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20
December 2019
John
Coe and Aquarius
from the West
Coast Community
of Killer Whales,
Orcinus
orca, were spotted between Ardnamurchan
and Coll, off the western
coast of Scotland, from onboard the Hebridean
Whale and Dolphin Trust research vessel, Silurian.
11
December 2019
A
large Leatherback
Turtle,
Dermochelys
coriacea, was found dead, but stranded
alive, at Mundon Creek just off the River
Blackwater in Essex. This was the first
record from the Essex coast.
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30
November 2019
A
100 kg of man's debris was discovered in the
stomach of a dead subadult male Sperm Whale,
Physeter
macrocephalus,
washed
ashore on the beautiful beach
at Luskentyre, Isle
of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
29
November 2019
A
2.5 metre long Minke
Whale, Balaenoptera
acutorostrata, was discovered dead
by a patrol boat under Battersea
Bridge, near the centre of London.
28
November 2019
On
the muddy inlet known as the Mullet
in County Mayo,
west Ireland, the tide went out so far it stranded
a pod of 13 Common Dolphins, Delphinus
delphis, including four calves. Fortunately,
Gemma
O'Connor who was on site to assist and refloat
the sea mammals, along with other members of the public, the local NPWS
ranger and the Irish
Coast Guard members. It was five hours before the tide returned and
the nursed and rescued dolphins
all swam away.
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16
November 2019
Bearded
Seal
Photograph
by John Moncrief
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A
Bearded
Seal, Erignathus
barbatus, made a visit to Bridge
End, Burra,
in the Shetland Isles.
Bearded
Seals are a non-migratory Arctic species that feed on molluscs
including clams. Visits to the most northerly of the Scottish isles are
rare and newsworthy.
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At
least three Bluefin Tuna,
Thunnus
thynnus, at Tiumpan,
Isle
of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, were very active jumping completely clear
of the calm sea between 11.05 - 11.15 am,
about 800 metes east of the lighthouse.
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14
November 2019
A
small Slipper Lobster,Scyllarus
arctus, was caught off south Devon
by the fishing boat FV Hustler.
It was returned to the sea.
Scyllarus
arctus is a warm waters species found in the Mediterranean, and in
the Eastern Atlantic from Morocco to the English Channel but is rare north
of the Bay of Biscay. They live on stony ground, in caves, and can
also be found on muddy bottoms or in seagrass beds. They use the
large spade-like scales at the front of the head to burrow into mud, sand
or gravel between and under stones.
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30
October 2019
A
Sperm Whale, Physeter
macrocephalus,
calf
live
stranded and died at Hell’s
Mouth, Lleyn
Peninsula, Gwynedd. This was an unusual stranding, possibly only the
second calf to be recorded stranded in the UK and also the first Sperm
Whale found stranded in Wales since the routine
recording of strandings began in 1913.
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25
October 2019
The
Orange-striped
Anemone, Diadumene lineata, was
confirmed found growing beneath pontoons at Malpas
and Tregothan in
Cornwall. It is originally from Asia and is only found in a small number
of places around Britain.
Photograph
by Matt Slater
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18
October 2019
A
9.7 metre juvenile female Sei Whale,
Balaenoptera
borealis, was washed ashore dead at
Gravesend
in the Thames estuary.
October
2019
A
large Leatherback
Turtle,
Dermochelys
coriacea, was seen swimming off Brighton,
Sussex.
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14
October 2019
Beware
of the venomous sting! Portuguese Man-o'-Wars,
Physalis
physalis, have washed ashore
on Cornish and Irish beaches in noteworthy numbers.
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13
October 2019
A
4.5 metre long, 650 kg adult female Sowerby's
Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon bidens, was
stranded dead on Gullane
beach, East Lothian, Scotland, with an encircling piece of rope around
her neck.
11
October 2019
A
Sperm
Whale, Physeter
macrocephalus,
beached
in shallow water off the Northumberland coast has died. The 13 metre long
mammal was first sighted off Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
and then in the Wansbeck estuary, between Cambois and Sandy Bay. It had
been struggling off shore before the tide went
out, leaving it stranded.
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The
Yellow
Crab,
Eriphia
verrucosa, was photographed at Morbihan,
Brittany. This is a southern species not recorded
around the British Isles.
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8 October
2019
The Humpback
Whale, Megaptera
novaengliae, which died after swimming
into the River Thames estaury was hit by a ship, the Zoological Society
of London has said. However, it is not clear whether the wound on the juvenile
female was inflicted before or after the whale's death. The dead whale
was discovered just after 5 pm
in the Greenhithe
area.
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