized chunk out of the rear base of its dorsal fin
25/3/07A
pod of 8 Bottlenose Dolphin was seen heading east off Portreath SW653454
with some surface activity, at 1000 hrs
28/3/07A
pod of Bottlenose Dolphins was seen very close in at Falmouth Harbour SW823333
30/3/076
Harbour Porpoises, including 2 juveniles, were south of Porthgwarra SW371216
from 0800 to 1000hrs
30/3/07An
Ocean Sunfish was close inshore at Porth SW830629, at midday
1/4/07A
Grey Seal was seen at the surface, below the NCI Lookout at Cape Cornwall
SW349318 at 1221 hrs
1/4/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen just west of the Runnelstone SW369220 at 0930
hrs
3/4/073
or 4 Bottlenose Dolphins were seen just off the Minack Cliff Theatre SW387220
in the early evening
4/4/072
Bottlenose Dolphin and a juvenile have been seen in the PenzanceHarbour
area over the past 10 days, but the juvenile has not been seen on the most
recent sightings
4/4/075
Bottlenose Dolphins were spotted off the south Devon
coast between Stoke Point SX560458 and Wembury Cottage SX541466
5/4/074
Harbour Porpoises were seen feeding ¼ mile south of the Longships
Lighthouse SW320253 at 1430 hrs
5/4/07A
pod of about 10 large dolphins, probably Bottlenose, was seen heading east
in Bigbury Bay SX6642 at 1130 hrs
6/4/07During
a watch off Capstone Point SS519418 a Harbour Porpoise was seen heading
slowly east, 300 metres off, from 1014 to 1224 hrs and a Grey Seal was
bottling 500 metres to the west. At 1100 hrs 3 Harbour Porpoises were seen
resting and milling with some surface activity, but no breaching, whilst
drifting west 300 metres off, and later at 1800 hrs a Grey Seal was seen
bottling for about 1 minute 100 metres west of the Point.
6/4/072
dolphins, probably Bottlenose Dolphins, were seen bow riding a boat off FoweyHarbour
entrance SX120509
6/4/07A
Fin Whale was seen off Nare Head SW916370
7/4/0720
dolphins, in three groups were seen heading east in St. Austell Bay SX0449
during the day
7/4/072
Bottlenose Dolphins were in the mouth of Penzance Harbour SW476303, between
the piers from 0930 to 1010 hrs, with several boats in the area, but there
was no serious harassment. They were young dolphins, not fully adult, but
not juveniles, one with a notch out of its tail,
they finally headed out to sea.
7/4/07A
pod of about 15 Dolphins was seen close inshore off Black Head SW779162
near Coverack over the Easter Weekend, and a much larger pod of maybe 100
or more was seen further offshore. These were probably Common Dolphins.
7/4/072
known young Bottlenose Dolphins, one with a notch out of its dorsal fin,
were seen off the mouth of Fowey Harbour SX120509 at 1530 hrs. This pair
was seen off Penzance at 1000 hrs.
7/4/072
or 3 Harbour Porpoises were seen from Scillonian III at 1010 hrs when she
was off Lands End SW341253. Theyporpoised
across the bow heading south.
7/4/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen from Scillonian III at 1130 hrs to the west of
Wolf Rock Lighthouse.SW270120
7/4/072
Bottlenose Dolphins were breaching and playing off Penzance Harbour SW476303
at 1915 hrs
7/4/07A
3 metre Basking Shark was seen off Gull Rock near Nare Head SW927368 at
1600 hrs.. This is the first Basking Shark seen
off Cornwall this year
7/4/076
Common Dolphins were watched for 5 minutes off the RoselandPeninsula
in position 50º08N 04º53W at about 0922hrs
7/4/07A
3 metre Basking Shark was seen off Gull Rock, Nare Head SW927368 This is
the first Basking Shark report for this year.
7/4/072
Bottlenose Dolphins were bow riding a boat for 10 minutes at 1500 hrs a
mile south of Fowey SX120510
7/4/072
Bottlenose Dolphins were seen in Mounts Bat in position 50º 07N 05º
31.05 W at 1000 hrs Playing in one area and a Harbour Porpoise was seen
heading west off Porthguarnon SW410230 at 1125 hrs
7/4/072
Bottlenose Dolphins were seen playing in an area of MountsBay
in position 50º07N 05º31.05W at 1205 hrs and a Harbour Porpoise
was seen feeding off carn Scathe SW374216 at 1415hrs.
8/4/072
Harbour Porpoises were seen feeding in MountsBay
in position 50º6.4N 05º30W at 1200 hrs. and
2 more were feeding off carn Scathe SW374216 at 1425 hrs
8/4/07A
pod of about 12 Bottlenose Dolphins were in Torbay SX9260 at 0900 hrs heading
across the bay from Torquay to Berry Head SX948567, where 3 Harbour Porpoises
were seen at 0845 hrs
8/4/072
Harbour Porpoises were seen about 300 metres south of Lizard Point SW694115
9/4/07A
pod of at least 8 Bottlenose Dolphins was seen heading west 100 metres
offshore in Bigbury Bay SX6642 at 1630 hrs
9/4/07A
female Grey Seal was seen close inshore in Lantic Bay SX1450 heading west.
9/4/072
Bottlenose Dolphins were being very playful in MountsBay
in position 50º07N 05º29.05W at 1015 hrs
10/4/072
Bottlenose Dolphins were seen heading slowly east South of Mousehole in
position 50º04N 05º32W at 1324 hrs
10/4/0735
Common Dolphins, including 4 juveniles, were bow riding a boat for 10 minutes
south of Fowey in position 50º18.40N 04º36.85W. They then left
the boat and headed south.
10/4/072
male Grey Seals were close inshore on the west side of Lantivet Bay SX1650,
but 50 yards apart.
10/4/07A
pod of Bottlenose Dolphins was in Penzance Harbour SW476303 at 0830 hrs
10/4/07A
Grey Seal was seen at the surface, below the NCI Lookout at Cape Cornwall
SW349318 at 1232 hrs.
11/4/07A
Basking Shark was feeding in FalBay
in position 50º07.96N 05º01 21Wat
1310 hrs
11/4/072
Basking Sharks, 18ft and 25 ft long were circling and feeding at the surface1•8
miles south of Pencarrow Head. There were fish feeding at the surface and
lots of Guillemots in the area.
11/4/07A
Harbour Porpoise Was seen off Carn Scathe
SW374216 circling and feeding at 1529 hrs.
12/4/073
Common Dolphins, 2 adults and a juvenile, were seen heading south1
mile northeast of The Gwineas Rocks SX031420
13/4/07A
large female Basking Shark with a tall floppy dorsal fin and a large white
patch on her nose was seen ½ mile southeast of Fowey SX120510 at
1430 hrs. Lots of Gannets in the area
13/4/072
Bottlenose Dolphins seemed to be resting in MountsBay
in position 50º05N 05º31.5W at 1022 hrs
14/4/072
Basking Sharks, 18ft and 25ft long, were circling and feeding in Lantic
Bay SX1450
14/4/072
Grey Seals were seen at the surface, below the NCI Lookout at Cape Cornwall
SW349318 at 1336 hrs
14/4/07A
Grey Seal surfaced and bottled briefly 100 meters off TunnelsBeach,
Ilfracombe SS524479 at 1140 hrs
14/4/072
Bottlenose Dolphins were breaching while heading west in Mounts Bay in
position 50º03N 05º34.5W at 1045 hrs
14/4/07A
2 to 2½ Basking Shark was seen about 70 yds offshore in Lantic Bay
SX1450 at 0830 hrs.
14/4/07A
3 to 4 metre Basking Shark stayed close inshore for about an hour around
1400 hrs, in Lantic Bay SX1450
14/4/072
Bottlenose Dolphin were seen heading west off The Manacles SW8120 at 1531
hrs
14/4/07A
5metre Basking Shark was seen in Mounts Bay in position 50º05N 05º31W
at 1451 hrs
15/4/072
Bottlenose Dolphins were travelling north in Mounts Bay in position 50º
05.4N 05º31.5W at 0905 hrs. and seen
later slowly heading southwest in position 50º07N 05º31.5W at
0941 hrs
15/4/07A
pod of 60 to 80 Common Dolphins, including several juveniles, was swimming
around the boat Charlotte Louise in Tor Bay SX9260 about 5 miles east of
Paignton
15/4/072
Grey Seals wereseen
atb the surface below the NCI Lookout at Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1610
hrs
17/4/07A
large Basking Shark was seen off the Creggin Rocks near Cadgwith SW7213
at 0900 hrs
18/4/07A
small Grey Seal was seen bottling briefly 50 metres off Capstone Point
SS519418 at 1620 hrs
18/4/07A
12 ft Basking Shark was feeding just off Coverack SW783182 for most of
the afternoon and then swam straight out to sea when it departed
19/4/07A
12 ft Basking Shark, probably the same one as seen yesterday,
spent most of the afternoon feeding off Coverack SW783182 and swam straight
to sea when it departed.
19/4/07A
10 to 12 ft. Basking Shark was circling, apparently feeding, at the western
entrance to Plymouth Sound, off Picklecombe Point SX455515 at 1430 hrs
19/4/07A
pod of about 30 Common Dolphins was seen jumping actively near The Wolf
Rock Lighthouse SW270120 from the Isles of Scilly helicopter at 1700 hrs
19/4/07A
large Basking Shark was seen from the Isles of Scilly helicopter close
inshore off Tater du SW440230 at 1705
19/4/07A
large Basking Shark was seen 800 metressouth
of Mousehole SW470263 at 2000 hrs
19/4/07A
Basking Shark was seen feeding at the surface off Lamorna SW451241 at 1850
hrs and another was seen at 1855 hrs
19/4/072
Bottlenose Dolphins were seen heading southeast in Mounts Bay in position
50º07N 05º31.5W at 1543 hrs
19/4/07A
5 metre Basking Shark was seen in Mounts Bay in position 50º6.5N 05º36.6W
at 1535 hrs
20/4/076
Bottlenose Dolphins were off Wherrytown SW470274 at 1910 hrs with some
surface activity close inshore.
20/4/07A
Basking Shark was seen in Sennen Cove SW3526 during the evening.
20/4/07A7
metre Basking Shark was seen off The Greeb SW530290 at 1945 hrs. and
2 Bottlenose Dolphin were seen just off Penzance Harbour SW479302 at 2015
hrs
20/4/07A
Basking Shark was seen to breach off Porthgwarra SW371216 at 1430 hrs
20/4/072
Grey Seals, a male and a female, were close inshore in Lantivet Bay SX1650,
and a Pilot Whale was spy hopping ½ mile south of Pencarrow Head
SX151503
21/4/07A
small Harbour Porpoise was sighted 3 times off Capstone Point SS519418.
It came with 50 metres of the point and was hanging around just below the
surface.
21/4/07A
10 metre Basking Shark was close inshore off Porthcurno SW387222 at 1415
hrs
21/4/07A
24 ft Basking Shark arrived at the Manacles SW8120 from Black Head at about noon
and fed there for a few hours with lots of mackerel at the surface for
miles around.
21/4/07At
0830 hrs there was a lot of dolphin activity just outside Penzance Harbour
SW476306 until a dive boat left the harbour, when the Bottlenose dolphins
headed east and the Commons headed south west. There were estimated to
be about 15 to 20 in each pod.
21/4/07A
12 to 15 ft Basking Shark was feeding in MountsBay
near the wreck site of The Heliopes in position approximately 50º03N
05º29Wat
0930 hrs
21/4/073
Basking Sharks were seen from The Minack Cliff Theatre SW387220
21/4/077
Common Dolphin were seen from Scillonian III when she was off Lamorna SW451241.
The dolphins were following a fishing boat out of Newlyn
21/4/07A
Basking Shark was seen off Cape Cornwall SW349318 in the afternoon
21/4/07A
6 metre Basking Shark was seen off Logan Rock SW397220 at 1635 hrs
21/4/072
Harbour Porpoises were seen off Gull Rock SW927368 near Nare Head
22/4/072
dolphins were seen in the Carrack Roads SW8334 at 1655 hrs They
were watched for 10 minutes between Govenor and E. Narrows Buoys. Both
had scars on the dorsal, tail fin and head.
22/4/07A
large Basking Shark was in the bay just west of Logan Rock SW396220
22/4/07A
Basking Shark was off Porthcurno SW376222 during the morning
22/4/072
Grey Seals were seen below the Watch at Capeornwall
SW349318 at 1413 hrs
24/4/072
Grey Seals were seen below the Watch at Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1220
hrs
25/4/07A
Grey Seal was first spotted close to the mooring buoy H08 in the fairway
channel at Mylor Yacht Harbour SW823352 at 1258 hrs. and
then watched for 10 minutes travelling 8 feet away from the water taxi.
27/4/07A
3 metre Basking Shark was 5 metres from the beach at Porthcurno SW387222
at 1515 hrs
28/4/07Two
well known young Bottlenose Dolphins, Cookie and Sleekie,
were in the surf with surfers at Sennen Cove SW3526 at 1230 hrs and were
spotted again 500 metres offshore at 1530 hrs.
28/4/07A
pod of 5 or 6 dolphins, including one juvenile, was seen heading east off
the Polruan NCI Lookout SX122508. One was semi albino, so they were probably
Risso’s Dolphin.
28/4/073
Basking Sharks were seen between Runnelstone SW369200 and Tater du SW440230
from 1530 to 1545 hrs. One was quite large and the others smaller.
28/4/0740
to 60 Harbour Porpoises made a considerable amount of noise as they seemed
to be chasing mackerel about 2 to 3 miles offshore near Kingsmere Rocks, Sussex.
28/4/07A
5 metre Basking Shark was off ogan Rock SW397220 at 1145 hrs and a 4 metre
Basking Shark was off Porthguarnon SW410230 at 1235 hrs
28/4/07A
Grey Seal was seen below the Watch at Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1500 hrs
28/4/074
Harbour Porpoises, including one juvenile, were seen breaching 3 Km off
Church Cove SW715127 from 1250 to 1304 hrs. and
a Basking Shark was feeding about ¾ Km offshore
29/4/07A
Basking Shark, with a white nose and the top part of its tail fin shredded,
was seen close to the east side of Cannis Rock SX102490. Gulls were following
the shark.
29/4/07A
3 to 4 metre Basking Shark was feeding in WhitsandBay
in position 50º19.11N 04º23.21WIt came
very close to divers at the surface who saw 2 remoras on its right hand
side just aft of its dorsal
30/4/07A
large Basking Shark was seen off Porthgwarra SW371216
1/5/07A
Grey Seal was seen below the Watch at Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1300 hrs
3/5/072
Grey Seals, a male and a female were in the water at the south end of Looe
or St. George’s Island
SX2551. Lots of Fulmars were in the area
3/5/0712
Risso's Dolphins were first seen ½ mile southeast of Fowey SX120510
and again 30 minutes later in Lantic Bay SX11450. Thepod
included 5 juveniles, and were swimming in circles. When seen later
they had split into two groups, occasionally breaching.
3/5/07A
Basking Shark was seen feeding off Gribba Point SW846311 from 1118 to 1515
hrs
4/5/07A
Grey Seal was seen below the Watch at Cape Cornwall Sw349318 at 1312 hrs
4/5/07A
solitary large dolphin was seen 45 miles south of Manacle Point SW811204
at 2100 hrs
5/5/07A
Basking Shark was off Dodman Point SX000392 at 1300 hrs
5/5/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen heading slowly west 500 metres off Capstone Point
SS519418 at 1015 hrs, with gannets overhead
and anglers pulling out mackerel on feathers.
6/5/07A
pod of 8 Bottlenose Dolphins was off Penzance SW476303 at midday.
There was some surface activity.
7/5/072
Grey Seals were seen swimming off Botallack Head SW361338 at 1500 hrs
8/5/073
Risso's Dolphins were spotted in St. John’sLake
SX4454 at 1630 hrs They were off the western
end of Marine Drive Torpoint on the Torpoint side of a moored barge 1/3
of the way across the lake. One breached more often than the others, and
was white on its back from its head to the dorsal. They were still in the
area at 2000 hrs.
8/5/076
Bottlenose Dolphin headed west off Porthmeor Beach SW516410 at 1825 hrs
9/5/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen from the ferry 1 mile off Lundy Island SS1742
and 15 or more Common Dolphins were seen just off Lundy SS150440 at midday
9/5/073
Risso's Dolphins were seen in St. John’sLakeSX4454
at 1430 hrs off Marine Drive Torpoint
10/5/07A
dark cetacean was seen heading east in Plymouth Sound SX472534 off the
Mount Wise Swimming Pool at 1400 hrs
11/5/072
Grey Seals were seen below the Watch at Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1245
hrs
12/5/077
Bottlenose Dolphins were off St Ives Harbour entrance SW520407 at 1200
hrs, then they headed east with some surface activity
12/5/075
Harbour Porpoises were seen swimming off St. Anthony Head SW846311 at 1425
hrs, and 2 dolphins were breaching off the Head at 1450 hrs
13/5/076
Basking Sharks, including a baby, were off Porthcurno SW387222 during the
afternoon
13/5/077
or 8 dolphins were playing in the surf at Perranporth SW756544 at 1630
hrs. One had a white dorsal fin, otherwise
they were uniform grey with lighter underbelly, so probably Bottlenose
Dolphins
14/5/076
Bottlenose Dolphins, including a large 10 metre shark with a floppy dorsaland
a 2 metre long juvenile, were off the Minack Cliff Theatre SW387220 from
1600 to 1900 hrs
15/5/072
Oceanic Pufferfish were found on the strandline at Treyarnon Bay SW857740
among a stranding of By-the-wind-Sailors, Velella velella
Another
recent fish stranding was a Boar Fish Capros aper on a beach in
Mounts Bay SW4723
15/5/077
Bottlenose Dolphins and 6 Common Dolphins were off Porthmeor Beach SW516410
at 1725 hrs The Bottlenose Dolphin pod included 2 calves, and apparently
were chasing the Common Dolphins
15/5/077
Bottlenose Dolphins were milling about feeding off St Ives Island SW521411
at 2000 hrs with some surface activity
15/5/07A
Grey Seal was seen below the watch at Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1210 hrs
16/5/07A
Basking Shark dived as MV Scillonian III passed The Wolf Rock SW270120
at 1115 hrs and a Grey Seal juvenile was seen bottling about a mile east
of The Eastern Isles SV9414v from the Scillonian III at 1656 hrs
17/5/072
Bottlenose Dolphins, Cookie and Sleekie were in the Low Lee
area of Mounts Bay SW481272 from 1600 to 1900 hrs
17/5/07A
Bs was seen swimming off Logan Rock SW397219 at 1500 hrs.
