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Reports
of marine wildlife from all around the British Isles, with pollution incidents
and conservation initiatives as they affect the flora and fauna of the
NE Atlantic Ocean
2 December
2016
Four
Humpback Whales, Megaptera
novaengliae, were spotted close-up
off the east side of Yell,
Shetland.
Cracking views were enjoyed along side the boat, even passing underneath,
tail slapping, breaching and I even got sprayed when one blew close to
the boat !
1
December 2016
Pygmy
Sperm Whale
Photographs
by Colin
Bird
A rare Pygmy
Sperm Whale,
Kogia
breviceps, was washed ashore on a
Caithness
beach at Thurso East,
north Scotland, originally discovered by Cram
Labwons and recovered by Colin
Bird and Jamie Dyer. Another rare cetacean,
a Sowersby's
Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon
bidens, was discovered washed ashore
dead on Dunnet
Beach.
This is
an extremely unusual stranding of a deep sea Pygmy
Sperm Whale. This species is much commoner
in the southern hemisphere. The presence of a population west of the Bay
of Biscay is possible. This whale is classified as a Vagrant in
the British
Cetacean List.
Previous
Report 2002
BMLSS
Cetacea
28
November 2016
A
white Harbour Porpoise,
Phocoena
phocoena, was spotted by Henry
Kirkwood off Morwenstow
in north Cornwall, close to the border with North Devon. Porpoises
are usually more of a dark grey colour.
The adult Olive
Ridley Turtle,
Lepidochelys
olivacea, was recovering at
Anglesey
Sea Zoo and is now feeding on oily Mackerel
which are easy to digest. This was confirmed as the very first Olive
Ridley Turtle recorded in British seas.
27
November 2016
A
large baleen whale,
about 12 metres in length, was spotted struggling in very shallow water
at Cross
Beach, Killadoon, County
Mayo, western Ireland The whale
was effectively stranded but as the incoming tide
rose, surfers from nearby managed to encourage it away from the beach and
it eventually managed to swim away in a northerly direction. Photographs
did not confirm which species it is but at this size it is likely to be
either a Fin or Sei Whale.
Unfortunately, the outlook for the mammal is
poor as it is likely to be ill or injured when found so close to shore
and there is a strong possibility that it will restrand in the coming days.
12
November 2016
All
the way from tropical seas, a large olive green adult Ridley
Turtle, Lepidochelys,
was discovered in a moribund condition but still alive, on the sandy shore
of the Menai Strait,
at Tan-y-Foel very close to Anglesey
Sea Zoo, north-west Wales. Undoubtedly suffering in the cool waters
off north Wales, the turtle was warmed up and nursed by local vet and rehabilitated
at Anglesey Sea Zoo. (At the time of writing
it is not sure if the turtle
was healthy enough to recover.)
""This
individual is much larger than any other Kemp's
Ridley Turtle, Lepidochelys
kempii,
documented
as stranding in the UK, previously we have always recorded juveniles here,"
said marine expert Rod Penrose, from the UK
Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme."
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Would you know what to
do if you found a whale stranded on a beach?
Each year anywhere between
five and 50 whales, dolphins and porpoises are washed up on Britain's beaches.
British
Divers Marine Life Rescue, a volunteer charity, was set up in 1998
to rescue them.
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This
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