20TH AUGUST, 2012

Lyme Bay Naturetrek/Marinelife Pelagics
White-beaked Dolphin 5, Great Skua 5, Arctic Skua 1


16TH AUGUST, 2012

A young Sowerby's Beaked Whale has stranded alive by the first Severn Crossing! The animal was euthanized by vets at the scene as it was still maternally dependent and there was no sign of the mother anywhere. These rare beaked whales are usually found in waters over 1000m depth so this whale was very lost and would not have survived if it had been put back out to sea. MARINElife has recorded Sowerby's Beaked Whale in the Bay of Biscay on several occasions.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-19283841

12TH AUGUST, 2012

12-20 Dolphin sp. off Dungeness

13TH AUGUST, 2012

A 65ft Fin Whale stranded at Carlyon Beach, Cornwall.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-19248874

9TH AUGUST, 2012

Lyme Bay Naturetrek/Marinelife Pelagics
Minke Whale, Harbour Porpoise, 2 Pomarine Skuas, Balearic Shearwater, 1700 Manx Shearwaters, 5 Great Skuas

8TH AUGUST, 2012

Lyme Bay Naturetrek/Marinelife Pelagic
2 Sooty Shearwater, Ocean Sunfish and 15 White-beaked Dolphin

7TH AUGUST, 2012

4-6 Bottlenose Dolphin and 2 Harbour Porpoise off Berry Head
Reported by Mike Langman and Dave Norman

4TH AUGUST, 2012

8 Harbour Porpoise off Berry Head about 8.30am
Reported by Mike Langman

1ST AUGUST, 2012

Sooty Shearwater, West Bay

1st August 2012
Berry Head, Devon
Seawatch 07:00-17:00. First reasonable movement of Balearic Shearwaters this side of Lyme bay with 24 south, supporting cast: Sooty Shearwater, 653 Manx Shearwaters (also 100+ N), 2 European Storm-petrels, Pomarine Skua, 3 Bonxie, Arctic Skua, 33 Common Terns, 3 Sandwich Terns, 56 Common Scoter, 8 Puffins, 342 Gannets, 123 Kittiwakes (incl. 7 juvs, first of the year), 3 Black-headed Gulls, 4+ juv/1w Yellow-legged Gulls, Grey Seal and 3 Harbour Porpoise. 

30 JULY 2012
25nm South of Start Point, Devon
From an angling boat. Good numbers of gulls, with juvs of both Herring and Lesser Black now appearing out at sea, in with them at least 3 juv/1w Yellow-legged Gulls. Constant chumming only produced 4 European Storm-petrels, a brief visit by a Sooty Shearwater and Fulmars numbers were higher than recent trips with over 50. One Ocean Sunfish drifted past the boat but conditions were too rough to see any cetaceans.
Although a few Manx were seen further out most were within 6nm of land both when going out and returning.

25 JULY, 2012

Marinelife/Naturetrek pelagic - Lyme Bay 

Totals included 23 White-beaked Dolphin, 1 Minke Whale, 10 Harbour Porpoise, 1 Ocean Sunfish, 7 Balearic Shearwater, 2000 Manx Shearwater, 1000 Gannet, Pomarine Skua, 5 Great Skua, 5 European Storm-petrel


8 Common Dolphin 1 mile south of Lyme Regis at 13:00

22 JULY, 2012

Marinelife/Naturetrek pelagic - Lyme Bay 

White-beaked Dolphin 13, Harbour Porpoise 8, Common Dolphin 25, Balearic Shearwater 2, Manx Shearwater 150, Sooty Shearwater 2, Great Skua 2, Arctic Skua 2, Dunlin 15, Common Scoter 26

21 JULY, 2012

Naturetrek/Marinelife pelagic (James Phillips), Lyme Bay 09:00-18:00

White-beaked Dolphin 4 (bow-riding for an hour), Harbour Porpoise 9, a breaching Thresher Shark, European Storm-petrel 4, Manx Shearwater 354, Common Scoter 22

20 JULY, 2012

Naturetrek/Marinelife pelagic (Martin Gillingham  & Tom Brereton), Weymouth 17:00-20:00

Balearic Shearwater 3, Manx Shearwater 300, Common Scoter 26, Common Tern 20, Sandwich Tern 2

MARCH, 2012

Frequent sightings of Bottlenose Dolphin in Poole Bay this year by SailTime.