18/5/07a
Grey Seal was seen below the Watch at Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1404 hrs
19/5/072
Grey Seals were resting and peeking off Polbarrow SW717135 from 1300 to
1345 hrs and one was still there at 1430 hrs
20/5/076
Bottlenose Dolphin were seen heading gently south off Droskyn Point SW715543
at 1800 hrs
20/5
07 A Grey Seal was seen below
the Watch at Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1210 hrs.
21/5/07The
two Bottlenose Dolphins, Cookie and Sleekie were in NewlynHarbour
during the day
21/5/07A
Basking Sharkwas
seen off Penberth SW404226 and another well offshore from Porthcurno SW387222
during the day
21/5/072
dolphins were playing in the bay below Logan Rock SW397219 at 1100 hrs
21/5/07a
Grey Seal was seen below the Watch at Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1225 hrs
22/5/07A
Grey Seal was seen below the Watch at Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1450 hrs
23/5/07A
Basking Shark was seen off The Avarack SW372352 and 2 were seen off The
Longships Reef SW320253 during the day
23/5/07A
pod of 9 Bottlenose Dolphins, including 2 young, were seen heading southwest
100 metres offshore at Woolacombe Bay SS450420 at
0715
hrs
23/5/072
Bottlenose Dolphin were seen heading west off St Ives SW5241 at 1920 hrs
23/5/0752
Grey Seals were seen at Hudder Cove SW606430 at 1400 hrs
24/5/07Two
Bottlenose Dolphins, known as Cookie and Sleekie, were off Roskilley SW472272
from 1900 to 2000 hrs
24/5/07An
8 metre Basking Shark was watched off Porthcurno SW387222 from 1130 to
1400 hrs
24/5/073
Bottlenose Dolphins were seen from a yacht 200 metres north of Black Rock,
Falmouth SW833317 at midday
25/5/073
Common Dolphins joined a yacht to bow ride for 20 minutes off Lyme Bay
in position 49º25N 02º44W at 1500 hrs
26/5/07A
Grey Seal was seen in the Carrick Roads SW8334 between Black Rock and Pendennis
Head at 1020 hrs
26/5/07Two
Bottlenose Dolphins, Cookie and Sleekie, put on a great performance for
locals and holidaymakers waiting for the train at St. Ives Railway Station
at 1515 hrs. They were jumping clear of the water and spinning, and jumping
together high out of the water
26/5/072
Grey Seals were playing and bobbing about in the swell off Polbarrow SW717135
from 1600 to 1700 hrs
26/5/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen feeding off Carn BargesSW447233
at 1705 hrs, and another was feeding off St Loy Cove SW424231 at 1726 hrs. a
third was feeding off Logan Rock SW397220 at 1745 hrs
26/5/072
Grey Seals were watched resting and peekingoff
and on at Polbarrow SW717135 from 1612 to 1646 hrs
27/5/07A
large whale spouted three times about ¼ mile off Cadgwith SW722142
while heading south and surfaced to show its head and dorsal fin at 1700
hrs
28/5/072
Basking Sharks were seen off Land’s End SW342253 during the day
28/5/072
Harbour Porpoises were feeding off Carn Barges SW447233 at 1038 hrs and
another was seen heading north off Mousehole SW471265 at 1325 hrs and a
third was seen travelling east off Carn Barges SW447233 at 1334 hrs
29/5/07A
4.5 metre Basking Shark was feeding in the Salcombe Estuary in position
50º22.50N 03º77.63W from 1400 to 1500 hrs before moving offshore.
29/5/07A
Basking Shark was in Whitesand Bay SW3526 during the day, and there was
also one on Mounts Bay SW4723
29/5/072
Basking Sharks were seen from the air, a Skybus marine survey flight, just
off the Longships Lighthouse SW320253
30/5/07A
small pod of dolphins, probably Commons, was watched as they headed slowly
south about 2 Km west of Cape Cornwall SW349318 from 0930 to 1000 hrs
30/5/072
Basking Sharks were in Whitesand Bay SW3526 from 0900 to 1100
30/5/07A
pod of about 6 Bottlenose Dolphins was breaching as they headed east in
Port Quin Bay SW9581 at 1545 hrs
30/5/07A
Basking Shark was seen off The Cowloe SW348260
30/5/07A
Harbour Porpoise was first seen feeding beneath a circling gannet 200 metres
off Capstone Point SS519418 at 1840 hrs. It moved off shore to about 500
metres and ¼ hour later a Harbour Porpoise, probably the same one,
was seen 500 metres to the west, beneath 6 gannets and gulls.
30/5/07100
or more dolphins, probably Common Dolphins, were bow riding a fishing boat
for a while 36 miles north of St Ives SW5241 during the afternoon
30/5/072
Bottlenose Dolphin were milling about with some surface activity off St.
Ives SW5241 at 1810 hrs
31/5/07A
Minke Whale was diving as it headed north in Mounts Bay in position 50º05.1N
05º31.1W at 1635 hrs
31/5/07A
Basking Shark was seen 1½ mile west of the NCI Lookout at cape Cornwall
SW349318 at 1300 hrs
1/6/074
Basking Sharks were seen 1 mile south of the NCI Lookout at Cape Cornwall
SW349318 at 1221 hrs.
1/6/073
Basking Sharks were watched for ½ hour off Cape Cornwall SW349318
from 1220 hrs then they headed south
1/6/07A
Basking Shark was seen off Logan Rock SW397219 at 1100 hrs
1/6/072
Basking Sharks were off The Minack Cliff Theatre from 0930 to 1130 hrs.
One was about 5 metres long but the size of the other was not determined
1/6/07A
5 metre Basking Shark was off Logan Rock SW397220 at 1131 hrs and a 4 metre
Basking Shark was off Boscawen Point SW432228 at 1332 hrs
1/6/07A
4 metre Basking Shark was off St Loy Cove SW424231 at 1615 hrs and a 5
metre Basking Shark was off Porthguarnon SW410230 at 1635 hrs
1/6/0714
Basking Sharks were in Whitesand Bay SW3526, between Sennen and the Brisons
at 1000 hrs, one with a rounded grey dorsal .
There was a report of 30 in the bay later in the day
2/6/078
Basking Sharks were seen off CapeCornwall
between 1350 hrs and 1615 hrs, The size of
the one seen at 1350 is not known, two seen at 1430 were an adult with
a juvenile, 8 metres and 2 metres long. There were also two 4 metres long
and three of 3 metres.
2/6/07A
large Basking Shark, 8 metres long, was off Porth Ledden SW352320 at 1620
hrs
2/6/072
Basking Sharks were seen off Pengirt Cove SW942801
2/6/07A
pod of 6 to 8 dolphins was seen off Pentire SW923804 from the Stepper Point
NCI Lookout SW913784
2/6/0712
to 15 Bottlenose Dolphin were seen below the NCI Lookoutat
Stepper Point SW913784
2/6/07A
pod of Bottlenose Dolphin was seen following a boat, ”Atlantic Diver”,
heading toward Pentire from the NCI Lookout at Stepper Point SW913784
3/6/074
Basking Sharks were off Porthcurno SW387222 from 1245 to 1300 hrs, one
was 5 metres long, two were 2 metres and one 3 metres.
3/6/077
Basking Sharks were off Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1515 hrs. They were all
west of the Cape at various distances and varied
in size from 4 metres to 6 metres
3/6/07A
3 metre Basking Shark was seen to the north east of The Brisons SW340311
at 1530 hrs
3/6/07A
large 8 metre Basking Shark was off Priest’s Cove SW351316 at 1545 hrs.
3/6/07A
Basking Shark was feeding off Porthcurno SW387222 during the morning
3/6/07Two
dolphins, probably Bottlenose Dolphins, were seen with some surface activity
off Newquay SW807261 during the afternoon
4/6/073
Basking Sharks, 1 x 8m, 1 x 7m and 1 x 6 metres, were circling and feeding
500 metres offshore in the middle of Whitesand Bay SW3527 at 1840 hrs.
Two more were feeding 600 metres offshore at Gywnver SW362276 at 1850 hrs
and another 3metre shark was feeding 500 metres offshore at Sennen Cove
SW3526 at 1900 hrs
4/6/07Two
12ft Basking Sharks were seen off Cadgwith SW722142
4/6/073
Harbour Porpoises were seen heading southeast a mile off Gwennap Head SW367215
at 1430 hrs
4/6/072
Basking Shark were seen off Carn VellanSW363343
4/6/073
Harbour Porpoises were off Gwennap Head SW367215 from 1422 to 1427 hrs
5/6/073
Basking Sharks were very close in below The Crown Mines SW362336and 3 Basking
Sharks were seen off The Rumps SW933811
5/6/07A
pod of about 20 Common Dolphins were seen off Gwennap Head SW367215 from
MV Scillonian III as she passed on her way to the Isles of Scilly at about
1000 hrs and a pair of Common Dolphins were seen from the vessel when ½
way to the Isles
5/6/0716
Basking Sharks were feeding off Sennen SW3526during
the evening
5/6/07A
Harbour Porpoise was feedin as it headed east off Mousehole SW471265 at
1031 hrs
5/6/07A
pod of 50 or more Common Dolphins was seen heading east south of The Longships
Reef SW321253 at 1145 hrs
5/6/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen heading west, south of Land’s End SW341253 at
1551 hrs
5/6/07A
5 metre Basking Shark was off Porthguarnon SW410230 at 1105 hrs and 2 Basking
Sharks, one 4 metres and the other 6 metres long were off Logan Rock SW397220
at 1515 hrs and a 6 metre Basking Shark was off Land’s End SW341253 at
1601 hrs
5/6/07A
Basking Shark was seen 1 Km west of Gwennap Head NCI Lookout SW367215 at
1100 hrs
5/6/073
Basking Sharks were below the Gwennap Head NCI Lookout SW367215 during
the afternoon
5/6/072
Common Dolphins played around a yacht for about an hour from 0700 hrs off Falmouth
in position 48º39.5N 04º53.78W
6/6/07At
least 6 Basking Sharks were off Cot Valley SW355306 at 1000 hrs
6/6/072
Basking Sharks, 4m and 6m long were off Logan Rock SW397220 at 1102 hrs
6/6/072
Bottlenose Dolphin were milling about with some surface activity off St.
Ives SW5241 at 2140 hrs
6/6/07A
Basking Shark was feeding beneath Herring Gulls ½ to ¾ mile
off Lizard Point SW649115 at 1530 hrs
6/6/07A
6 metre and a 7 metre Basking Shark were off Logan Rock SW397220 at 1115
hrs
6/6/078
to 10 Common Dolphins were off The Brisons SW340311 from 0900 to 0920 hrs
6/6/072
Basking Sharks were feeding ½ to ¾ mile off Lizard
Point in a moderate sea during the day
6/6/073
or 4 dolphins were seen enjoying themselves from a yacht in the English
Channel in position 48º39.07N 4º57.3 W at 0700 hrs
7/6/07A
pale adult Risso's Dolphin was seen heading north off Cape Cornwall SW349318
at 1000 hrs.
7/6/073
Harbour Porpoises were SSW of The Brisons SW340311 at 1740 hrs
7/6/075
dolphins, probably Bottlenose Dolphins, were seen to pass by close inshore
by surfers at Porthtowan SW690482
7/6/076
Basking Sharks were in the cove at Porthcurno SW387222 at 1200 hrs. The
biggest of which was about 30 ft long. There were 10 more Basking
Sharks off Pendeen SW383358 at 1245 hrs
7/6/072
Basking Sharks were seen feeding off cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1700 hrs.
7/6/077
or 8 Bottlenose Dolphin were seen heading west off St. Ives SW5241 at 1740
hrs
7/6/078
Basking Sharks were spread out feeding 400 metres offshore at Whitesand
Bay SW3527 at 1920 hrs. One was very large and one was quite small
7/6/07A
Basking Shark was feeding between the Longships Lighthouse SW320253 and Land’s
End at 2010 hrs
7/6/07A
Basking Shark was seen off Newland Island SW914811 from the Stepper Point
NCI Lookout SW913784
7/6/07An
Ocean Sunfish was seen off Dodman Point in position 41º01.09N 04º41.52W
at 1220 hrs
8/6/074
Common Dolphins were seen off Looe in position 47º50.30N 04º25.85W
at 1220 hrs
8/6/073
Basking Shark were feeding at Sennen Cove SW350263 at 1930 hrs and 10 were
feeding off Land’s End SW341253 at 2010 hrs
8/6/079
Bottlenose Dolphins were seen heading west off Porthmeor Beach SW516410
at 2140 hrs
8/6/073
Basking Sharks were 1½ to 2 miles offshore at Logan Rock SW396219at
1230 hrs and another Basking Shark was seen ½ mile offshore at Gribba
Head SW355302 at 1500 hrs
8/6/07A
60cm Ocean Sunfish was seen 1 mile south of St. Michael’s MountSW515301
at 1805 hrs
8/6/07A
Harbour Porpoise was feeding south of Mousehole SW471265 at 1015 hrs
8/6/073
Basking Sharks were seen about ½ mile
off Port Gaverne SW999812 during the evening
8/6/076
Basking Sharks were off St Loy Cove SW424231 at 1029 hrs One
was 4 metres long, 3 were 5m and 2 were 6m.
8/6/07A
5 metre and two 6 metre Basking Sharks were off The Minack Cliff Theatre
SW387219 at 1045 hrs and 10 minutes later three more were spotted, one
3 metre, one 7 metre and an 8 metre.
8/6/07A
4 metre, a 5 Metre and a 6 metre Basking Shark were seen off St Loy Cove
SW424231 at 1401 hrs and a 3 metre and two 6 metre Basking Sharks were
off Porthguarnon SW410230 at 1411 hrs
8/6/07An
8 metre Basking Shark was off Logan Rock SW397220 at 1425 hrs and a 6 metre,
one 7 metre and two 8 metre Basking Sharks were off The Minack Cliff Theatre
SW387219 at 1445 hrs
8/6/07A
4 metre and a 5 metre Basking Shark were off Carn Scathe SW374216 at 1455
hrs, and a 6 metre Basking Shark was off The Minack Theatre SW387219 at
1505 hrs.
8/6/07A
4 metre and a 5 metre Basking Shark were off Mousehole SW471265 at 1511
hrs
8/6/074
Basking Sharks were 1 Km south of Gwennap Head NCI Lookout SW367215 and
2 more were just below the watch during the day.
8/6/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen north of The Brisons SW340311 at 0930 hrs
8/6/072
Basking Sharks were feeding 2 Km southeast of ogan Rock SW396219 from 1220
to 1227 hrs and another was feeding 1½ Km off the headland from
1243 to 1252 hrs
8/6/07A
Basking Shark was feeding ½ Km off Gribba Head SW355302 from 1503
to 1517 hrs
8/6/07A
60cm Ocean Sunfish as seen 1 mile south of St. Michael’s Mount in position
50º06N 05º28’5W at 1805 hrs
9/6/072
Basking Sharks were off Nanjizal SW358236 and two were near the Runnelstone
SW369200 at 1330 hrs
9/6/07A
5 metre and a 6 metre Basking Shark were off Porthguarnon SW410230 at 1313
hrs and a 5m, and a 6 metre Basking Shark were off Logan Rock at 1345 hrs.
9/6/07A
4 metre Basking Shark was off The Minack Theatre SW387219 at 1345 hrs and
6 Basking Sharks were off Carn Guthebsbras SW363217 at 1355. These were,
1at 5 metres, two at 6m, two at 7m, and one at 8 metres.
9/6/0715
Basking Sharks were off Pendeen SW377355 and 3 or 4 were seen off Carn
Gloose SW353313 at 1500 hrs
9/6/07A
3 metre Basking Shark was off The Minack Theatre SWSW387219 at 1406 hrs,
and a 4 metre Basking Shark was off Porthguarnon SW410230 at 1554 hrsand
a 5 metre Basking Shark was off Logan Rock SW397220 at 1601 hrs
9/6/072
Basking Sharks were feeding close inshore at Porthcurno SW387222 during
the afternoon.
