28 APRIL, 2013

1 Dolphin Sp. in the River Parrett, Somerset
Reported by John Andrews

10 APRIL, 2013

Several Harbour Porpoise, seen east of Hythe, Kent
Reported by Bob Goodsir

10+ Bottlenose Dolphin including a calf in West Bay

23rd MARCH 2013

Harbour Porpoise seen from Chesil Beach, Ferrybridge. Heading SE towards Portland.
Observers: D Foot, J Down, P Harris

6th JANUARY 2013
English Channel, off Devon
Boat skipper Rob Dart reported lots of Common Dolphins in the channel and 2-3 Risso's Dolphins.

 Ist December 2012
Berry Head, Devon
Terry Lakeman reported the following off the head: 25-30 Common Dolphin, 7 Harbour Porpoise and 4 Great Northern Divers.

Breaching Common Dolphin

30th November 2012
English Channel from 6 to 30nm south of Start Point
Lots of Common Dolphins in the channel. Comming back in from fishing 30nm out we were encountering small groups of Commons all the way back to within 6nm of Start Point (and then we were losing the light). Hard to estimate but in the region 100-200 animals. Also 15 Bonxies.

22nd November 2012
Berry Head
Gale force SSW winds, with few birds on the move, the highlights being single Manx Shearwater, Balearic Shearwater,  Little Gull and 2 Great Skuas and 6 Common Scoter.  BUT - the cetaceans where brilliant! At least 6 Harbour Porpoise often surfing the waves and some leaping clear of the water, then a pod of 8 Bottlenose Dolphins with a medium sized calf moved south and better still two White-beaked Dolphins feeding off the end of the headland about 600m offshore initially, although they were underwater much of the time they stayed in the area for 20+minutes from 0950hrs before moving off south.
Mike Langman and MD

19th November 2012
Berry Head
4+ Common Dolphins, 2-3 Harbour Porpoise

23rd October 2012
English Channel 30nm SE of Berry Head
4 Risso's Dolphins

2 NOVEMBER, 2012

A 13.6m juvenile Fin Whale stranded at Rope Lake Head, Purbeck, Dorset.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-20180396