26TH AUGUST, 2011
English Channel 13-20nm South of Start Point, Devon
From a fishing boat: 2 Great Shearwaters, Sooty Shearwater, 3 Black Terns, 5 Common terns, Yellow-legged Gull juv/1w, 10+ European Storm-petrels, 3 Bonxies. Two groups of Common Dolphins.

Great Shearwater ©Mark Darlaston

22ND AUGUST, 2011

3 Risso's Dolphin seen at French Banks, Lyme Bay

20 Dolphin sp. (including one calf) seen 2 miles off Sea Town. Reported by Skipper Tony.

1 dead Comorant floating off Dog Cliff/Thorncombe Beacon. Reported by Simon Miles

16TH AUGUST, 2011
Berry Head, Devon
Seawatching 0600-1300hrs:
53 Pomarine Skuas of mixed ages most with short spooned tailed but several with full spoons, largest single group 8 (remarkable passage for Aug), 31 Arctic Skua, 21 Bonxie, 66 Balearic Shearwaters, 402 Manx Shearwaters, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Little Gull, 721 Kittiwake (inc 61 juvs), 39 Common Tern 5 Sandwich Tern, 748 Gannets, 24 Fulmar. 22 Common Scoter and Harbour Porpoise. Mark Darlaston, Mike Langman and Dave Norman.

Immature Pomarine Skuas ©Mark Darlaston

13TH AUGUST, 2011

Albatross sp. reported off Porthcurno by Nicky Morse, skipper of Viking, Penzance

14TH AUGUST, 2011
West end of Lyme Bay off Devon
From a fishing boat.
About 11nm off Start Point one Sooty Shearwater and 3 European Storm-petrels otherwise pretty quiet.

Sooty Shearwater ©Mark Darlaston




Heading back, about 1nm off Dartmouth large feeding frenzy of Gannets with c1000 Manx Shearwaters (no Balearics seen) and a couple of Bonxies.

Manx Shearwater ©Mark Darlaston

14TH AUGUST, 2011

Sand Bay, Weston Super-Mare
1 stranded Harbour Porpoise

9TH AUGUST, 2011
Lynmouth, Devon
A Fin Whale stranded on the North Devon coast. As the animal was well preserved it may have only been dead for a day or two.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-14458028 

3RD AUGUST, 2011
30-40 Dolphin Sp.,1 mile south of Seaton, Devon, 5-10 Harbour Porpoise 11 miles south of Seaton. Sithing reported by John Wallington, skipper of Outcast.

1ST AUGUST, 2011
5+ Common Dolphin at 11am and 29+ at 11.45, 2 km offshore west of Longships lighthouse, feeding. 5 Harbour Porpoise. Sighting reported by Kathryn Driscoll. 

29TH JULY, 2011
Marinelife/Naturetrek Evening Pelagic from Weymouth Quay 16:45hrs - 19:45hrs. F2 SE. Seastate 1-2. Warm, but overcast with some light drizzle at times
CORY'S SHEARWATER 1, Manx Shearwater 2, Arctic Skua 1, Northern Fulmar 1, Gannet 51, Common Tern 2, Kittwake 10, Yellow-legged Gull 1, Common Scoter 1F, Cormorant 2, Shag 1, Great Black-backed Gull 32, Herring Gull 132, Auk spp. 1

JULY, 2011 
Land's End
29th 1 Basking Shark at 11am
27th 5 Harbour Porpoise
20th 8 Harbour Porpoise, 3 Basking Shark, 6 Common Dolphin
13th 1 Harbour Porpoise
12th 8 Harbour Porpoise, 6 Common Dolphin, 3 Basking Shark
11th 26+ Common Dolphin and 8 Harbour Porpoise
2nd 50+ Common Dolphin
1st 25 Common Dolphin
Sightings reported by Kathryn Driscoll.

11TH AUGUST, 2011
Start Point, Devon
Seawatch 0600-1500:
Great Shearwater (at 12:50), Sooty Shearwater (14:20), 2 Puffin, 16 Balearic Shearwater, 1270 Manx Shearwater, 2 Bonxie, 15 Common Scoter, 6 Common Tern, 2 Sandwich Tern, 7 Auks, 3-5 juv Yellow-legged Gulls, 728 Gannet 10 Kittiwakes (including 3 juvs).

7TH AUGUST. 2011
Start Point, Devon
Seawatch 12:30-18:30: Cory's Shearwater (at 15:25), Sooty Shearwater, only one Balearic Shearwater!, 569 Manx Shearwaters, 13 Common Scoter, 2 Sandwich Terns.

3RD August, 2011
11nm south of Start Point, Devon
From a fishing boat: Pomarine Skua (adult), 3 Great Skua, 3 Arctic Terns, 8 Common Terns, 80+ Manx Shearwaters, 3 European Storm-petrels, 5+ Yellow-legged Gulls (juvs) in with numerous Lesser Black-backs and Herring Gulls and around 100 Fulmars (all double light phase bar one light phase).

Common Tern (adult©Mark Darlaston