9/6/07A
7 metre and an 8 metre Basking Shark were off Carn Boel SW348237 at 1645
hrs and a % metre Basking Shark was in Mounts Bay SW4723 at 1849 hrs
9/6/07A
6 metre and an 8 Metre Basking Shark were off Carn Boel, SWSW348237 at
1652 hrs
9/6/07A
pod of Bottlenose Dolphins was in the Camel Estuary off Stepper Point NCI
Lookout SW913784 during the day.
10/6/07Two
5 metre, one 6 metre and one 7 metre Basking Shark were off Logan Rock
SW397220 at 1143 hrs
10/6/07A
Harbour Porpoise was feeding as it headed east off Mousehole SW471265 at
1053 hrs
10/6/072
Basking Sharks were off Lundy Hole Port Quin Bay SW955802 during the evening
10/6/07a
4 metre and a 6 metre Basking Shark were off Logan Rock SW397220 at 1357
hrs
10/6/07A
Basking Shark was 1 Km south of Porthgwarra SW371216 at 1600 hrs
10/6/072
Basking Sharks were south of Gwennap Head NCI Lookout SW387215 at 1500
hrs
10/8/07Nine
Pilot Whales were seen off Portland
in position 45º25.28N 02º22.21W at 1300 hrs
11/6/073
Basking Sharks were off Cot Valley SW355308 from 1030 to 1230 hrs
11/6/07A OnemetreOcean
Sunfish was seen from the NCI Lookout at St Ives SW521411 and 2 Risso's
Dolphins were seen off Goran Haven SX013416 .
11/6/07A
Basking Shark was seen off Kemyel Point SW460241 at 1340 hrs
11/6/07A
Basking Shark was feeding in Lamorna Cove SW451241 from1342to
1350 hrs
12/6/073
Basking Sharks were ½ to 2 Km offshore at Pendennis Point SW824315
from 1502 to 1602 hrs.
12/6/07A
Grey Seal and 2 Basking Sharks were seen of Pentire Head SW920805
12/6/073
Basking Sharks were seen southwest of Cape Cornwall SW349318 and 2 more
were spotted from the NCI Lookout at CapeCornwall
north of the Brisons SW340311at 0930 hrs
12/6/072
Basking Sharks were seen off Pendennis Point SW826315 from 1500 to 1600
hrs. One was ½ mile off and the other 1mile south
12/6/079
Bottlenose Dolphins were seen heading east off Porthminster Beach SW521401
at 1125 hrs
12/6/075
Basking Shark were off Clodgy Point SW507414 feeding at 1600 hrs
12/6/079
Bottlenose Dolphins were seen heading west off Porthmeor Beach SW516410
at 1700 hrs
12/6/07A
Dolphin was seen 400 metres southeast of Porthgwarra SW371216 at 1015 hrs
13/6/076
Basking Sharks were off Cot Valley SW353308 during the morning.
13/6/0712
Bottlenose Dolphins were seen heading west off Porthmeor Beach SW516410
at 1755 hrs
14/6/078
Bottlenose Dolphins were seen heading east off the St. Ives NCI Lookout
SW521411 at 0715 hrs
14/6/076
to 8 Basking Sharks were between Sennen Bay SW3526 and Botallack SW361338.
One just offshore from Carn Gloose SW353313 was persistently tailing a
smaller one, going round in circles as well as in a straight course. This
continued for about ten minutes. The large one had a very rounded dorsal.
14/6/07A
Harbour Porpoise was 2 Km northwest of The Brisons SW340311 at 1230 hrs
14/6/07A
pod of dolphins was seen heading toward Polzeath SW9378 from the Stepper
Point NCI Lookout SW913784
15/6/07A
Basking Shark was seen off Boscastle SX089915 during the evening
15/6/07A
rare Slipper Lobster Scyllarus arctus was caught in a lobster pot
off the southwest coast of Ireland
and taken alive to the Dingle Oceanworld. It appears to be the first of
this species caught in Irish waters and probably the most northerly European record.,
but several have been caught off Cornwall
and the Isles of Scilly
15/6/07A
Minke Whale was seen from MV Scillonian III when close to the Isles of
Scilly SV9108
15/6/076
Bottlenose Dolphins were seen heading south off Cape Cornwall SW349318
during the afternoon
15/6/07A
dolphin was seen in Port Tudy Harbour Ile de Groix at 0900 hrs and a Bottlenose
Dolphin was seen at Port Louis
fish dock Lorient at 2015
hrs
16/6/072
Basking Sharks were ¼ to ½ mile off Pen Olver SW713115 between
1500 and 1600 hrs
16/6/077
Bottlenose Dolphins were seen heading west off Porthmeor Beach SW516410
at 1930 hrs
16/6/07About
10 Common Dolphins were seen heading north off Cape Cornwall SW349318 during
the day
16/6/072
Basking Sharks were feeding ½ to 1½ milesoff Pen Olver Point
SW712117 from 1524 to 1558 hrs.
16/6/07A
Humpback Whale surfaced near a pair of canoeists 100 yards off Putsborough
Sands SS4441.The canoeists were sprayed when the whale spouted. It surfaced
2 or 3 times and appeared to be checking the canoeists out before turning
on its side just below the surface
16/6/078
to 12 Common Dolphins were moving around the area between Stepper Point
SW915783 and Pentire Point SW923804 at noon
17/6/072
Basking Sharks were off Gribba Head SW355302, one feeding in the cove,
the other swimming 1 Km southwest offshore.
17/6/072
Common Dolphins were breaching ½ Km southwest of Gribba Head SW355302
from1241 to 1245 hrs.
17/6/072
Common Dolphins were seen heading southwest 1½ miles off Cribba
Head SW403225 at 1240 hrs and 2 Basking Sharks were seen from the Head
between 1400 and 1500 hrs. One was heading southwest a mile offshore and
the other was in Penberth Cove SW404226
17/6/072
Ocean Sunfish, 50cm and 40cm across were seen just south of Logan’s
Rock SW396219 at 1744 hrs
17/6/0730
to 40 Striped Dolphins were spotted about 400 yards offshore at Porthgwarra
SW371216 at 1000 hrs. They were heading west fast in a tight pod past The RunnelstoneSW369200
toward The Wolf Rock SW270120 and were watch by telescope as they lingered
a while to the east of the Wolf Rock, presumably feeding with gannets overhead.
17/6/075
travelling Pilot Whales were watched for 10 minutes off The Isle of Wight
in position 46º72N 01º23W at 1540 hrs
17/6/07An
80cm Ocean Sunfish was seen just east of Boscawen Point Sw431239 at 1342
hrs
19/6/073
dolphins were seen following a fishing boat between Newland SW914811 and
Pentire SW923804 from the Stepper Point NCI Lookout SW913784
22/6/075
dolphins were seen entering The Camel Estuary from the NCI Lookout at Stepper
Point
SW913784
22/6/07.A
pod of about 10 Common Dolphins was seen heading west off PorthgwarraSW371216
at 0830 hrs.
22/6/072
Harbour Porpoises were off Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 0945 hrs
22/6/075
Common Dolphins moved into the Camel Estuary off Stepper Point SW915783
at 1100 hrs. They were feeding and bow riding boats until 1145 hrs
22/6/07A
4metre Basking Shark was seen at 50º1.76N 5º30.85W in MountsBay
at 1115 hrs
23/6/07During
a twelve hour watch, from 0600 to 1800 hrs, at Berry Head SW948567 up to
3 Harbour Porpoises were seen for 50% of the watch. During a similar watch
the following day the Harbour Porpoises were there for 50% of the watch
23/6/072
Basking Sharks were near the Runnelstone SW369200 at 1330 hrs
23/6/07A
large Basking Shark was seen feeding briefly near rocks 100 metres off
Land’s End SW341253
23/6/074
or more dolphins were below the Stepper Point NCI Lookout SW913784 for
no more than 10 minutes during the day
23/6/07A
2 metre and two 6 metre Basking Sharks were seen at 50º3.66N 5º30.84W
in MountsBay
at 1625 hrs
24/6/073
or 4 dolphins were watched following or bow riding “Cyclone” and other
boats from the stepper Point NCI Lookout SW913784
24/6/07A
Triggerfish was seen swimming at the surface near The Runnelstone SW369200
at 1130 hrs
24/6/07A
Harbour Porpoise was spotted 3 times during a 3 hour watch at Hartland
Point SS230279 from 1200 to 1500 hrs
24/6/07A
pod of about 12 Bottlenose Dolphins was seen off Berry Head SX948567 just
inside Torbay at 1500 hrs.
24/6/07A
4 metre Basking Shark was seen at 50º04.006.N 5º30.85W in MountsBay
at 1635 hrs
24/6/072
Basking Sharks breached 100 metres and 700 metres off Porthcurno SW387222between
1530 and 1600 hrs.
26/6/07A
single adult Common Dolphin was seen breaching off Droskyn Point SW751543
at 0940 hrs
26/6/072
Bottlenose Dolphin were seen close inshore off Battery Rocks SW477297 at
0900 hrs
26/6/0720
dolphins in 3 groups, 2 large and 1 small, were off Looe in position 47º48.3N
04º26.7W at 1200 hrs
27/6/076
Grey Seals were hauled out on Black Rock SW833317 at 1907 hrs
27/6/07A
pod of up to 15 dolphins were watched for 15 minutes in St. Mary’s Sound,
Isles of Scilly, SV8909 at 1130 hrs
28/6/075
Basking Sharks were in the Carrick Roads SW8334 at 0830 hrs
28/6/077
Bottlenose Dolphins were seen heading west off Porthmeor Beach SW516410
at 1645 hrs. They then turned back and headed east, later at 1720 hrs they
were seen heading west again
28/6/07A
3 metre Basking Shark was seen about 2 miles east of the entrance to Salcombe
Estuary SX7635 and ½ mile offshore at 1747 hrs
29/6/0710
dolphins were watched feeding just below Berry Head SX948567
29/6/07A
pod of about 30 Common Dolphins was seen 200 metres east of Gannets Cove
Lundy SS135475 at 1350 hrs.
29/6/07A
small Harbour Porpoise carcass was stranded at Woolcombe SS450420
. It was only 2 to 2½ feet long and was taken to Starcross
for autopsy
29/6/077
Bottlenose Dolphins were seen heading east off Porthmeor Beach SW516410
at 1930 hrs
29/6/075
Harbour Porpoises were seen off Berry Head SX948567 between 1800 and 2100
hrs
30/6/075
Harbour Porpoises, 4 adults and a juvenile, were seen off Berry Head SX948567
at 0940 hrs and 2 were seen heading south at 1104 hrs.In
the evening 4 were seen between 1800 and 2100 hrs
30/6/072
Grey Seals were below the Watch at Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1145 hrs
1/7/072
dolphins were seen heading west off PorthmeorBeach
at 1530 hrs
1/7/07A
Risso's Dolphin was seen to pass Porthgwarra SW371216
1/7/07A
shark, possibly a Blue Shark leapt from the sea close inshore at Pendeen
SW377358. It was about 6ft long and dark in colour
2/7/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen off Berry Head SX948567 at 1015 hrs and another,
or the same one, was seen at 1615 hrs
3/7/07An
Ocean Sunfish was seen off Porthgwarra SW371216 during the morning
3/7/072
Harbour Porpoises were seen off Pendeen SW377358 during the afternoon
4/7/07A
cetacean, probably a Harbour Porpoise, surfaced
once heading offshore 500 metres off Capstone Point SS519418 at at 1914
hrs with Gannets diving. The cetacean was not seen again but the diving
gannets continued heading east.
4/7/072
Basking Sharks were ½ to ¾ mile off Cribba Head SW403225
from 1345 to 1420 hrs. One was actively feeding with gulls overhead.
4/7/076
to 8 Bottlenose Dolphins were seen heading west off Porthmeor Beach SW516410
at 1200 hrs
5/7/07A
juvenile Harbour Porpoise surfaced 5 times at intervals beside a tour boat
at 1111 hrs in Fal bay in position 50º07N 5º1W
6/7/07A
pod of about 6 Bottlenose Dolphin were breaching about ½ mile east
of Penzance Harbour SW476303 at 1745 hrs. They were reported by another
observer, as being about ½ mile offshore at Longrock SW498308 at
about the same time.
6/7/07About
30 Bottlenose Dolphins in pods of up to 6 were spread out over a square
mile near the Owen Rocks 50º17N 04º30.45W. Probably hunting but
not feeding. Two large ones were bow riding a boat for a while
6.7.078
Bottlenose Dolphins were seen off Pendeen SW377358. They were close inshore,
inside some rocks at midday.
7/7/072
Basking Sharks were cruising ½ mile
NNW of Stepper Point NCI Hut SW913783
7/7/074
dolphins were seen off Hawkers Cove SW913775 from the Stepper Point NCI
Hut
7/7/078
to 12 Common Dolphins were moving around Padstow Bay SW9279 at noon
8/7/072
Bottlenose Dolphins were seen heading southwest about a mile offshore between
Rosemulion Head SW797278 and Toll Point SW782267 at 1245 hrs
8/7/07An
Ocean Sunfish breached 5 times about 150 metres off Porthgwarra Cove Sw371216
8/7/07A
Common Dolphin was seen off Camaret at 1600 hrs
10/7/072
Basking Sharks and a Grey Seal were seen off the Rumps SW923804
10/7/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen off Berry Head SX948567 at 1251 hrs
10/7/07A
small colony of Buoy Barnacles Dosima fascicularis was found on
the beach at Stanbury Mouth SS198133.
10/7/072
juvenile Bottlenose Dolphins played beside a tour boat for 2 minutes at
1503 hrs in FalBay
in position 50º 3’20N 5º1’40W
11/7/07An
Ocean Sunfish was seen off Fowey in position 47º49N 04º36Wat
1305 hrs
11/7/07A
Bottlenose Dolphin was seen from Scillonian III just outsidePenzanceHarbour
at 0915 hrs when they left for the Isles, and a Harbour Porpoise was seen
just outside the harbour when they returned at 1930 hrs.
11/7/072
Harbour Porpoise were seen on the western side of Mincarlo Rocks Isles
of Scilly SV853129
11/7/07A
pod of 7 Common Dolphins was seen off the Manacles SW8120 at 1400 hrs.
2 were large, 2 medium and 2 small, and were thought to be feeding on mackerel.
11/7/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen about 500 metres south of Porthgwarra SW371215
11/7/075
or more Basking Sharks were seen moving slowly westward at the mouth of padstowBay
between Stepper Point SW915783 and Newlands SW915811
11/7/07A
30cm Ocean Sunfish was seen in the tide race at the Runnelstone SW369200
at 1744 hrs and a 50cm Ocean Sunfish was seen in the race at 1404 hrs
12/7/073
dolphins, probably Bottlenose Dolphins, were seen heading west from the
NCI Lookout at St Ives SW521411 at 11050 hrs
12/7/078
Bottlenose Dolphins wers seen heading east off Porthmeor Beach SW516410
at 2030 hrs
12/7/07A
young Thresher Shark was caught off Alderney,
Channel Isles, by someone fishing with Mackerel feathers.
12/7/07Quite
a large octopus was found stranded at Praa Sands SW5728 at 1030 hrs. Body
size about 6 to 8 inches with 3 ft arms. Light red in colour with 1½”
diameter white eyes with black pupils. There was a large gash on the body
suggestive of a strike by a boat propellor
12/7/078
Bottlenose Dolphins and an Ocean Sunfish were off Pendeen SW377358 at 1615
hrs
13/7/07A
pod of 30 to 50 Common Dolphins was seen off Looe in position 47º49.9N
04º28.7W at 1245 hrs
14/7/072
Harbour Porpoise were seen 400 metres south of Porthgwarra Cove SW371216
14/7/078
Bottlenose Dolphin were seen heading east off Porthmeor Beach SW516410
at 1900 hrs
14/7/07An
Ocean Sunfish, ½ metre long, was seen off Fowey, in position 50º19.5N
04º35.8W at 1500 hrs
14/7/073
or more dolphins were seen from Stepper Point NCI off Daymer Bay SW927775.
They moved up river then back down again
14/7/075
Harbour Porpoises, including a calf, were seen fro a tour boat off Lowland
Point SW802195 at 1010 hrs. 3 others were seen on the same trip.
14/7/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen ½ mile off Black Head Sw779162 at 1111
hrs. 7 others were seen from the tour boat on the same trip.
14/7/07A
Grey Seal was below the Watch at NCI hut Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1220
hrs
15/7/073
Harbour Porpoises were seen off Tunnels Beach IlfracombeSS524479,
feeding and moving slowly west at 1030 hrs with gannets diving.
15/7/07A
pod of 10 or more Bottlenose Dolphin was spotted beneath gannets south
of Baggy Point SS419406 at 2000 hrs
15/7/078
Bottlenose Dolphin were seen off Porthcurno SW387222
15/7/078
Bottlenose Dolphins were in Porthcurno Bay SW387222 from 1530 to 1600 hrs
16/7/07A
Grey Seal was seen briefly bottling before it did a slow rolling dive 500
metres to the west of Capstone Point SS519418 at 0745 hrs. There were 2
gannets in the vicinity.
17/7/073
Harbour Porpoises were seen off Berry Head SX948567 at 1548 hrs
17/7/076
Common Dolphins were seen off St. Martin’s
Head St Martin’s Isles of Scilly SV943162during the afternoon
17/7/07A
Basking Shark was seen off Porthgwarra SW371216 late evening
18/7/072
Minke Whales, and 2 Harbour Porpoises were
seen of Porthgwarra SW371216
18/7/072
Ocean Sunfish were seen swimming at the surface off The Eastern Isles I.o.S
SV9414 at 1000 hrs
18/7/073
or 4 Harbour Porpoises were seen porpoiseing south off The Eastern Isles
I.o.S SV9414 at 1200 hrs
18/7/075
or 6 Harbour Porpoises were seen porpoiseing southeast off St.
