Marine
Creatures sighted, stranded or landed during 2007
List
compiled by Raymond Dennis
1/1/07A
pod of 7 dolphins was seen heading eastward off Carn Barges SW447233 into MountsBay
at 1510 hrs
1/1/07A
dead oiled Guillemot, a 20 cm Grey Triggerfish, with eyes still present
and 15 Goose Barnacles attached to a piece of wood were found on the strandline
at Porthmeor Beach SW516410
2/1/07A
dead Guillemot and a fresh blue jellyfish were found on the strandline
at Porthmeor Beach SW516410
2/1/07A
pod of about 8 Bottlenose Dolphins, including a juvenile, was seen playing
and breaching at Little London SW525302 near St. Michael’s MountMountsBay.
2/1/073
dead Triggerfish, a Nightlight Jellyfish, Pelagia noctiluca and
15 Janthina janthina Violet Sea-snails were found on the strandline
at Gwithian SW579411
2/1/07A
pod of 12 Bottlenose Dolphins was seen off Marazion SW515301
3/1/07A
pod of 7 or more Bottlenose Dolphins was watched hunting and feeding with
some breaching for 40 minutes off The Greeb SW5229
4/1/073
Janthina
janthina and one J.pallida Violet Sea-snails and cuttlefish
bones of Sepia officiinalis, S.elegans and S.orbigniana
were found on the strandline at Perranporth SW756544, and in a cast up
specimen of the Common Mussel Mytilus edulis a Pea Crab Pinnotheres pinnotheres
.
4/1/072
Grey Triggerfish, 39 cm and 25 cm long, and 10 Goose barnacles attached
to a piece of wood, were found on the strandline at Mawgan Porth SW8467
6/1/07A
very small Kemp’s Ridley Turtle was found stranded alive on the high
tide line at Woolacombe Beach SS450420 North Devon. Two BDMLR medics were
surfing there at the time and their attention was drawn to the stranded
turtle. They arranged to meet a representative of West Hatch RSPCA wildlife
hospital who had agreed to give it temporary accommodation and treatment.
A couple of days later it was transferred to the Weymouth Sea Life Centre’s
Turtle rehabilitation Centre where they have more experience with turtles
and facilities to deal with it. The centre was very surprised to receive
such a small turtle, which was only about 35cm long. The female turtle
was very hypothermic on arrival, with a bleak outlook, but after raising
its temperature and initiating feeding, it began to recover well. The staff
are now hopeful of releasing it back into the wild off The Canaries
in late April.
7/1/072
Harbour Porpoises were feeding beneath Gannets off Porthgwarra SW371216
at 1200 hrs, and one Harbour Porpoise was seen off The Minack Theatre SW387200
at 1300 hrs
8/1/07A
Triggerfish was found stranded on the beach at Gywnver SW362276
8/1/077
Harbour Porpoises were sighted off Berry Head SX948567 at 1000 hrs.
8/1/07A
Nickar Nut, Caesalpina bondoc, was found on the strandline at Fistral
Beach SW797620
9//1/073
Harbour Porpoises were feeding in very rough seas, 600 metres south of
Porthgwarra SW371216, with hundreds of Auks and Kittiwakes, from 1300 to
1330 hrs
10/1/07A
25 cm dead Triggerfish was found stranded at the western end of Widemouth BaySS1901
13/1/078
to 10 Harbour Porpoises were watched feeding in rough seas for 10 minutes,
100 yards off Porthcothan Bay SW8572 with Herring Gulls overhead
14/1/07A
Sea Purse tropical Bean, Dioclea reflexa, 3 dead Triggerfish, 3
Violet Sea Snails and 3 groups of Goose Barnacles, one attached to a piece
of plastic the others to pieces of wood, were found on the strandline at
Sennen SW3526
19/1/076
dolphins, probably Bottlenose Dolphins, were seen heading east from St.
Ives NCI Lookout SW521411 at 0945 hrs.
20/1/073
Fin Whales were feeding with hundreds of seabirds off Porthgwarra SW371216
from 1430 to 1530 hrs. One surfaced 250metres from shore, and 3 were seen
to spout at the same time. They moved out and away to the west.
21/1/073
Fin Whales were seen off Porthgwarra SW371216 during the morning, They
were well offshore. Whale spouts were seen off Land’s End SW342253, inside
the Longships Lighthouse, as they headed north at 1600 hrs
21/1/07About
500 Goose Barnacles were found attached to a large piece of stranded driftwood
at Watergate Bay SW8464. They looked fresh and newly stranded with 45mm
shells and 75mm peduncles.
