Tuesday, 12 July 2011

12TH JULY 2011
Dorset, Portland Bill
Several Balearic Shearwater seen this morning at Shambles Bank. Sighting reported by Chris Caines, skipper of Tiger Lily, Weymouth.

1 Porbeagle Shark seen just off Portland Race at 11am. Sighting reported by Richard English, skipper of Lone Shark II, Weymouth.

Cornwall, Lands End
3 Basking Shark, 8 Harbour Porpoise and 6 Common Dolphin observed from Lands End. Sighting reported by Kathryn Driscoll.

11TH JULY 2011
Cornwall, Lands End
26 Common Dolphin observed at 1km travelling East from Sennen. Sighting reported by Kathryn Driscoll.

Cornwall, Runnelstone Reef
2 Puffin (adult), 2 Guillemot (adult & juv) , 2 Harbour Porpoise, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 2 Ocean Sunfish, 1 Balearic Shearwater and 2 Basking Shark. Sighting recorded during an Opportunistic Survey by Alice Jones of NOC, Southampton.


10TH JULY 2011
Mid-Channel, 20nm SSE of Start Point, Devon
1 Balearic Shearwater observed foraging around a fishing boat. A pristine bird with no moult as can been seen in the images below. Sighting and images provided by Mark Darlaston.







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