Martin’s Head I.o.S SV943162 at 1500 hrs
18/7/07A
50cm Ocean Sunfish was seen in the tide race at The Runnelstone SW369200
at 1145 hrs
18/7/07A
60cm Ocean Sunfish was seen in Mount’s Bay in position 50º4’86N 5º30’34W
at 1511 hrs
19/7/078
Bottlenose Dolphins were seen heading east off Porthmeor Beach SW516410
at 0950 hrs
19/7/07A
pod of 10 or more Bottlenose Dolphins were watched breaching for
10 minutes before they moved on, 100 metres off the Beach at Porthtowan
SW690482 at 1345 hrs.
19/7/07A
Minke Whale, an Ocean Sunfish, 5 Common Dolphins and 4 Harbour Porpoises
were seen off Porthgwarra SW371216
19/7/072
Basking Sharks were seen near the Sharks Fin rock SW327262 from Land’s
End
19/7/073
Basking Sharks were feeding 500 metres offshore at Sennen Cove SW351263
at 1730 hrs
19.7.072
Harbour Porpoises were spotted about 2nm Southeast of St. Anthony Head
SW846311 at 1350 hrs
19/7/07A
Minke Whale was seen about 5Km west of Gwennap Head SW365217 at 1010 hrs
19/7/076
Harbour Porpoises were off Pendeen SW377358 late afternoon
20/7/07A
Harbour Porpoise and 2 Basking Sharks were seen off Porthgwarra SW371216
20/7/073
Whales, almost certainly Minke Whales, were seen off Cudden Point SW548275
at 0830 hrs. They only surfaced twice in about 10 minutes heading east
across the bay. No spout was seen. Dolphin shaped dorsal set well aft on
long back and some white seen on the animals
20/7/072
Basking Sharks were close inshore during the afternoon at Gwynver SW362276
20/7/07A
50cm Ocean Sunfish was seen south of Lamorna SW451241 at 1228 hrs
20/7/07An
Ocean Sunfish was seen off Tater du SW440230 at 1842 hrs
20/7/07A
Grey Seal was below the Watch at the NCI hut at Cape Cornwall SW349318
at 0810 hrs
21/7/07A
4 metre Basking Shark was seen off Carn Guthensbras SW363218 at 1150 hrs
21/7/07A
40cm Ocean Sunfish was seen in the tide race at the Runnelstone SW369200
at 1445 hrs
21/7/076
dolphins were seen quite a distance offshore heading west off Porthmeor
Beach SW516410 at 2100 hrs
21/7/07A
6 metres Basking Shark was seen south of Hella Point in position 50º01.80N
5º40.71W at 1203 hrs, and another 6 metre shark was seen in position
50º01.54N 5º40.32W at 1218 hrs
21/7/072
Harbour Porpoise surfaced twice off Tunnels Beach Ilfracombe SS524479 at
0935 hrs. They were disturbed by passing boats and were not seen again
21.7.073
Basking Sharks were seen off Beer Head SY2388 at 1100 hrs
21/7/072
Ocean Sunfish, 5 Harbour Porpoises and 2 Basking Sharks were seen off Porthgwarra
SW371216
21/7/074
Harbour Porpoises, an Ocean Sunfish and 2 Basking Sharks were off Pendeen
SW377358 between 1100 and 1615 hrs
21/7/072
Harbour Porpoises were seen off Gara Point south Devon SX522469 at 0900
hrs
21/7/073
Harbour Porpoises were seen off Hartland Point SS230279 at 1300 hrs
22/7/07A
Minke Whale was seen 6 miles south of the Isles of Scilly
22/7/076
Basking Sharks and 5 dolphins were seen off Porthgwarra SW371216
22/7/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen 500 metres off Capstone Point SS519418 at 1838
hrs, slowly heading east with a gannet circling
22/7/07Three
very large Triggerfish were seen by divers, schooling with Pollack at first
at ten metres depth, then hiding in a crevice
near The Cow & Calf SW966808 near Port Quin, at 1640 hrs.
22/7/07A
Basking Shark was 100 metres SW of the NCI Watch at Cape Cornwall SW349318
at 0820 hrs
22/7/072
Basking Sharks were seen feeding near the Brisons SW340311 from CapeCornwall
22/7/072
Basking Sharks were ½ mile south of the NCI Watch at Cape Cornwall
SW349318 at 1800 hrs
22/7/07A
pod of Bottlenose Dolphin was seen heading east off St. Ives SW5124 at
1015 hrs
22/7/078
Bottlenose Dolphins were seen heading east off PorthmeorBeach
at 1015 hrs and heading back west at 1625 hrs
23/7/073
Grey Seals were below the NCI Watch at Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1400 hrs
23/7/07A
Basking Shark was seen off Pendeen Watch SW377358
24/7/07A
4 metre Basking Shark was feeding 500 metres offshore at Whitesand Bay
SW3527 at 2020 hrs
24/7/0716
or more Common Dolphins, including 2 juvenile, were seen heading southeast,
mile off Pentire Point SW923804 from 1410 to 1430 hrs
24/7/07Apod
of 8 to 10 Bottlenose Dolphins were seen being active at the surface off
Watergate Bay SW8464 at 1100 hrs. Probably the same pod was seen being
active at the surface off Fistral Beach SW797620 at 1700 hrs
24/7/07A
Basking Shark was seen off the end of the Longships Reef SW320253 during
the morning
24/7/07A
Grey Seal was below the NCI Watch at Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 0852 hrs
25/7/07A
Basking Shark was just off Porthgwarra Cove SW371216 at 1615 hrs
25/7/077
Basking Sharks were off Pendeen SW377358 from 1400 to 1750 hrs
25/7/07A
dolphin species was washed up into a large rock pool at Booby’s Bay SW8575
at 1330 . British Divers Marine Life Rescue
attended, but were unable to find the carcass
which had probably been washed out to sea again
25/7/073,
possibly 4, Harbour Porpoises were feeding off Capstone Point SS519418
at 1840 hrs They slowly headed east 600 metres offshore with 8 gannets
circling and diving in a choppy sea.
26/7/07A
mother an calfHarbour
Porpoise surfaced about 10 times as they headed east 20 metres off Capstone
Point SS519418at
1844 hrs 4 gannets were circling.
26/7/072
Harbour Porpoises were seen heading south off Berry Head SX948567 at 0530
hrs by a birdwatcher and another was seen heading south at 0630 hrs. In
the afternoon one was seen feeding off the head.
26/7/075
Basking Shark were off Porthgwarra Cove SW371216 at 1730 hrs They
were well spread out 250 metres to 1Km offshore
26/7/078
Basking Sharks and 2 Ocean Sunfish were off Pendeen SW377358 from 1330
to1700 hrs
26/7/072
or 3 Bottlenose Dolphins were seen moving about Portsmouth Harbour SU6202.
There was some surface activity
27/7/079
Basking Sharks and an Ocean Sunfish were off Pendeen between 1100 and 1700
hrs
27/7/07An
Ocean Sunfish was seen at Sennen Cove SW351263 and several Basking Sharks
were around The Brisons SW340311 during the morning
27/7/074
Basking Sharks and a Harbour Porpoise were seen off Porthgwarra SW371216,
and a Basking Shark and an Ocean Sunfish were seen off Pendeen Watch SW377358
28/7/073
Harbour Porpoises were seen heading south off Berry Head SX948567 at o845
hrs
28/7/072
Basking Sharks were seen off Sennen Cove SW351263 and 5 Basking Shark were
well off Land’s End SW341253 during the day
28/7/079
Basking Sharks, 4 Common Dolphins and a Harbour Porpoise were seen off
Porthgwarra SW371216
28/7/07A
Common Dolphin was swimming back and forth, close inshore at Carbis Bay
SW528389 at a risk of becoming strandedat
1100 hrs British Divers Marin Life Rescue attended and watched with members
of the public until it moved
offshore at 2200 hrs.
28/7/073
Harbour Porpoises were feeding off Berry Head SX948567 at 0910 hrs
28/7/07A
4 metre Basking Shark was seen off Logan Rock SW396219 at 1104 hrs
28/7/07A
pod of 10 Bottlenose Dolphins, including 2 juveniles was seen playing off
Boscawen Point SW431239 at 1208 hrs
29/7/06A
5 metre Basking Shark was seen off Porthguarnon SW410230 at 1204 hrs
29/7/07A
pod of 8 Common Dolphins was seen feeding near The Runnelstone SW369200
at 1257 hrs
29/7/073
Basking Shark were seen off Cribba Head in position 50º2.35N 5º38.11W
at 1214 hrs and 8 more were seen in position 50º2.28N 5º38.53W
at 1221 hrs
29/7/074
Harbour Porpoises were feed in off Berry Head SX948567 at 2115 hrs
29/7/07Up
to 10 Basking Sharks were between Land’s End SW341253 and The Longships
Lighthouse during the morning
29/7/0711
Basking Sharks were off Porthcurno SW387222 and 8 more off Porthgwarra
SW371216. There were also 3 Harbour Porpoises off Porthgwarra
29/7/07An
18” Ocean Sunfish was seen off St. Ives SW520407 at 1830 hrs
29/7/075
Basking Shark and an Ocean Sunfish were off Pendeen SW377358 between 1130
and 1430 hrs
30/7/075
Basking Shark were off the Cowloe, Sennen, SW348266
at 1430 hrs. Two of them were very large
30/7/07There
were 50 or more Basking Sharks off Sennen Cove SW351263 spread out across
the Bay during the morning
30/7/074
Harbour Porpoises were feeding off Berry Head SX948567 at 0950 hrs
30/7/07There
was a Basking Shark close in at Porthcurno SW387222 during the morning
with several more out in the bay. Also seen off Porthcurno today were a
pod of Bottlenose Dolphin and an Ocean Sunfish.
30/7/07A
pod of 20 to 30 Whitebeaked Dolphins joined a boat to bow ride for 5 minutes
about 7 Km ENE of Forward Point in position 50º20.99N 03º26.89W.
There were juveniles and adults up to 3 metres long
30/7/074
or 5 large Basking Sharks were watched for a couple of hours late morning
off St Loy Cove SW424230
30/7/072
Basking Shark were seen southwest of Carn du in position 50º03.71N
5º32.45W at 1028 hrs and three more were seen in position 50º03.13N
5º32.92W at 1044hrs
30/7/0710
Basking Shark were seen off Tater du SW440230 at 1131 hrs
30/7/07A
young Porbeagle shark washed up dead on the beach at Gunwallow SW654223
over the weekend. It was only 1½ metres long.
30/7/076
Basking Sharks were feeding close offshore at Land’s End SW341253 at 1500
hrs
30/7/072
Basking Shark were seen off Logan Rock in position 50º02.25N 5º38.35W
at 1138 hrs and 6 more were seen in position 50º02.32N 5º38.70W
at 1142 hrs
30/7/076
Basking Sharks were off the Cowloe Rocks SW348266 from 1100 to 1500 hrs.
Several boats went out to see them including a white speed boat which was
moving fast and getting too close to the sharks
30/7/07A
50cm Ocean Sunfish was seen off Tater du SW440230 at 1103 hrs
30/7/072
Basking Sharks were off Merthen Point SW419227 at 1159 hrs and 2 were off
Porthguarnon SW410230 at 1430 and 2 more were off Carn Guthensbras SW363218
at 1503 hrs
30/7/076
Common Dolphins were seen off Gwennap Head SW367215
30/7/07A
Minke Whale was seen off Gwennap Head SW367215
30/7/07A
pod of about 20 Whitebeaked Dolphins was seen 7km ENE of Inner Forward
Point SX902495
31/7/073
Basking Sharks were seen off Land’s End SW341253 at 1136 hrs
31/7/07A
50cm Ocean Sunfish was seen off Gwennap Head SW367215 at 1418 hrs
31/7/073
or 4 Basking Sharks were seen off Sennen SW350263 from the NCI Watch at
Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 0933 hrs
31/7/079
Basking Sharks were off Porthgwarra SW371216 during the day
31/7/07A
pod of dolphins headed south off the NCI Watch at Cape Cornwall SW349318
at 0959 hrs
31/7/07A
very large pod of Harbour Porpoises, maybe as many as 100, was seen heading
west off Gull Rock, Nare Head SW927368 at 1400 hrs.
31/7/072
Basking Sharks were just north of The Brisons SW340311 at 1200 hrs
31/7/07At
least 6 Grey Seals were hauled out on Black Rock SW833317 at 1301 hrs
31/7/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen feeding off Carn le Boel SW356232 at 1445 hrs
and 4 more were seen feeding off Land’s End SW341235 at 1720 hrs
1/8/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen heading east off Carn Guthensbras SW36321`8 at
1158 hrs
1/8/07An
8ft Basking Shark was seen ½ mile off Nare Head SW916370 at 1212
hrs
1/8/0716
Basking Sharks were off Porthgwarra SW371216 during the day
1/8/0718
Basking Sharks were off Sennen Cove SW351263 during the day
1/8/07About
15 Harbour Porpoises, including a calf, were seen from a boat close inshore
at Watermouth Bay SS550485 at 1900 hrs. They were well spread out, slowly
heading east, with gannets diving.
1/8/075
or more Bottlenose Dolphin were seen heading west off Porthmeor Beach SW516410
at 1000 hrs, and 8 were seen heading back east at 1140 hrs. Later in the
day at 2115 hrs a pod of about 8 dolphins were seen heading west too far
offshore to be sure of the species
1/8/07A
60cm Ocean Sunfish was seen off Tater du SW440230 at 1217 hrs
1/8/072
Harbour Porpoises, an adult with baby, were seen 1 Km off Gwnnap Head SW367215
in the morning.
1/8/0715
Basking Sharks were seen off Land’s End SW341253 at 1135 hrs
and
10 were still in the area at 1438 hrs
2/8/072
Basking Sharks and an Ocean Sunfish were seen off Pendeen SW377358 from
0930 to 1200 hrs, and 2 Basking Sharks were seen off Botakllack SW361339
at 1500 hrs
2/8/0712
Basking Sharks were off Sennen Cove SW356263
2/8/07120
Common Dolphins went past Porthgwarra SW371216 today
2/8/078
Bottlenose Dolphin were off St. Ives SW520407 during the day
2/8/07A
pod of about 30 dolphins was seen heading out to sea off St. Michael’s MountSW515301
at 1900 hrs They were thought to be Common
Dolphins.
2/8/077
Harbour Porpoises, including one juvenile, were off Cape Cornwall SW349318.
They seemed to be feeding with diving gannets
2/8/07A
large pod of about 120 Common Dolphins was seen off Gwennap Head SW367215
3/8/0710
Common Dolphins were seen off Peninnis Head, St. Mary’s, Isles
of Scilly at 1000 hrs
3/8/074
Basking Shark were off Porthgwarra SW371216
3/8/07A
small pod of Harbour Porpoises were seen in Fal Bay, position 50º2,20N5º3.1W
at 0707 hrs, and a large Basking Shark was spotted nearby.
4/8/07A
6ft Basking Shark was seen near the Manacle Buoy SW8120 at 1111 hrs
4/8/072
Harbour Porpoises were just off Black Head SW779162 at 1806 hrs and a 15ft
Basking Shark was feeding nearby
4/8/0711
Basking Sharks and 2 Ocean Sunfish were off Pendeen Watch SW377358
4/8/073
Basking Sharks were off Porthgwarra SW371216
4/8/07A
Basking Shark was seen just to the west of The Brisons Sw340311
4/8/07On
a watch at Capstone Point SS519418 a Harbour Porpoise was seen 500 metres
offshore at 0945 hrs with 6 gannets circling overhead. At 1050 hrs 3 more
were seen within 15 metres of the Point. This pod included a calf, which
was surfacing independently occasionally. They moved off northwest with
5 gannets circling.
4/8/07A
Boar Fish, Capros aper, was recently found alive on Littlehampton
Beach TQ0501. It was left alive in a rock pool
4/8/07A
30 ft Basking Shark stayed in the area of a dive boat for ½ hour
about ½ mile east of Hilsea Point SX540458 until another boat arrived.
4/8/07A
pod of dolphins was just off S Ives Harbour SW520407 at 1730 hrs
4/8/07An
Ocean Sunfish was seen underwater by divers near The Carracks SW467409
at 1030 hrs
4/8/0715
Common Dolphins were right in against the headland at Newquay SW801628
from 0800 to 0900 hrs
4/8/0711
Basking Sharks and 2 Ocean Sunfish were seen off Pendeen SW377358 from
0900 to 1200 hrs
5/8/073
Common Dolphins were bow riding a sailboat off Watermouth Cove during the
day
5/8/07A
12 to 15ft Basking Shark was seen about ½ mile
east of Hilsea Point SX540485. There was some damage to a pectoral fin
5/8/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen slowly heading east 500 metres off Capstone Point
SS519418 at 1855 hrs. 2 gannets were circling overhead.