21/1/07A
Stranded large plastic buoy with about 100 Goose Barnacles attached was
found on the tide line at Sennen SW3626. Among the barnacles were 4 Columbus
Crabs, Planes minutus, but one was dead. The other three were collected
and taken to The Blue Reef Aquarium at Newquay
21/1/07A
5 metre male Pilot whale carcass was washed up on Saunton Sands SS4335
22/1/07A
Columbus Crab was found among Goose Barnacles stranded on a large log at
Watergate Bay SW8464. It was taken alive to PlymouthUniversity
where it seems to be doing quite well.
27/1/07There
was a sighting of what was believed to be a Harbour Porpoise, approximately
75 metres off Haldon Pier, Torquay SX916631. It appeared to be feeding
28/1/07A
Bottlenose Dolphin was seen following a Canoeist and generally milling
about at Broadsands Tor Bay SX895575 at 1130 hrs
29/1/072
Harbour Porpoises were seen ¼ mile south of Logan Rock SW396219
at 0930 hrs
29/1/073
Harbour Porpoises, including one juvenile, were feeding with seabirds 600
metres offshore at Porthgwarra SW371216 at 1130 hrs.
30/1/076
Harbour Porpoises were feeding with seabirds 600 metres offshore at Porthgwarra
SW371216 at 1000 hrs
31/1/076
Harbour Porpoises, including 2 juveniles, were feeding with seabirds 600
metres south of Porthgwarra SW371216 at 1030 hrs
31/1/07A
dolphin was seen off Sennen SW3526 at mid-day.
1/2/07A
10” diameter Rhizostoma octopus jellyfish was found stranded on
the high tide line at Perranporth SW756544
1/2/07About
100 Harbour Porpoises were watched from 1045 to 1400 hrs off the mouth
of the River Camel SW9277
2/2/07A
dolphin was seen off Pendennis Point SW826314 during the afternoon
2/2/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen off Constantine Bay SW8574 at
1200
hrs
4/2/07A
pod of 6 to 10 Harbour Porpoises with some juveniles, were feeding off
Kellan Head, Port Quin SW969812 at 1300 hrs They
were actively feeding, chasing fish. Further out to sea, lots of gannets
were feeding in a bait-ball fashion, indicating the presence of lots of
fish.
4/2/072
or 3 Harbour Porpoises were off St. Anthony Head SW846311, 200 metres toward
Black Rock. They did not appear to be feeding and did not stay in the area
for long. A yacht in the area stopped and did not harass the animals
4/2/07A
pod of 8 Bottlenose Dolphins including a juvenile,
was seen just outside Penzance Harbour SW476303 at 1430 hrs. They seem
to be very attracted to moving boats. When the boat stopped, they moved
away, but as soon as the boat started to move again they surrounded it.
4/2/077
Common Dolphins and a baby, were in MountsBay
in position 50º6.80N 5º31.06W at 1455 hrs
5/2/07Six
dolphins were seen passing the headland from the NCI Lookout at Rame Head
SX422488 at 1030 hrs
5/2/072
Harbour Porpoises, including a juvenile, were seen heading north just west
of the Brisons SW340311 at 1030 hrs, and at least 6 Harbour Porpoises,
including a juvenile, were feeding with seabirds 600 metres to 1 Km south
of Porthgwarra Cove SW371216 at 1230 hrs
7/2/072
Harbour Porpoise were 300 metres west of Sennen Harbour SW350263 and two
more were 400 metres north of the harbour from 1230 to 1330 hrs
14/2/07At
least 6 Bottlenose Dolphins, including one juvenile, came into St. Ives
Bay SW5241 from the north from 1230 to 1300 hrs.
14/2/06A
pod of 8 to 11 Bottlenose Dolphins, including 2 juveniles, headed eastward
into St. Ives Bay SW5241, at 1515 hrs, breaching and playing as they went
and then stopped, and appeared to be feeding for a while in an area off
the Holiday Park. At 1545 hrs they resumed playing, but some of the play
seemed to be quite aggressive toward the two young ones, looking like a
severe telling off, by the adults.
18/2/072
Harbour Porpoises were seen heading slowly east 100 yards off Capstone
Point SS519418 at 1412 hrs
18/2/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen off The Cowloe, Sennen SW349266 at 1450 hrs and
a Grey Seal was seen bottling 500 metres
off The Old Success Inn Sennen SW354265 at 1600 hrs.
18/2/07An
Ocean Sunfish was spotted 3 times just below the NCI Lookout at Cape Cornwall
SW349318 at 1530 hrs
19/2/073
Harbour Porpoises, including one juvenile, were 700 metres off Lizard Point
SW694115 from 1230 to 1330 hrs.
20/2/076
Bottlenose Dolphins, including one juvenile, were just west of St. Michael’s
Mount SW515301 from 0930 to 1000 hrs, and 2 Harbour Porpoises were west
of the Brisons SW340311 at 1230 hrs
21/2/07A
Harbour Porpoise was about 1 Km northeast of St. Ives Island SW521411 at
1530 hrs
21/2/07A
Grey Seal was seen feeding on a large fish at the surface, below theNCI
Lookout at Cape Cornwall SW349318
25/2/07A
Harbour Porpoise was beneath feeding seabirds 1 Km south of Porthgwarra
Cove SW371216 early in the afternoon
1/3/072
dolphins, possibly Common Dolphins, were seen close inshore at Porthminster
Beach SW521401 at 1400 hrs. They were watched until they headed safely
out to sea
6/3/07A
pod of Bottlenose Dolphins were seen playing off the rock at Gwithian SW579411
at 1530 hrs
7/3/07A
Grey Seal was seen at the surface below the NCI Lookout at Cape Cornwall
SW349318 at 1020 hrs
8/3/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen 500 metres south of Porthgwarra Cove SW371216
at 0930 hrs
10/3/072
Harbour Porpoises were seen 400 metres south east of Lizard Point SW694115
at 1300 hrs
12/3/078
Bottlenose Dolphins headed east off St Ives SW521411 at 1500 hrs
12/3/07A
single unidentified dolphin was seen heading north about 50 metres off
the NCI Lookout at Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1310 hrs
12/3/07A
single dolphin was seen heading north off the NCI Lookout at Cape Cornwall
SW349318 at 1310 hrs
13/3/078
Bottlenose Dolphins headed west off St Ives SW521411 at 1200 hrs
13/3/072
Harbour Porpoises were seen 50 metres north of Cape Cornwall SW349318 at
1300 hrs
14/3/07At
least 3 Harbour Porpoises including one juvenile were seen 400 metres south
of Porthgwarra SW371216 at 0930 hrs
14/5/078
Bottlenose Dolphins were very active and bow riding off Hayle SW551382
from 1030 hrs onward, and later headed east.
15/3/07About
100 Harbour Porpoises headed east off the NCI Lookout at St Ives SW521411
at 0730 hrs
15/3/0715
Harbour Porpoises headed west off St Ives SW542411 at 1340 hrs
16/3/0715
Harbour Porpoises were milling around for a while off St. Ives SW521411
at 1400 hrs before heading east when approached by a fishing boat..
17/3/0710
Harbour Porpoises were seen feeding and heading east off St. Ives SW521411
at 1500 hrs
21/3/073
Harbour Porpoise were seen SSW of The Minack Cliff Theatre SW387220 at
1230 hrs. Two were about 500 metres off and the other 800 metres
21/3/072
Bottlenose Dolphin were seen in Mounts Bay in position 50º07N 06º31.5W
at 1505 hrs. Slowly heading south
23/3/072
Harbour Porpoises were seen ¼ mile west of Land’s End SW341253 at
1030 hrs
24/3/075
or 6 Bottlenose Dolphins, including young, arrived off Gyllyngvase Beach
SW808316 at 1630 hrs, but were harassed by a jetskier who drove into and
around the pod at speed numerous times. Ignoring
many people on the beach who protested. Eventually he moved away
and the pod quickly headed back east.