5/8/07A
Basking Shark was feeding 400 metres offshore at Nanjizal SW358236 during
the day
5/8/072
Basking Sharks were off Porthcurno SW387222
5/8/078
Basking Sharks were off Porthgwarra SW371216
5/8/07A
Basking Shark was seen off Dodman Point in position 50º20.22N 04º46.88W
at 1240 hrs and another was inposition 50º13.84N 04º46.00W at
1250 hrs
5/8/07A
40cm Ocean Sunfish was seen off Logan’s
Rock SW396219
6/8/0717
Basking Sharks were off Porthgwarra SW371216
6/8/0786
Basking Sharks were counted in Whitesand Bay SW35-27- during the day
6/8/078
Bottlenose Dolphins were seen heading west off Porthmeor Beach SW516410
at 1825 hrs.
6/8/07A
rare shark, Darkie Charlie, Dalatias licha, was recently caught
off Cornwall and landed
at Newlyn Market. This species is not usually found in UK
waters but more commonly in deeper waters of Continental Europe at depths
of 200 to 600 metres. They grow up to 6 ft. and feed on deepwater fish,
squid and crustaceans. The shark was bought at the market by a firm of
taxidermists with plans to stuff and mount the unusual creature.
6/8/07A
pod of about 4 Harbour Porpoises was seen about half way between The Isles of Scilly and Land’s End at 1200 hrs and a 15ft Basking Shark was seen a couple
of hundred yards from The Runnelstone SW369200 at 1400 hrs
6/8/07A
50cm Ocean Sunfish was seen off Gwennap Head SW367215 at 1439 hrs
6/8/073
Harbour Porpoises were just east of The Manacles SW8120 at 1111 hrs
6/8/072
Basking Sharks were seen off Porthguarnon SW410230 at 1147 hrs and 3 more
were seen off Boscawen Point SW431239 at 1211 hrs. 2 more were seen off
Carn Guthensbras SW763218 at 1436 hrs and another 2 were off Pedn-men-an-Mere
SW384217 at 1455 hrs
6/8/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen heading east off Kemyel Point SW460241 at 1103
hrs
7/8/07A
Basking Shark was seen just west of The Brisons SW340311
7/8/078
Bottlenose Dolphin were surfing in with the waves at Porthmeor Beach SW516410
at 2130 hrs. It’s been a long time since they were seen doing this.
8/8/07A
7” Compass Jellyfish, Chrysaora hysoscellawas
seen by a snorkeler off Porthbeor Beach SW882367
8/8/07A
Basking Shark was off Sennen Cove SW351263 and a Black Stork was seen to
fly over
8/8/073
Grey Seals were watched off Porth Ledden SW352320 from 1500 to 1600 hrs
8/8/073
Basking Sharks were seen off Carn le Boel SW356232 at 1124 hrs and 2 more
were seen off Carn Guthensbras SW363218 at 1416 hrs
9/8/07A
4metre Basking Shark was off Carn du SW365345 at 1026 and a 5 metre Basking
Shark was off Carn Boel SW348238 at 1133 hrs.
9/8/072
Basking Sharks were seen off Land’s End £41253
at 1156 hrs and 3 were seen off Carn Guthensbras SW363218 at 1230 hrs.
9/8/0714
Basking Sharks and 20 Harbour Porpoises were off Porthgwarra SW371216
9/8/078
Compass jellyfish were seen close inshore by a snorkeler off Porthbeor
Beach SW882367. They ranged in size from 4 to 9 inches in diameter
9/8/07A
Minke Whale was observed for over an hour just east of West
Rutts in position 50º13.60N 04º5.40W. photos
were taken
9/8/07A
60cm Ocean Sunfish waseen near the Longships Lighthouse SW320253 at 1153
hrs
9/8/076
Harbour Porpoises were seen off Coverack SW738162 at 1010 hrs
9/8/076
Grey Seals were hauled out on Black Rock SW833317 in the afternoon
9/8/073
Harbour Porpoises were seen heading south from Carn Gloose SW354313, They
were 2 to 3 Km south of The Brisons
9/8/076
Harbour Porpoises, including 2 juveniles, were seen feeding west of Gwennap
Head SW367215 at 1221 hrs and one was seen heading east off Carn Guthensbras
SW363218 at 1445 hrs
9/8/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen heading west off Gwennap Head SW367215 at 1512
hrs
10/8/07A
dead Harbour Porpoise was seen floating off Mousehole SW470263at
1032 hrs
10/8/072
Harbour Porpoises were seen feeding southeast of Lamorna SW451241 at 1050
hrs and one was seen heading east off Slinke Dean SW461245 at 1325 hrs
10/8/074
or 5 Harbour Porpoises were seen heading south off Cape Cornwall SW349318.
There was no indication of feeding and no seabirds present
10/8/072
Basking Sharks were off Sennen Cove SW351263
10/8/078
Bottlenose Dolphin were feeding just off St. Ives SW520407 at 0825 hrs
10/8/07A
Grey Seal was in the Carrick Roads SW8334 mid way between Mylor and St.
Just at 0745 hrs
10/8/07A
6 metre Basking Shark was off Carn Guthensbras SW363218 at 1417 hrs
10/8/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen off Gwennap Head SW367215
10/8/072
dolphins were seen south of Zone Point in position 48º11.28N4º59.32W
at 1900hrs. They were in view for only 2 or 3 minutes.
11/8/07A
5 metre Basking Shark was seen in Mounts Bay in position 50º 6.98N
5º29.27W at 1638 hrs
11/8/073
Basking Sharks were ½ mile north of The Brisons SW340311 at 1120
hrs
11/8/078
Bottlenose Dolphin were at Sennen Cove repeatedly being harassed by a small
boat. Cornwall Wildlife Trust were informed
and Police and British Divers Marine Life Rescue Team attended and warned
the boat owner about his behaviour.
11/8/07A
pod of dolphins was seen off the NCI Watch at Cape Cornwall SW349318 at
1125 hrs
11/8/072
Harbour Porpoises, an adult with calf which was surfacing independently
occasionally, were 500metres west of Capstone Point SS519418 at 0915 hrs.
Watched for 3 minutes but then disturbed by a boat and were not seen again.11/8/07A
pod of unidentified dolphins was seen off Sennen Cove SW351263 during the
morning.
11/8/07A
Grey Seal was below the NCI Watch at Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1440 hrs
11/8/07A
Basking Shark was seen heading south off Berry Head SX948567 at 0930 hrs
11/8/075
Basking Sharks were off Porthgwarra SW371216
11/8/07A
Basking Shark was seen 3 mile off Black Head SW779162 at 1111 hrs. It was
seen again in the same area later in the day
11/8/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen heading southwest off Tater du SW440230 at 1057
hrs
11/8/0715
Whitebeaked Dolphins and 19 Harbour Porpoises were seen off West Bay Dorset
SY455900
12/6/07A
Portugese Man-of-War, Physalia physalia
, was found stranded in a rock pool at MothercombeBeach
today, and another on was found at Sennen Cove SW351263 last week. In March
one was found at Wembury Bay SX5147
12/8/07A
30cm Ocean Sunfish was seen off Porthcurno SW387222 at 1451 hrs
13/8/078
Bottlenose Dolphin were seen heading west off Godrevy SW576435 at 1225
hrs. They were seen again off Porthmeor Beach SW516410 still heading west
at 1330 hrs. They returned heading east at 1515 hrs
, and heading west at 1530 hrs and were last seen heading east at
1600 hrs.
13/8/07A
large pod of Common Dolphins was in Sennen Cove SW351263early
in the morning
13/8/07A
Basking Shark and an Ocean Sunfish were off Porthgwarra SW371216 during
the day.
14/8/072
Harbour Porpoises were close inshore off Berry Head SX948567 at 0910 hrs.
Birdwatchers said they had been there for at least 2 hours.
14/8/07An
Ocean Sunfish was seen off Pendeen SW377358 at 1600 hrs
15/8/07An
Ocean Sunfish was off Pendeen SW377358 at 1800 hrs
15/8/07One
and possibly two Harbour Porpoise were 600 metres off Capstone Point SS519418
at 1855 hrs with 5 gannets circling above.
15/8/0711
Basking Sharks were off Porthgwarra SW371216
15/8/07A
Grey Seal was seen close to shore within 5 yards of bathers at Porthpean
SX039506. It dived for long periods in a calm sea. Video
taken.
16/8/075
Basking Sharks were off Sennen Cove SW351263 and 7 were off Porthgwarra
SW371216
16/8/072
Harbour Porpoises were 600 metres off Capstone Point SS519418 at 1820 hrs
with 5 gannets circling and diving in the area.
16/8/073
Basking Sharks were off Pendeen SW377358 at 0900 hrs
16/8/079
Basking Shark were seen off Porthguarnon SW4110230 between 1120 and 1200
hrs
16/8/07A
7 metre Basking Shark was off Carn Barges SW446223 at 1205 hrs and 7 were
off Pedn-men-an-mere SW384217 at 1440 hrs
16/8/072
Basking Shark were off Logan Rock SW396219 at 1449 hrs and a 6 metreShark
was off tater du SW440230 at 1505 hrs
16/8/07A
6 metre Basking Shark was off Porthguarnon SW410230 at 1830 hrs and another
6 metre shark was off logan
Rock SW369219 at 1858 hrs
16/8/07A
Basking Shark was close inshore off the NCI Watch at Cape Cornwall SW349318
at 1552 hrs
17/8/07A
6 metre Basking Shark was seen off Tater du SW440230 at 1042 hrs and 10
Basking Sharks were off Porthguarnon SW410230 at 1136
17/8/078
Basking Sharks were off Pedn-men-an-mere SW384217 between 1440 and 1455
hrs
17/8/07A
6 metre Basking Shark was off Porthguarnon SW410230 at 1715 hrs and 10
were off Pedn-men-an-mere SW384217 at 1745 hrs
17/8/0751
Basking Sharks were counted off Porthgwarra SW371216 at 1330 hrs
17/8/0723
Basking Sharks were off Sennen Cove SW351263 during the day.
17/8/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen 300 metres northwest of Capstone Point SS519418
early in the morning. It was feeding with 6 gannets diving.
17/8/07A
Basking Shark was in the bay at Porthcurno SW387222 and 51 were off Porthgwarra
SW371216
18/8/0720
Common Dolphins were seen off Deep Point, St. Mary’s
,Isles of Scilly SV932112
18/8/072
Grey Seals were below the NCI Watch at Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1524 hrs
19/8/0720
Common Dolphin were seen off Gwennap Head SW367215
19/8/07A
Bottlenose Dolphin was seen off Pendeen SW377358
19/8/074
Basking Sharks were off Porthgwarra SW371216
19/8/072
Basking Sharks were seen off Porth Chapel SW382218
19/8/07An
Ocean Sunfish was seen off Pendeen SW377358 at 1700 hrs
20/8/07A
Basking Shark was off Pendeen SW377358 at1200 hrs
20/8/072
Grey Seals were hunting below the NCI Watch at Cape Cornwall SW349318 at
1150 hrs
20/8/07A
Fin Whale was seen 4 Km SSE of Porthgwarra SW371216 at 0940 hrs First
seen with a 15 to 18 ft blow followed by two reduced blows. It was seen
later from a higher position on the cliff path heading southeast
20/8/07A
pod of Bottlenose Dolphins, Basking Sharks and an Ocean Sunfish were seen
off Sennen Cove SW351263
20/8/07A
Minke Whale, 16 Basking Sharks and 5 Common Dolphins were seen off Porthgwarra
SW371216
20/8/07A
Minke Whale was seen off Gwennap Head SW367215
21/8/072
Basking Sharks were off Porthgwarra SW371216
21/8/07A
pod of 8 to 10 Bottlenose Dolphins were bow riding and feeding near a tour
boat in FalBay
at 1503 hrsin
position 50º10N 5º53,2W
21/8/073
Basking Sharks were off Cribba Head SW403225 from 1250 to 1420 hrs
21/8/07A
Basking Shark was seen heading south ½ mile off the NCI Watch at
Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1144 hrs
22/8/074
Basking Sharks and 15 Common Dolphins were seen off Porthgwarra Sw371216
and a Basking Shark was seen off Sennen Cove SW351263
22/8/0710
Harbour Porpoises were seen feeding south of Porthguarnon SW410230 at 1725
hrs
22/8/0715
Common Dolphins were seen off Gwennap Head SW367215
23/8/075
Harbour Porpoises, including 1 juvenile, were seen feeding while heading
east off Porthguarnon SW410230 at 1054 hrs
23/8/07A
slitary Bottlenose Dolphin was seen off Newlyn SW467285 at 1612 hrs
23/8/072
Harbour Porpoises were seen feeding while heading east off Boscawen Point
SW431239 at 1755 hrs
23/8/07A
30cm Ocean Sunfish was seen south of Carn Scathe SW373216 at 1444 hrs
23/8/073
Common Dolphins, 2 Ocean Sunfish and 2 Basking Sharks were seen from Scillonian
III on her return trip from the Isles between 1730 and 1900 hrs, when she
would have been off the south coast of Penwith.
23/8/072
small female Grey Seal were close to rocks near Portscatho in position
50º5.10N 5º58.1W
23/8/07A
5 metre Basking Shark was off Carn Guthensbras SW363218 at 1712 hrs
23/8/073
Harbour Porpoises were seen off Gwennap Head SW367215
24/8/072
Harbour Porpoises and 20 Common Dolphins were seen 3 miles SW of Bishop’s
Rock, Isles of Scilly SV808065
24/8/077
Whitebeaked Dolphins were seen 3 miles east of Dartmouth SX8851
24/8/07A
40cm Ocean Sunfish was seen near the Runnelstone SW369200 at 1754 hrs
24/8/07A
6 metre Basking Shark was southeast of Lamorna SW451241 at 1045 hrs and
9 Basking Sharks were of Pedn-men-an-mere SW364217 between 1130 and 1415
hrs
24/8/072
Basking Sharks were seen southeast of carn du SW365345 at 1633 hrs and
a 5 metre Basking Shark was seen off Carn Guthensbras SW363218 at1801 hrs
24/8/078
Basking Sharks were seen off The Brisons SW340311 from the Cape Cornwall
NCI Watch hut
24/8/07A
dead Compass Jellyfish was found stranded on the beach at Porth Kidney
Sands SW5438
24/8/07A
pod of 5 Risso's Dolphins was seen heading west off Boscastle SX097913
watched for 40 minutes to just west of Willapark
24/8/073
Risso's Dolphins were seen off Porthgwarra SW371216 at 1500 hrs
24/8/075
Harbour Porpoises including 2 juveniles were seen feeding off Gwennap Head
SW367215 at 1734 hrs
24/8/07A
Minke Whale was seen diving and heading west off Merthen Point SW419227
at 1812 hrs
24/8/072
Common Dolphins were seen ½ n. mile
off Lamorna Cove SW457241 at 0824 hrs
24/8/07A
Basking Shark was seen near The Wolf Rock in position 49º 59.27N 5º58.3W
at midnight
25/8/07A
pod of 6 dolphins was seen heading east off Cadgwith in position 49º58.60N
5º7.9W at 1300 hrs
25/8/07A
Grey Seal was seen close to Nutt Rock, St. Mary’s Isles of Scilly SV9010
at 1440 hrs
25/8/075
or 6 Common Dolphins, including a juvenile, were seen heading slowly west
1 Km west of Gwennap Head SW367215 at 1015 hrs. They were very active with
much breaching, especially the juvenile. Travelled to the south of the
Longships light where a fast fishing boat drove right through the pod.
25/8/07A
tight group of 5 Harbour Porpoises was seen from Gwennap Head Lookout SW365217
1 Km to the SW.and 20 Basking Shark were counted between The Wolf Rock
and The Longships Light
25/8/07A
Basking Shark was feeding close to the cliff just outside the cove at Porthgwarra
SW371216. It was heading offshore
25/8/072
Basking Shark were ½ mile off the NCI Watch at Cape Cornwall SW349318
at 0945 hrs
25/8/07A
large pod of 150 to 250 Common Dolphins was bow riding and breaching near
a boat heading west about 1 mile north of Tresco, Isles ofScilly
SV882184. The pod was made up of about 15 sub-groups well spread out over
½ a mile with about 20 around the boat. No birds or evidence of
fish. They rode the bow wave for a long time between 1220 and 1320 hrs
25/8/07An
Ocean Sunfish was seen about 2 km east of Lundy Island SS1644 at 1145 hrs
25/8/076
to 8 Bottlenose Dolphin were in the Carrick
Roads SW8334. One breached
25/8/078
Basking Sharks were seen off Land’s End SW341253. 2 Basking Sharks and
an Ocean Sunfish were seen off The Brisons SW340311 and there were 37 Basking
Shark off Porthgwarra SW371216.
25/8/07A
50cm Ocean Sunfish was seen near The Longships Lighthouse in position 50º3.16N
5º43.21W at 1501 hrs. and another was
seen off Tater du in position 50º2.99N 5º34.41W at 1628 hrs
25/8/07A
Basking Shark was seen by kayakersoff
The Minack Cliff Theatre SW387221 at 1230 hrs
26/8/07An
Ocean Sunfishwas
seen heading east 300 metres east of Ilfracombe Pier SS525479 at 1330 hrs
26/8/077
Grey Seals were hauled out on Black Rock SW833317 at 1010 hrs
26/8/0716
Basking Sharks and 7 Common Dolphins were seen off Porthgwarra SW371216
26/8/07An
8” Compass jellyfish was seen close to Smeatons Pier St Ives Harbour SW520407.
It was heading toward shore.