25/3/072
Bottlenose Dolphins were inside Fowey Estuary SX120510, bow riding boats
up and down the river for 2 hours from 1500 hrs. One of the dolphins had
a golf ball sized chunk out of the rear base of its dorsal fin
25/3/07A
pod of 8 Bottlenose Dolphin was seen heading east off Portreath SW653454
with some surface activity, at 1000 hrs
28/3/07A
pod of Bottlenose Dolphins was seen very close in at Falmouth Harbour SW823333
30/3/076
Harbour Porpoises, including 2 juveniles, were south of Porthgwarra SW371216
from 0800 to 1000hrs
30/3/07An
Ocean Sunfish was close inshore at Porth SW830629, at midday
1/4/07A
Grey Seal was seen at the surface, below the NCI Lookout at Cape Cornwall
SW349318 at 1221 hrs
1/4/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen just west of the Runnelstone SW369220 at 0930
hrs
3/4/073
or 4 Bottlenose Dolphins were seen just off the Minack Cliff Theatre SW387220
in the early evening
4/4/072
Bottlenose Dolphin and a juvenile have been seen in the PenzanceHarbour
area over the past 10 days, but the juvenile has not been seen on the most
recent sightings
4/4/075
Bottlenose Dolphins were spotted off the south Devon
coast between Stoke Point SX560458 and Wembury Cottage SX541466
5/4/074
Harbour Porpoises were seen feeding ¼ mile south of the Longships
Lighthouse SW320253 at 1430 hrs
5/4/07A
pod of about 10 large dolphins, probably Bottlenose, was seen heading east
in Bigbury Bay SX6642 at 1130 hrs
6/4/07During
a watch off Capstone Point SS519418 a Harbour Porpoise was seen heading
slowly east, 300 metres off, from 1014 to 1224 hrs and a Grey Seal was
bottling 500 metres to the west. At 1100 hrs 3 Harbour Porpoises were seen
resting and milling with some surface activity, but no breaching, whilst
drifting west 300 metres off, and later at 1800 hrs a Grey Seal was seen
bottling for about 1 minute 100 metres west of the Point.
6/4/072
dolphins, probably Bottlenose Dolphins, were seen bow riding a boat off FoweyHarbour
entrance SX120509
6/4/07A
Fin Whale was seen off Nare Head SW916370
7/4/0720
dolphins, in three groups were seen heading east in St. Austell Bay SX0449
during the day
7/4/072
Bottlenose Dolphins were in the mouth of Penzance Harbour SW476303, between
the piers from 0930 to 1010 hrs, with several boats in the area, but there
was no serious harassment. They were young dolphins, not fully adult, but
not juveniles, one with a notch out of its tail,
they finally headed out to sea.
7/4/07A
pod of about 15 Dolphins was seen close inshore off Black Head SW779162
near Coverack over the Easter Weekend, and a much larger pod of maybe 100
or more was seen further offshore. These were probably Common Dolphins.
7/4/072
known young Bottlenose Dolphins, one with a notch out of its dorsal fin,
were seen off the mouth of Fowey Harbour SX120509 at 1530 hrs. This pair
was seen off Penzance at 1000 hrs.
7/4/072
or 3 Harbour Porpoises were seen from Scillonian III at 1010 hrs when she
was off Lands End SW341253. Theyporpoised
across the bow heading south.
7/4/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen from Scillonian III at 1130 hrs to the west of
Wolf Rock Lighthouse.SW270120
7/4/072
Bottlenose Dolphins were breaching and playing off Penzance Harbour SW476303
at 1915 hrs
7/4/07A
3 metre Basking Shark was seen off Gull Rock near Nare Head SW927368 at
1600 hrs.. This is the first Basking Shark seen
off Cornwall this year
7/4/076
Common Dolphins were watched for 5 minutes off the RoselandPeninsula
in position 50º08N 04º53W at about 0922hrs
7/4/07A
3 metre Basking Shark was seen off Gull Rock, Nare Head SW927368 This is
the first Basking Shark report for this year.
7/4/072
Bottlenose Dolphins were bow riding a boat for 10 minutes at 1500 hrs a
mile south of Fowey SX120510
7/4/072
Bottlenose Dolphins were seen in Mounts Bat in position 50º 07N 05º
31.05 W at 1000 hrs Playing in one area and a Harbour Porpoise was seen
heading west off Porthguarnon SW410230 at 1125 hrs
7/4/072
Bottlenose Dolphins were seen playing in an area of MountsBay
in position 50º07N 05º31.05W at 1205 hrs and a Harbour Porpoise
was seen feeding off carn Scathe SW374216 at 1415hrs.
8/4/072
Harbour Porpoises were seen feeding in MountsBay
in position 50º6.4N 05º30W at 1200 hrs. and
2 more were feeding off carn Scathe SW374216 at 1425 hrs
8/4/07A
pod of about 12 Bottlenose Dolphins were in Torbay SX9260 at 0900 hrs heading
across the bay from Torquay to Berry Head SX948567, where 3 Harbour Porpoises
were seen at 0845 hrs
8/4/072
Harbour Porpoises were seen about 300 metres south of Lizard Point SW694115
9/4/07A
pod of at least 8 Bottlenose Dolphins was seen heading west 100 metres
offshore in Bigbury Bay SX6642 at 1630 hrs
9/4/07A
female Grey Seal was seen close inshore in Lantic Bay SX1450 heading west.