26/8/07A
single Bottlenose Dolphin known as Cookie was seen just outside Penzance
Harbour SW476303 at 0930 hrs
26/8/07A
single Bottlenose Dolphin was seen off Newlyn SW4528 at 1615 hrs
26/8/07A
pod of at least 10 dolphins was seen south of Looe in position 50º17.6N
4º25,8W at 1415 hrs
26/8/07A
single Bottlenose Dolphin was seen just outside Newlyn Harbour SW467285
at 1840 hrs
26/8/074
or 5 dolphins were seen southwest of Mullion in position 49º59.97N
5 º18.93W. They were heading south at midnight.
26/8/07A
Minke Whale was seen south of Looe in position 50º17.6N 4º25.8W
at 1400 hrs
27/8/072
young Bottlenose Dolphins, known as Cookie and Sleekie, were seen just
outside Penzance Harbour SW476303 at 0930 hrs
27/8/07a
30cm Ocean Sunfish was seen off Tater du in position 50º01.60N 5º41.92W
at 1213 hrs
27/8/0712
large dolphins, possibly Bottlenose Dolphins, were seen off Long Quarry
Point SX639651 at 0730 hrs. They were well spread out over a mile with
a good 50 to 100 metres between each one. They were breaching as they headed
northeast with the nearest about 50 metres from shore.
27/8/07There
was a heavy plankton bloom and lots of Basking Sharks off the Longships
Lighthouse SW320253 at 1300 hrs
27/8/07A
solitary Bottlenose Dolphin was playing and leaping off Toll Point SW782267
at 1515 hrs There were about 12 boats in
the area, some too close.
27/8/07A
solitary young Bottlenose Dolphin was bow riding a sail boat at 10 knots
for a few minutes at the mouth of the Helford River SW7926
27/8/07A
Basking Shark was harassed by a Penzance based boat ‘Proper Job Two’ which
was heading west with 4 anglers aboard. They turned about when the shark
was spotted, driving up beside it, and followed right behind it eastward
until the shark submerged. This occurred about 400 metres south of Porthgwarra
Sw371216 between 1000 and 1030 hrs
27/8/072
Harbour Porpoises, an adult and juvenile, were seen 500 metres south of
Porthgwarra SW371216 at 1000 hrs
27/8/07A
Basking Shark was watched being badly harassed by a RIB with about 10 people
aboard 1 Km west of The Runnelstone SW369200 between 1100 and 1130 hrs
27/8/077
Common Dolphins were seen off Gwennap Head SW367215
27/8/072
Harbour Porpoises were seen 1 mile off Porthkerris SW806226 at 1745 hrs
28/8/07A
60cm Ocean Sunfish was seen near The Runnelstone in position 50º03.001N
5º34.52W at 1335 hrs
28/8/07A
30cm Ocean Sunfish was seen off Tater du in position 50º03.19N 5º34.62W
at 1052 hrs
28/8/07A
Minke Whale was seen from the Gwennap Head Lookout SW365217 at 1220 hrs
3•5 Km SW of the lookout.
28/8/075
Harbour Porpoises, including at least 1 juvenile, were seen 100 mts west
of The Runnelstone SW369200 at 1220 hrs
28/8/074
Harbour Porpoises were ½ mile off Nare Head, Helford SW800247 from
1430 to 1445 hrs and a Basking Shark was in the same area at 1515 hrs
28/8/07An
Ocean Sunfish was 60 metres offshore between The Rumps SW933811 and The
Mouls at 1300 hrs. The 2ft long fish remained at the surface for some time.
28/8/074
Basking Sharks were off Porthgwarra SW371216
28/8/07A
single Bottlenose Dolphin was seen following boats toward FalmouthHarbour
just off St. Anthony Head SW846311 at 1212 hrs. It was seen again in Carrick
Roads SW8334 at 1604 hrs
28/8/07An
Ocean Sunfish was seen on the surface off the mouth of the Helford river
between the August Rock SW795270 andSt. Dennis Head
28/8/07A
lone Bottlenose Dolphin was off St. Anthony Head SW846311 at 1215 hrs and
was seen again at 1605 hrs in the Carrick Roads heading toward Falmouth
29/8/077
Basking Sharks were off Porthgwarra SW371216
29/8/073
Basking Sharks and an Ocean Sunfish were seen off Pendeen SW377358 at 1600
hrs
29/8/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen heading east off Pedn-men-an-mere SW385217 at
1406 hrs
29/8/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen 2 miles east of Porthoustock in position 50º5.17N
5º2.12W at 1111 hrs
30/8/074
Harbour Porpoises, including a juvenile, were seen feeding off Merthen
Point SW419227 at 1652 hrs
30/8/07A
Minke Whale was seen in Mounts Bay in position 50º2.60N 5º27.28W
at 1932 hrs
30/8/072
Ocean Sunfish were off Pendeen SW377358 at 1300 hrs
30/8/0719
Basking Sharks were off Porthgwarra SW371216
30/8/07A
Grey Seal was seen at Mill Bay Nanjizal SW354230
30/8/07A
Minke Whale surface about 20 times circling the Pollack Ground
31/8/07A
Grey Seal with a white coated pup, only a few days old, was seen on a small
beach near Porthmellin Head from a boat in position 50º9.2N 5º59.0W
at 1503 hrs
31/8/07A
pod of Risso's Dolphins headed west between The Rumps SW933811 and the
Mouls during the afternoon
31/8/07It
was reported that 2 Basking Sharks were seen on 3 consecutive days feeding
off Stoke Point SX560458 in the first two weeks of August
31/8/07A
20cm Ocean Sunfish was seen off Land’s End in position 50º03.19N 5º34.62W
at 1401 hrs and another was seen in position 50º7.08N 5º41.87
at 1444 hrs
31/8/07About
6 Harbour Porpoises were first seen heading north and then west off Cape
Cornwall SW349318. They seemed to be feeding beneath 10 to 15 gannets.
31/8/079
Basking Sharks and 15 or more Common Dolphins including juveniles, were
off Pendeen SW377358 between 0900 and 1130 hrs
31/8/073
Harbour Porpoises, including a juvenile were seen heading west off Gwennap
Head SW366214 at 1135 hrs
1/9/07A
40cm Ocean Sunfish was seen skipping along the surface off Land’s End in
position 50º02.90N 5º41.93W at 1445 hrs and another was seen
in position 50º02.15N 5º41.37W at 1455hrs
1/9/07a
solitary Bottlenose Dolphin was off St Ives Harbour SW520407 at 1800 hrs
1/9/07A
pod of Risso's Dolphins was seen off Kemyel Crease SW457248 during the
afternoon
1/9/07A
large pod of Common Dolphins was seen near The Epson Shoal
1/9/07A
pod of about 6 Pilot Whales was seen off Lamorna SW451241 at 1100 hrs
1/9/0715
Bottlenose Dolphin were seen near the Eastern Isles, Isles of Scilly SV9414.
A mother and calf was present and the pod came over to a boat to bow ride.
1/9/07Groups
of Grey Seal were in GannetsBay,
Lundy Island SS135475 and The Devil’s Kitchen, Lundy SS147436 during the
day
1/9/072
Basking Sharks were seen briefly in GannetsBay,
Lundy, SS135475 at 1115 hrs
1/9/07A
single Harbour Porpoise was glimpsed briefly 100 metres offshore at Devil’s
Kitchen, Lundy,SS147436 at 1445 hrs
1/9/072
Harbour Porpoise, an adult and a juvenile were seen east of Lundy in position
50º18.29N 4º40.73W with diving gannets
1/9/07An
Ocean Sunfish was seen at the surface in the mouth of Ilfracombe Harbour
SS527878 at 1830 hrs
1/9/07A
1½ metre long Leatherback Turtle was seen 5 miles offshore between
Whitsand Bay and The Eddystone Light in approximate position 50º15N
4º20W. It was heading west in a flat calm sea, and appeared to be
swimming on its back then rolled over.
1/9/07A
Minke Whale was seen heading northeast about 17 miles north of St’ Ives
Head SW521411. 8 Basking Sharks were also in the area
1/9/07About
20 Common Dolphins, including 4 juveniles, played around a boat about 3
miles west of Wolf Rock SW270120 from 0800 to 0930 hrs
2/9/07A
pod of about 15 Bottlenose Dolphins, including 4 juveniles, followed a
boat for about 3 minutes in a moderate sea. They were watch for a further
7 or 8 minutes southeast of Plymouth in position 50º17.33N 4º2.34W
2/9/072
Basking Sharks were ½ mile south of the NCI Watch at Cape Cornwall
SW349318 at 1500 hrs
2/9/076
Common Dolphins were seen heading west, off Carn Scathe SW373216 at 1058
hrs
2/9/075
Harbour Porpoises, including 2 juveniles, were seen heading west off Porthguarnon
SW410 230 at 1141 hrs
2/9/07A
Minke Whale was seen heading south well to the south of Merthen Point in
position 50º00.34N 5º36.13W at 1203 hrs
3/9/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen heading northeast off Carn du SW457238 at 1446
hrs
3/9/045
Basking Sharks were feeding ¼ to ½ mile offshore at Rospletha
Head SW384217 from 1340 to 1440 hrs
3/9/073
dolphins, probably Common Dolphins, were seen heading NW very fast 2½
Km off Gwennap Head SW367215 from 1100 to 1200 hrs also seen were 2 Harbour
Porpoises 800 metres Sw of The Head
4/9/074
Compass Jellyfish and 2 blue Jellyfish were seen off the Eastern Isles,
Isles of Scilly SV9414
4/9/07A
pod of about 100 Common Dolphins and 2 Minke Whales were 2 Km SSW of Gwennap
Head SW367215 from 1000 to 1145 hrs and 10 Basking Sharks were seen spread
out from the Longships Lighthouse around to the Head.
5/9/072
Minke Whales were SSW of Gwennap Head SW367215 at 1100 hrs and there were
also 3 Harbour Porpoises in the area.
5/9/07A
Grey Seal was swimming around a stationary boat off Gulland Rock SW878789
near Trevose Head, for about ½ an hour, even trying to haul out
on the platform at the stern. Probably a young seal,
estimated size 1 metre.
5/9/077
dolphins were breaching and heading out to sea off Mullion SW666178. They
were well offshore so species not determined.
5/9/072
Basking Sharks were seen from Carn Gloose SW354313 at 1600 hrs. They were
spotted with binoculars and telescope about 500 metres southwest of The
Brisons
5/9/07462
Basking Sharks were counted off Land’s End,
between The Wolf Rock SW270120 and Cape Cornwall SW349318
5/9/0740
to 60 Basking Sharks were seen from a helicopter 5nm west of Gwennap Head
SW367215
5/9/072
Basking Sharks were seen feeding ¼ mile off Gribba Point SW355302
from 1340 to 1415 hrs
5/9/07An
Ocean Sunfish was seen just offshore at Benoath Cove SX068894 in the early
afternoon
5/9/078
to 10 Basking Sharks were 5 miles SW of the NCI Watch at Cape Cornwall
SW349318 at 0750 hrs
5/9/072
Harbour Porpoises were seen in Fal Bay in position 50º05.65N 4º59.56W
at 1230 hrs. They were seen again in the same area at 1430 hrs and again
at 1500 hrs.
5/9/074
Harbour Porpoise were seen off Land’s End SW341253
at 1210 hrs and at 1500 hrs there were two in the area as well as about
10 large dolphins (possibly Bottlenose Dolphins)
6/9/07A
pod of about 15 Bottlenose Dolphins was off Lamorna Cove SW451241 at 1130
hrs
6/9/0728
Basking Sharks, 2 Minke Whales, 9 Bottlenose Dolphins, about 90 Common
Dolphins, 20 Harbour Porpoises and a Grey Seal were seen off Gwennap Head
SW367215 by Seawatch Southwest observers
6/9/07A
lone Bottlenose Dolphin was seen off St. Ives SW520407 at 2000 hrs
6/9/07A
pod of 7 Risso's Dolphin was first seen about 1 Km north of Godrevy Point
SW581433 at 1730 hrs. They headed across the Bay then turned in toward
St Ives, passing the harbour toward CarbisBay.
They then returned across the bay, back to Godrevy Point, coming within
100 metres of the rocks. They were last seen heading back out across the
centre of the bay at 2000 hrs.
6/9/076
Harbour Porpoises were seen near the Eastern Isles, Isles of Scilly SV9414
6/9/078
to 10 Risso's Dolphins were heading northeast off Navax Point in position
50º16.03N 5º23.91W. They were feeding on mixed pilchard and mackerel
shoals at 20 to 25 metres depth. Recorded on sonar.
6/9/07A
14ft Basking Shark was seen off Sennen Cove SW350263 at 1630 hrs
6/9/073
Risso's Dolphins were 800 metres south of Porthgwarra SW371216 at 1000
hrs. and a Basking Shark was seen from the
NCI Hut at Gwennap Head SW367215 being harassed by a large red RIB.
7/9/072
Risso's Dolphins were 2•5 Km SSW of Gwennap Head SW367215 from 1100 to
1130 hrs
7/9/073
dolphins were seen heading SW ½ mile offshore from Vellan Head SW667149
7/9/0716
Basking Sharks, 1 Minke Whale, 8 Bottlenose Dolphins, 7 Harbour Porpoises,
an Ocean Sunfish and a Grey Seal were seen off Gwennap Head SW367215 by
Seawatch Southwest observers
7/9/07An
Ocean Sunfish was seen in Fal Bay SW8028 between Pendennis Head and August
Buoy
7/9/074
Basking Sharks were seen off Porthcurno SW387222 at 0945 hrs and a Minke
Whale was seen off Land’s End SW341253 from MV Scillonian III at 1020 hrs
7/9/07A
75cm Ocean Sunfish was seen heading east off Polperro SW 2049
7/9/072
dolphins were seen south of Larrick in position 50º18.72N 4º32.38W
at 1550 hrs
8/9/07A
Grey Seal was seen resting on mussel farm framework at King Harry Reach,
Carrick Roads SW8439 at 1926 hrs
8/9/07AGS
was seen at Carley Rocks Carrick Roads SW8334 at 1824hrs
8/9/0716
Basking Sharks, 2 Minke Whales, 3 Bottlenose Dolphins, about 60 Common
Dolphins, 4 Harbour Porpoises, an Ocean Sunfish and 3 Grey Seals were seen
off Gwennap Head SW367215 by Seawatch Southwest observers
8/9/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen feeding and heading east off Tunnels Beach Ilfracombe
SS524479 at 1255 hrs and two were seen in the same place feeding and heading
east at 1325 hrs
8/9/07A
3 metre Basking Shark was seen heading west then east 50 metres off the
beach at Gywnver SW362278 There was a slight swell and Sea Lice were present
in the water.
8/9/073
Common Dolphins were seen near The Manacles SW8120 in a flat calm sea.
8/9/073
Common Dolphins were seen near The Manacles SW8120
8/9/0740
or more Common Dolphins in 3 or 4 groups were seen feeding off Porthkerris
in position 50º3.42N 5º2.12W at 1212 hrs. They then followed
a boat and started bow riding.
8/9/07A
lone Bottlenose Dolphin and an Ocean Sunfish were seen just outside St.
Ives Harbour SW467285 at 1600 hrs
8/9/07There
were 2 Basking Sharks, a Minke Whale, 3 Ocean Sunfish
,and5 to 8 dolphins in
an area 17 miles north of St. Ives Head SW521411 A Skuas also present
8/9/074
Risso's Dolphins, in 2 pairs, were seen 1• 5 to 2 Km SW of Gwennap Head
Sw367215 from 1100 to 1130 hrs. One pair was very close together, adult
with juvenile, and the two pairs were about 500 metres apart.
9/9/0710
Basking Sharks, about 90 Common Dolphins, 3 Harbour Porpoises, and a Grey
Seal were seen off Gwennap Head SW367215 by Seawatch Southwest observers
9/9/07A
lone Bottlenose Dolphin was in Torquay Marina, being very friendly, coming
up to pontoons allowing people to stroke it, and turning onto its side
to have its underside stroked
9/9/07A
Minke Whale and about 30 large dolphins (possibly Bottlenose Dolphins)
were off Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1600 hrs
9/9/07A
Basking Shark was seen being harassed from the NCI Lookout at Gwennap Head
Sw367215 by a Rib Starfish Diver. Another Bs was being harassed off Sennen
SW351263 by a White RIB.
9/9/073
Basking Sharks were seen below the Cape Cornwall NCI Lookout SW350318 at
1304 hrs
10/9/07A
pod of about 30 Common Dolphins was off Pendeen SW377358 at 1920 hrs
10/9/074
Basking Sharks, a Common Dolphin, a single dolphin sp. 4 Harbour Porpoises
and 6 Grey Seals were seen off Gwennap Head SW367215 by Seawatch Southwest
observers
10/9/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen off Land’s End SW341253 from MV Scillonian III
at 1800 hrs
11/9/074
Basking Sharks, 2 Common Dolphins, and 8 Grey Seals were seen off Gwennap
Head SW367215 by Seawatch Southwest observers
11/9/0730
or more Common Dolphins were heading north 50 metres offshore along the
east coast of Lundy Island SS142436, at 1900
hrs
12/9/076
Basking Sharks, an Ocean Sunfish, 20 Common Dolphins, 2 Harbour Porpoises
and 4 Grey Seals were seen off Gwennap Head SW367215 by Seawatch Southwest
observers
12/9/07A
single Bottlenose Dolphin was in NewlynHarbour
at 1600 hrs. It was over friendly and in danger of being injured by boats.
12/9/07A
Minke Whale was seen off Fowey in position 50º16N 4º30W heading
southwest in a calm sea.
12/9/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen off Nare Head in position 50º11.0N 4º56.0W
during the morning. Seemed very playful, with itself not the boat, but
came to within 10 metres of the boat, splashing and swimming upside down
for a while, then moved off to 50 or 60 metres for a while before heading
off.
12/9/07A
Minke Whale was seen off Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1930 hrs
13/9/075
or 6 Risso's Dolphins were seen off Porthgwarra SW371216 at 1130 hrs
13/9/07An
Ocean Sunfish and 6 Harbour Porpoises were seen off Gwennap Head SW367215
by Seawatch Southwest observers
13/9/07A
pod of about 30 dolphins was seen about 8 miles north of St. Ives SW520407
13/9/07A
lone Bottlenose Dolphin was playing in shallow water just off the beach
at Bossiney SX066894 from 1300 to 1500 hrs. People were paddling out to
it and stroking it and swimming with it. The dorsal did not have any distinctive
marks
13/9/07A
Bottlenose Dolphin was very close inshore at Bossiney SX066894 from 1300
to 1500 hrs. People were paddling out to it. There were no marks or scars
on the dorsal fin.
13/9/07A
very rare fish, a Blue Runner, was caught in a beach seine at Bedruthan
Steps SW848696. The 28•5 cm fish was caught at low tide
14/9/07A
Basking Shark, a Minke Whale and 2 Grey Seals were seen off Gwennap Head
SW367215 by Seawatch Southwest observers
14/9/07An
80 cm Ocean Sunfish was seen 2 mile off the mouth of the Helford River
in Fal Bay in position 50º05.04N 5º03.2W at 1111 hrs
15/9/072
Basking Sharks, a Bottlenose Dolphin interacting with scuba divers and
a Harbour Porpoise were seen of Gwennap Head SW367215 by Seawatch Southwest
observers
15/9/075
Harbour Porpoises were seen feeding and breaching occasionally with 5 gannets
diving off Beacon Point SS532482. Watched for 20
minutes from Capstone Point.
15/9/07Thousands
of By-the-wind-sailors, Velella velella, were washed up dead at Port Nis,
Isle of Lewis NB536636
15/9/07An
Ocean Sunfish was in waist deep water just off the beach at Marazion SW574308
at1100 hrs. Swimming upright at the surface,with
dorsal flapping out of water. It was large dinner plate size.
15/9/07The
long piece of Pearl Chain, Apolemia uvaria, was collected from the
sea off Land’s End. It was 48 hours before
I was able to look at it under the microscope and the delicate creature
was already falling apart, and the only things I could find were millions
of red dots in a white jelly.
15/9/075
Ocean Sunfish were seen between St Ives SW520407 and Pendeen SW377358
. 3 of them were solitary but the other 2 were only 20ft apart,
and it looked as if they were waving at each other.
15/9/07A
lone Bottlenose Dolphin came up to a dive boat anchored at The Runnelstone
SW369200 and started rubbing against the boat allowing the divers to stroke
it, and stayed around for an hour often turning upside down to have its
belly tickled.
15/9/07A
Minke Whale was seen heading northeast about 17 miles north of St. Ives
Head SW521411. It turned and swam under a boat and then headed Southwest
15/9/07On
a boat trip from St. Mary’s harbour Isles of bScilly to the Eastern Isles
7 Common Dolphins including 2 juveniles, were seen at 1215 hrs, and 4 Grey
Seal, were seen hauled out on rocks at 1230 hrs and 3 Harbour Porpoises,
were seen heading southwest at 1250 hrs.
15/9/07A
pod of about 10 Bottlenose Dolphins and 2 Harbour Porpoises, were seen
off Lizard Point SW694115 at 1200 hrs
15/9/07A
pod of about 15 Bottlenose Dolphins was feeding, hunting, leaping and circling,
with gannets diving off Rumps Point SW931812 at 1500 hrs. They followed
a boat that drove through the pod and then headed north.
15/9/07A
large fish, about 4ft long, was seen at the surface off the Cape Cornwall
NCI Lookout SW350318 at 1258 hrs and a Grey Seal was below the Watch at
1302 hrs
16/9/076
Basking Sharks, 2 Minke Whales, 3 Bottlenose Dolphins and a lone dolphin
sp. were seen off Gwennap Head SW367215 by Seawatch Southwest observers
17/9/0714
Basking Sharks, 10 Common Dolphins, and a lone dolphin sp. were seen off
Gwennap Head SW367215 by Seawatch Southwest observers
17/9/07A
Grey Seal was watched hunting below the Watch at the Cape Cornwall NCI
Lookout SW350318 at 1145 hrs
18/9/0710
Bottlenose Dolphins were jumping and playing and one rolled onto its back,
1½ miles east of Porthallow SW797233
18/9/0722
Basking Sharks, a Whale and 7 Harbour Porpoises were seen off Gwennap Head
SW367215 by Seawatch Southwest observers
18/9/0725
or more Grey Seals, adults and pups, were hauled out on rocks off Godrevy
Point SW581433 at 1700 hrs
18/9/07A
Basking Shark was seen out toward the Longships lighthouse from Pedn-mên-du
SW347262 at 1230 hrs
19/9/0728
Basking Sharks, 2 Common Dolphins, 3 Harbour Porpoises and a lone dolphin
sp. were seen off Gwennap Head SW367215 by Seawatch Southwest observers
19/9/07A
dead Minke Whale was washed up onto Croyde Bay SS4339
19/9/073
Basking Sharks were seen heading north off Land’s End SW341253
19/9/073
or 4 Common Dolphins were seen off Pendeen SW377358 at 1600 hrs
20/9/072
Basking Sharks and 15 Common Dolphins were seen off Gwennap Head SW367215
by Seawatch Southwest observers
20/9/07A
well known lone Bottlenose Dolphin “Georges” was in Falmouth Harbour SW817327. First
seen lying alongside a boat, then following the harbour master’s launch,
“Kiligrew” on patrol, bow and stern wave riding and playing around the
jet drive unit when the boat stopped. On returning to the pontoon
“Georges” was lying alongside. He came to the pontoon turned onto his back
for a belly rub. Later he seemed to have 40 winks between Kiligrew and
the pontoon, both eyes were shut and it sounded like he was snoring
20/9/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen 200 metres west of Capstone Point SS519418 at
0750 hrs with 15 gannets overhead
21/9/07A
Bottlenose Dolphin was in the surf with surfers at Porthmeor Beach SW516410
at 1410 hrs
21/9/07“Georges”
the lone Bottlenose Dolphin was in FalmouthHarbour,
He followed the pilot boat “Arrow” to its pontoon mooring then breached
3 times. He remained in the harbour for the rest of the afternoon.
21/9/-74
Basking Sharks and about 20 Common Dolphins were seen off Gwennap Head
SW367215 by Seawatch Southwest observers
21/9/07A
lone Bottlenose Dolphin, Georges, was seen playing around the chains of
the King Harry Ferry SW841396 at 1503 hrs.
21/9/077
dolphins were watch for 20 minutes as they played just off The Prince of
Wales Pier Falmouth SW808330
22/9/076
to 8 Harbour Porpoises were watched feeding for 10 minutes off Gorran Haven
in position 50º14.87N 4º43.23W at 1345 hrs
22/9/-72
Basking Sharks, about 97 Common Dolphins and 7 Grey Seals were seen off
Gwennap Head SW367215 by Seawatch Southwest observers
22/9/07A
pod of 6 to 8 Bottlenose Dolphins was seen from Stepper Point SW915785
at 1400 hrs. They were heading out to sea from PadstowBay.
22/9/0750
or more Harbour Porpoises were circling a shoal of fish keeping them in
one area and feeding on them about 2 miles north of The Stones Buoy off
Godrevy Island SW576435. They were moving very fast and coming to the surface
frequently. The sea seemed to be boiling with them.
22/9/07A
Pilot Whale passed within 30 metres of a boat at East Rutts
east of Plymouth
22/9/07A
lone Bottlenose Dolphin was in Hayle harbour following the boats. It had
healed damage to the front edge of the dorsal fin, so this was probably
“Georges”
22/9/075
dolphins were seen heading east about 1 to 1½ miles offshore at
Black Head SW771162 at 1430 hrs
23/9/07A
large pod of 50 or more Harbour Porpoises was seen about 3 miles north
of the Stones Buoy off Godrevy Island SW576435
23/9/072
Basking Sharks and 2 Grey Seals were seen off Gwennap Head SW367215 by
Seawatch Southwest observers
23/9/07A
Minke Whale surfaced 5 or 6 times not more than ¼ to ½ mile
offshore CarbisBay
and Lelant SW5438
23/9/07A
whale, probably a Fin Whale, came alongside
a dive boat off Trevose Head SW850765 It was about three times longer than
the RIB.
23/9/07A
15 to 20 ft Basking Shark was watched for about an hour below the First
and Last House at Land’s End SW342253 from 1630 hrs
23/9/0720
dolphins, probably Bottlenose Dolphin, were seen well off Porthmeor Beach
SW516410 during the morning
23/9/078
Bottlenose Dolphin were seen heading east off Porthmeor Beach SW516410
at 1220 hrs
24/9/07A
Basking Shark and 2 Bottlenose Dolphins were seen off Gwennap Head SW367215
25/9/07A
Harbour Porpoise and a Grey Seal were seen off Gwennap Head SW367215 by
Seawatch Southwest observers
26/9/072
Grey Seals were seen close in behind the Lighthouse at St. Anthony Head
SW846311 at 1402 hrs
26/9/075
Bottlenose Dolphins, 2 Harbour Porpoises and 6 Grey Seals were seen off
Gwennap Head SW367215
27/9/075
Common Dolphins, 6 Harbour Porpoises and 6 Grey Seals were seen off Gwennap
Head SW367215
28/9/07A
Basking Shark, about 28 Common Dolphins and 5 Harbour Porpoises were seen
off Gwennap Head SW367215 by Seawatch Southwest observers
28/9/07About
50 Common Dolphins were seen heading west off The Manacles in position
50º6.0.N 5º 57.7W at 1503 hrs
28/9/07A
Basking Shark was seen close inshore at Constantine Bay SW8754 at 2000
hrs
29/9/074
Harbour Porpoises and 6 Grey Seals were seen off Gwennap Head SW367215
by Seawatch Southwest observers.
29/9/076
to 8 Harbour Porpoises were seen heading south off St. Anthony Head in
position 50º2.3.N5º1.0W
at 1503 hrs.
29/9/072
Ocean Sunfish were seen just off St Ives Harbour SW520407 at 1425 hrs.
One was about 18” long the other a bit smaller
29/9/07A
length of Pearl Chain, Apolemia uvaria, was collected off Logan
Rock SW396219 and brought ashore for examination under the microscope ,
which revealed an amazing array of squirming tiny jelly-and worm like tentacles
mostly white, but some red, and smaller white ones with twin black dots
along their length.
30/9/073
Harbour Porpoises were seen 250 metres northwest of Capstone Point SS519418
at 1359 hrs with 2 gannets overhead
30/9/072
Bottlenose Dolphins were feeding while heading east 100 to 600 metres offshore
just east of Perranuthnoe SW540292 at 1030 hrs and a Grey Seal stayed close
to swimmers just off Cudden Point SW548275 at 1200 hrs
30/9/073
Harbour Porpoises were seen 250 metres northwest of Capstone Point SS519418
at 1359 hrs with 2 gannets circling overhead.
30/9/072
Grey Seals were seen ½ mile off Polbarrow SW717135
1/10/07A
Basking Shark, 7 or more Harbour Porpoises and 3 Grey Seals were seen off
Gwennap Head SW367215 by Seawatch observers
1/10/07A
pod of 7 to 15 Common Dolphins, including at least one juvenile, was seen
bow riding a boat into the Camel Estuary SW9277 at 1140 hrs
2/10/07An
Ocean Sunfish, 2 or more Bottlenose Dolphins, a Common Dolphin, 2 or more
Harbour Porpoises and 2 Grey Seals were seen off Gwennap Head SW367215
by Seawatch observers.
3/10/072
Bottlenose Dolphin were seen well offshore from Porthmeor Beach SW516410
at 1130 hrs
3/10/075
Bottlenose Dolphin were just off St. Ives Harbour SW520407 at 1800 hrs
3/10/07About
22 Common Dolphins and 7 or more Harbour Porpoises were seen off Gwennap
Head SW367215 by Seawatch observers
3/10/075
Bottlenose Dolphin were bow riding a boat just off Carbis Bay SW528389
at 1845 hrs
3/10/07A
Grey Seal surfaced with a large fish in its mouth in Mylor Yacht Harbour
SW823352 at 0841 hrs
4/10/07An
Ocean Sunfish was seen off St Agnes Head SW697515. It was about a metre
long with gulls pecking at it for a while until it dived out of sight.
4/10/075
to 10 Bottlenose Dolphins, 6 to 11 Harbour Porpoises and an Ocean Sunfish
were seen off Gwennap Head SW367215
4/10/074
Bottlenose Dolphins were swimming quietly around at the surface in the
area of the Wreck site of The Hellopes in MountsBay
in position 50º4.56N5º29.58W
at midday
5/10/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen off Gwennap Head SW367215
5/10/07A
pod of 20 to 30 Common Dolphins including about 10 juveniles, was seen
heading north off Barras Nose Tintagel SX050894 with several Gannets and
a Peregrine Falcon present
6/10/07A
pod of about 8 Bottlenose Dolphin were in the Camel Estuary SW920770 being
very active & acrobatic. Hunting fish, probably mackerel, one was tossed
into the air. One dolphin had a very pale/white dorsal.
6/10/07An
Ocean Sunfish was seen off Gwennap Head SW367215
6/10/077
to 10 Bottlenose Dolphin were in The Camel
Estuary SW915785 between Hawk Cove and Stepper Point feeding with some
breaching, from 1445 to 1530 hrs. There was some boat activity but mostly
acting sensibly, and the dolphins had left the Estuary by 1545hrs.
6/10/0715
Bottlenose Dolphins were around a boat fishing
for mackerel off Port Quin SW966806 during the afternoon
6/10/072
Harbour Porpoises were milling and resting 300 metres off Capstone Point
SS519418 at 1446 hrs. they then headed west.
6/10/07A
pod of 6 to 10 Bottlenose Dolphin was seen from Trebetherick SW925779 in
the mouth of the CamelRiver. Feeding
with some breaching from 1445 to 1530 hrs. There were some boats
present but mostly acting sensibly. The dolphins had left the estuary by
1545 hrs. Later 15 Bottlenose Dolphinwere
around a boat fishing for mackerel off Port Quin SW968806
6/10/07A
Harbour Porpoise was briefly seen between Nare Head SW916370 and Dodman
Point SX000392 at midday
6/10/07A
pod of about 10 dolphins were very playful around a sailboat for ½
an hour, a mile off Falmouth SW823333 at 1500 hrs
6/10/07A
pod of 4 dolphins was seen in front of the NCI Lookout at Stepper Point
SW913783
7/10/072
Harbour Porpoises were 400 metres off Baggy Point SS419406 at 1032 hrs.
They were milling and resting then headed north, feeding in the tide race
with gannets circling and diving
7/10/071
or two Harbour Porpoises, a couple of dolphins and 2 or 3 Grey Seals were
seen off Gwennap Head SW367215
7/10/077
Harbour Porpoises were chasing prey at speed with 60 or more gannets in
attendance off Hartland Point SS230279
7/10/073
or 4 Harbour Porpoises were feeding at speed accompanied by 12 gannets
off Morte Point SS440457
7/10/0720
to 25 Harbour Porpoises were milling about with 3 gannet circlingoff
Baggy Point SS419406. There was no sign of feeding but there was some breaching
7/10/07A
pod of 10 to 12 dolphins was seen off Pentire Point SW923804 from the NCI
lookout at Stepper Point
7/10/07An
Ocean Sunfish was seen from the Cape Cornwall NCI Lookout SW350318 at 1220
hrs
8/10/07A
pod of about 8 Bottlenose Dolphin were hanging around the red and green
buoys at Hayle Harbour Mouth SW549392 at 1315 hrs, then headed toward Godrevy
at 1350 hrs
8/10/073
Harbour Porpoises were seen from Tunnels Beach Ilfracombe SS524479 They
were 500 metres west of Capstone Point at 0746 hrs
8/10/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen 200 metres west of Capstone Point SS519418 milling
and resting at 1538 hrs
8/10/073
Harbour Porpoises were milling and resting off Tunnels Beach Ilfracombe
SS524479 at 1825 hrs. They moved off toward the west.
8/10/078
Bottlenose Dolphin were seen heading west off Porthmeor Beach SW516410
at 1130 hrs
8/10/074
to 6 Harbour Porpoises and 6 Grey Seals were seen off Gwennap Head SW367215
by Seawatch observers
8/10/07A
Harbour Porpoise was briefly seen ¼ mile east of The Gwineas Rocks
SX031420 at midday
9/10/072
Harbour Porpoises and 7 Grey Seals were seen off Gwennap Head SW367215
by Seawatch Observers
9/10/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen 300 metres north of Capstone Point SS519418 at
1802 hrs
10/10/072
Harbour Porpoises, 3 or 4 dolphins and 17 Grey Seals were seen off Gwennap
Head SW367215 by Seawatch observers
11/10/076
Harbour Porpoises, 2 dolphins, probably Bottlenose Dolphins, and a large
pod of dolphins, probably Common Dolphins and 6 Grey Seals were seen off
Gwennap Head SW367215 by Seawatch observers.
11/10/07A
pod of dolphins was breaching and being very active within the cove at
Porth Loe SW314219 from 1450 to 1510 hrs
12/10/07A
pod of 30 Risso's Dolphins was seen dispersed around the Longships Lighthouse
SW320253 from an aerial survey plane. Also seen on the survey were 7 Grey
Seals at Godrevy SW581433 and 5 Grey Seals hauled out on rocks around Godrevy
Lighthouse SW576435
12/10/07An
Ocean Sunfish, 2 Minke Whales, from 12 to 38 Harbour Porpoises, a pod of
about 200 Common Dolphins another pod of about 80 unidentified dolphins
and 6 Grey Seals were seen off Gwennap Head SW3267215 by Seawatch SW observers
12/10/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen off Tunnels Beaches Ilfracombe SS524479 at 0746
hrs
13/10/076
Harbour Porpoises were watched for 1hr 20 mins. milling
and resting off Capstone Point SS519418 from 0932 hrs
13/10/07A
Triggerfish was caught recently off Bedruthan Steps SW826349. It had 2
parasitic Goose Barnacles, Conchoderma sp. attached to scar tissue
on its head
13/10/07An
Ocean Sunfish, 19 Harbour Porpoises and 10 Grey Seals were seen off Gwennap
Head SW367215 by a Seawatch observer
13/10/07A
turtle was seen 400 yards off the St Ives NCI Lookout, probably a Leatherback
Turtle due to it’s large size
14/10/07A
Minke Whale, 8 Harbour Porpoises, and 9 Grey Seals were seen off Gwennap
Head SW367215 by a Seawatch observer
14/10/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen off Tunnels Beaches Ilfracombe SS524479 at 1007
hrs
14/10/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen heading slowly west off Capstone Point SW519418
at 1333 hrs
14/10/072
adults and one white baby Grey Seal were seen hauled out on the sand at
Soap Cove SW675144. The baby was fat and sleepy.
14/10/07A
Minke Whale was seen heading south 2·5 Km southwest of Gwennap Head
SW367215 between 1400 & 1530 hrs and 8 to 10 Harbour Porpoises were
seen in scattered groups of 1 or 2 generally within 1 to 3 Km of the lookout
14/10/07A
large thresher shark was entangled in ropes of a line of lobster pots 6
miles off Charlestown SX039515. It was 340Kg gutted, so thought to be around
400Kg entire., and thought to be a record
size for British waters.
15/10/072
Grey Seals were seen at North Zawn, Cape Cornwall
SW355327 from 1350 to 1440 hrs
17/10/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen 300 metres northwest of Capstone Point SS519418
at 1806 hrs. Observers were alerted by two diving gannets and saw the Harbour
Porpoise surface twice, but it was soon lost to view by rough seas and
low light.
17/10/07A
massive Sea Hare Aplysia fasciata
, was seen grazing on a night dive at Drawna Reef, Porthkerris
at 6 to 8 metres depth. A beautiful pinkish purple fringing a brownish
purple body about 30 cm long.
18/10/072
Harbour Porpoises surfaced not 10 metres off Capstone Point SS519418 at
1120hrs They then swam north right past a Tpod which had been put down
to gather data.
18/10/075
Bottlenose Dolphin were seen heading west off Gwennap Head SW367215 at
1400hrs. while some skuas were harassing
a Kittiwake
18/10/0710
to 15 Harbour Porpoises were seen heading west off Porthmeor Beach SW516410
at 0600 hrs
19/10/07A
super pod of hundreds of Common Dolphins was around a fishing boat 2 miles
off Padstow SW919754 from 0930 to 1100 hrs. They were surrounding the boat
in a 2 mile circumference feeding on mackerel and followed the boat bow
riding back to harbour. Surfers on the coast reported that they had scared
the bass into the surfzone.
20/10/07An
Ocean Sunfish was seen 200 metres to the west of Ilfracombe Pier SS525479
at 1402 hrs
20/10/07A
pod of Common Dolphins was bow riding MV Scillonian III on her way to the
Isles of Scilly during the morning, and a Minke Whale was seen on the return
journey late afternoon.
20/10/07A
small Grey Seal was seen just 5 metres off Capstone Point SS519418 at 1755
hrs. The first Grey Seal seen off Ilfracombe since
April.
20/10/07At
least 6 Harbour Porpoises were seen in 3 different groups off Morte Point
SS440457 between 1400 and 1500 hrs.
20/10/07A
pod of about 15 Bottlenose Dolphins swam past Meadfoot Beach SX930630 toward
Thatcher Point SS944629 then turned round and swam back again at about
1020 hrs.
21/10/07A
report today that the Gweek Seal Sanctuary rescued a Grey Seal pup from
a rocky ledge near St Ives SW5241. It was underweight and apparently
abandoned, treated at the scene and taken to the sanctuary for further
treatment. This was the first seal pup rescue of the winter season, and
is 6 weeks later than usual. Staff put it down to the unseasonable calm
weather
21/10/072,
or perhaps 3, unidentified dolphins were seen heading northwest 100 metres
off Towan Head Newquay SW799630
26/10/079
Harbour Porpoises, pods of 6 and 3 were seen near The Brisons SW340311
at 1100 hrs
27/10/072
Grey Seals were seen below the Cape Cornwall NCI Lookout SW350318 at 0853
hrs
29/10/07One
Grey Sealwas
seen below the Cape Cornwall NCI lookout SW350318 at 1259 hrs
30/10/07Forward
facing blows from a whale seen heading south near to the Wolf Rock Lighthouse
SW270120 from 1155 to 1204 could have been from a Humpback.
31/10/07A
Grey Seal was seen below the Cape Cornwall NCI Lookout SW250318 at 1250
hrs
31/10/07A
pod of about 20 Common Dolphins came from the west into Porthcurno Bay
SW387222 and played in the bay for some time before heading back west.
31/10/076
Harbour Porpoises were seen heading east 100 metres offshore from The Vessacks
SW378217 and later they were seen heading west off Hella Point SW371214
just 50 ft offshore
1/11/07A
seal was seen to dive for a large discarded fish between the National Marine
Aquarium Plymouth SX491535 and the nearest pontoon at 0950 hrs
1/11/074
Harbour Porpoises were seen 1·5km SSW of Carn Gloose SW354313 at
1000 hrs.
2/11/07Numerous
Risso's Dolphins were seen around The Longships Lighthouse SW320253 from
an aerial survey and 29 Grey Seals were seen hauled out at Mutton Cove
SW584433 from the same survey.
3/11/072
Harbour Porpoises were 300 metres off Capstone Point SS519418 moving quickly
east at 0930 hrs. One breached, coming completely out of the water. Later
at 1404 hrs 3 Harbour Porpoises, including one juvenile, were 300 metres
off the Point heading slowly west, then came back to within 10 metres of
the Point before heading east.
3/11/07An
Ocean Sunfish was seen in Sennen Bay SW3526 today.
3/11/07A
Grey Seal was watched following a cormorant near The King Harry Ferry SW841396
3/11/075
or 6 Risso's Dolphins, including one baby, were seen heading east, in a
very tight group just west of the Runnelstone SW369200 at 1245 hrs. and
5 Harbour Porpoises were in the area around the Runnelstone.
4/11/073
Harbour Porpoises were seen off Capstone Point at 1328 hrs. Two were surfacing
simultaneously 300 metres offshore and one was further east. The pair was
last seen heading west.
4/11/0715
Harbour Porpoises were seen off Baggy Point SS419406, 22 were seen off
Morte Point SS441458 and 4 were seen off Saunton Down
SS437380. There was no evidence of feeding, only quiet trips to the surface,
making it easy to count.
4/11/07A
Grey Seal stayed near a snorkeller for ½ hour off Pencarrow Head
in position 50º19.51N 04º35.13W before heading west
4/11/074
dolphins were seen heading west off Ladies Window SX078906 at 1615 hrs
4/11/07A
Grey Seal was seen off Tubby’s Head St Agnes SW698505 at 1250 hrs
5/11/07A
Grey Seal surfacedoff
the Cape Cornwall NCI Lookout SW350318 just after 4 Jet Skis roared past
at 1515 hrs
6/11/07A
Minke Whale carcass stranded on Porthbeor Beach SW882367after it had been
watch for a few days floating offshore. The nine metre long female had
a large gash on her head, and it is thought that she may have been struck
by a ships propeller.
7/11/075
unidentified dolphins were seen heading east off Porthmeor Beach SW516410
5during the morning
8/11/07At
least 2 Harbour Porpoises were seen feeding 20 metres off Berry Head SX948567
at 0900 hrs.7 Gannets and several
Herring Gulls were in the area.
11/11/0720
or more individual Pearl Chains, Apolemia uvaria, were seen and
photographed off Pencarrow Head SX151503. They varied in length from 25cm
to 2 metres.
15/11/07A
pod of about 20 Common Dolphins was watched feeding beneath diving gannets
from 1030 to 1115 hrs, gradually heading north, about 2 Km northwest of
Cape Cornwall SW349318
16/11/0715
to 20 Common Dolphins were seen south of Plymouth
in position 50º05N 04º10W in the morning from F.V. Richard Ann.
About 5 Common Dolphins were seen in the same position in the afternoon
18/11/07A
Grey Seal was seen heading north close inshore off Pennance Point SW805305
at 1300 hrs. It then dived and was not seen again.
18/11/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen off Berry Head SX948567 at 0910 hrs and 4 Bottlenose
Dolphins were off the head at 1135 hrs
19/11/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen heading slowly west off Capstone Point SS519418
at 0744 hrs
20/11/07About
20 Common Dolphins were seen from the Gwennap Head Lookout SW365217 at
0846 hrs, feeding beneath gannets near the Wolf Rock Lighthouse SW270210.
They moved closer to the lookout by 1000 hrs, about 1·5 Km to the
west, still feeding with about 300 gannets diving. There were quiet periods
when the gannets rested on the surface and the dolphins disappeared below,
presumably to drive the fish toward the surface resulting in a frenzy of
diving gannets. They were still in the area at 1330hrs.
21/11/07A
very large thresher shark was caught 3½ mile south of The Runnelstone
SW369200. When weighed it was found to be 510 Kg (1122 lbs) making it one
of the heaviest thresher sharks caught anywhere in the world and the second
giant from Cornish waters in a few weeks. The female was 15ft 10” long
and sold at Newlyn Market for £255-00, (50p per kilo). It may not
be eaten, but more likely stuffed for display purposes.
21/11/07A
Jellyfish invasion has wiped out Northern Ireland’s only salmon farm, killing
more than 100,000 fish, which could cost more than £1mBillions
of small jellyfish, Pelagia noctiluca, known as Mauve Stingers flooded
into the cages off Glenarm Bay. The jellyfish covered an area of up to
10 square miles and a depth of 35 feet
21/11/0720
or more Bottlenose Dolphins were seen off Hope’s Nose Torbay, SX950637
22/11/072
Harbour Porpoises were seen just off the tip of Rospletha Head SW384217
at 1115 hrs.
23/11/072
Harbour Porpoises, an adult with a juvenile, were 100 metres south of Porthgwarra
Cove SW371216 at 0930 hrs.
23/11/073
Bottlenose Dolphins were seen heading into Torbay
off Berry Head SX948567 at 1610 hrs
23/11/07A
Grey Seal was seen below the Cape Cornwall NCI Lookout SW350318 at 1401
hrs
25/11/07The
British record for a shore caught Bass, which stood at 19lb, was recently
broken by a catch off Sandown Pier, Isle of Wight
with a weight of 19lb 11oz 12dr
25/11/075
dolphins were seen heading west off Downderry SX315538 and on to near LooeIsland,
followed by gulls.
25/11/076
or more Bottlenose Dolphin were seen from Tregantle SX387526 close inshore
heading west breaching and twisting as they went past Portwrinkle and on
toward Looe, from 1345 to 1410 hrs
28/11/07A
Grey Seal was seen bottling for ½ minute at 1441 hrs, close to rocks
400 metres west of Capstone Point SS519418. It had a large head, so probably
a male.
28/11/073
or 4 Bottlenose Dolphins were seen heading west off Porthmeor Beach SW516410
at 1100 hrs
28/11/076
Bottlenose Dolphins were seen heading west off Gwithian Towans SW579411
at 1145 hrs.
29/11/07A
Minke Whale and a Risso's Dolphin were seen about 1·5 to 2 Km south
of the Gwennap Head Lookout during the day. Also seen was a low blow of
an unidentified whale about 6 km SW of the lookout.
2/12/073
or more Harbour Porpoises were seen off Slinke Dean SW461245
3/12/07A
whale was seen to spout a few hundred metres off Carn du SW457235 at 1400
hrs. It was watched for about 20 minutes,by
several people as it blew again and breached several times. It was black
on the back and very white on the underside.
6/12/07A
carcass of a 3·2 metre Bottlenose Dolphin was recovered from Gunwallow
Fishing Cove SW654223. and sent for post
mortem by the Cornwall Wildlife Trust Marine Strandings Network. It appeared
to be in poor condition and, with no marks on the
body, was not thought to be bycatch. The results of the post mortem
test are pending and it is hoped that it will shed light on the cause of
death. A whale lice was found on a healed wound on the dolphins flank which
is thought to be Isocyamus dolphinii,.
10/12/072
adult Harbour Porpoises were seen feeding close inshore off Charlestown
SX0451 after a storm.
12/12/0714
Grey Seals were seen hauled out in a cove at the south end of Towan Beach
SW869324. Seals have been regularly seen hauled out at this cove over the
past 5 years.
12/12/073
large and 1 small Triggerfish were found on the strandline at Watergate
Bay SW842655
12/12/073
Bottlenose Dolphins heading east at first then turned back west off the
NCI Lookout at St Ives SW521411 at 0830 hrs
16/12/07A
cuttlebone of Sepia orbignyana was found on the strandline at Mexico Towans
SW559389. Other cuttlebones on the strandline were probably Sepia officinalis.
17/12/07A
pregnant Bottlenose Dolphin was found at Gunwallole Fishing Cove SW654223.
It was retrieved for post mortem by Cornwall Wildlife Trust Marine Strandings
Network. The dolphin was 3.2 metres long and appeared to be in poor condition.
Whale lice, thought to be Isocyamus dolphinii, were found on a healed wound
on its flank. Post mortem results are pending and it is hoped that these
will shed light on the cause of death. It is not thought to be bycatch.
21/12/076
Harbour Porpoises, including a juvenile, were seen with gannets 2Km northwest
of Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1200 hrs
23/12/07A
Grey Seal was seen 100 metres off Ilfracombe Pier SS527479 at 1330 hrs.
It surfaced three times and bottled for a while then headed west. At 1345
hrs a Harbour Porpoise was seen milling and resting 100 metres off Capstone
Point SS519418. On both occasions small gulls were overhead, probably Blackheaded
Gulls.
23/12/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen off Berry Head SX048567 at 0845 hrs
23/12/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen 700 metres off Porthgwarra Cove SW371216 beneath
feeding seabirds, Kittiwakes and Auks.
24/12/07At
least 6 Harbour Porpoises including one young one,
were seen off Berry Head SX948567 at 1030 hrs. They spent some time feeding
and playing.
24/12/07A
dead Triggerfish was found on the tide line at Trevone SW890761
25/12/074
Harbour Porpoises were seen off Berry Head SX948567 at 0830 hrs. They were
difficult to see in the rainy conditions.
25/12/07A
pod of 10 to 12 Common Dolphins followed a boat for about 30 minutes off
Pendennis Castle SW824317. Many photos taken.
26/12/07At
least 6 Harbour Porpoises were off Berry Head SX948567 from 0900 to 0930 They
were feeding in 3 groups far apart then headed south and were lost in the
sun.
26/12/073
Harbour Porpoises were seen off The Rumps SW933811
27/12/078
Harbour Porpoises were watched for 1 hr 25 mins off Berry Head SX948567, then
they headed south.
27/12/07A
pod of at least 7 Bottlenose Dolphins was seen from St. Ives Island SW521411
heading east south east. Also in the Bay there were at least 4 Harbour
Porpoises, with shags, cormorants, gannets and auks in the area.
28/12/075
Harbour Porpoises were off Berry Head SX948567 from 0835 to 0945 hrs
29/12/076
Harbour Porpoises were feeding in the tide race off Berry Head SX948567
from 0845 to 0930 hrs.
29/12/07A
late Basking Shark was seen in St. Loy Cove SW424230
29/12/07A
dead Triggerfish with partly chewed fins was found on Sennen Beach SW351263
at 1530 hrs.
30/12/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen circling 500 metres north of the lighthouse at
Bull Point SS461469 from 1400 to 1500 hrs
31/12/076
dead Triggerfish have been found on Porthcothan Beach SW8572 and 2 on Mother
Iveys Bay SW8676 in the last 4 days and today one was washed ashore still
alive at Constantine Bay SW8574 as well as several that are very small.
31/12/076
to 8 Bottlenose Dolphins were seen heading east off Porthmeor Beach St
Ives. SW516410 at 0920hrs
31/12/074
Harbour Porpoises were seen near The Brisons SW340311 at 1210 hrs.
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