9/4/072
Bottlenose Dolphins were being very playful in MountsBay
in position 50º07N 05º29.05W at 1015 hrs
10/4/072
Bottlenose Dolphins were seen heading slowly east South of Mousehole in
position 50º04N 05º32W at 1324 hrs
10/4/0735
Common Dolphins, including 4 juveniles, were bow riding a boat for 10 minutes
south of Fowey in position 50º18.40N 04º36.85W. They then left
the boat and headed south.
10/4/072
male Grey Seals were close inshore on the west side of Lantivet Bay SX1650,
but 50 yards apart.
10/4/07A
pod of Bottlenose Dolphins was in Penzance Harbour SW476303 at 0830 hrs
10/4/07A
Grey Seal was seen at the surface, below the NCI Lookout at Cape Cornwall
SW349318 at 1232 hrs.
11/4/07A
Basking Shark was feeding in FalBay
in position 50º07.96N 05º01 21Wat
1310 hrs
11/4/072
Basking Sharks, 18ft and 25 ft long were circling and feeding at the surface1•8
miles south of Pencarrow Head. There were fish feeding at the surface and
lots of Guillemots in the area.
11/4/07A
Harbour Porpoise Was seen off Carn Scathe
SW374216 circling and feeding at 1529 hrs.
12/4/073
Common Dolphins, 2 adults and a juvenile, were seen heading south1
mile northeast of The Gwineas Rocks SX031420
13/4/07A
large female Basking Shark with a tall floppy dorsal fin and a large white
patch on her nose was seen ½ mile southeast of Fowey SX120510 at
1430 hrs. Lots of Gannets in the area
13/4/072
Bottlenose Dolphins seemed to be resting in MountsBay
in position 50º05N 05º31.5W at 1022 hrs
14/4/072
Basking Sharks, 18ft and 25ft long, were circling and feeding in Lantic
Bay SX1450
14/4/072
Grey Seals were seen at the surface, below the NCI Lookout at Cape Cornwall
SW349318 at 1336 hrs
14/4/07A
Grey Seal surfaced and bottled briefly 100 meters off TunnelsBeach,
Ilfracombe SS524479 at 1140 hrs
14/4/072
Bottlenose Dolphins were breaching while heading west in Mounts Bay in
position 50º03N 05º34.5W at 1045 hrs
14/4/07A
2 to 2½ Basking Shark was seen about 70 yds offshore in Lantic Bay
SX1450 at 0830 hrs.
14/4/07A
3 to 4 metre Basking Shark stayed close inshore for about an hour around
1400 hrs, in Lantic Bay SX1450
14/4/072
Bottlenose Dolphin were seen heading west off The Manacles SW8120 at 1531
hrs
14/4/07A
5metre Basking Shark was seen in Mounts Bay in position 50º05N 05º31W
at 1451 hrs
15/4/072
Bottlenose Dolphins were travelling north in Mounts Bay in position 50º
05.4N 05º31.5W at 0905 hrs. and seen
later slowly heading southwest in position 50º07N 05º31.5W at
0941 hrs
15/4/07A
pod of 60 to 80 Common Dolphins, including several juveniles, was swimming
around the boat Charlotte Louise in Tor Bay SX9260 about 5 miles east of
Paignton
15/4/072
Grey Seals wereseen
atb the surface below the NCI Lookout at Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1610
hrs
17/4/07A
large Basking Shark was seen off the Creggin Rocks near Cadgwith SW7213
at 0900 hrs
18/4/07A
small Grey Seal was seen bottling briefly 50 metres off Capstone Point
SS519418 at 1620 hrs
18/4/07A
12 ft Basking Shark was feeding just off Coverack SW783182 for most of
the afternoon and then swam straight out to sea when it departed
19/4/07A
12 ft Basking Shark, probably the same one as seen yesterday,
spent most of the afternoon feeding off Coverack SW783182 and swam straight
to sea when it departed.
19/4/07A
10 to 12 ft. Basking Shark was circling, apparently feeding, at the western
entrance to Plymouth Sound, off Picklecombe Point SX455515 at 1430 hrs
19/4/07A
pod of about 30 Common Dolphins was seen jumping actively near The Wolf
Rock Lighthouse SW270120 from the Isles of Scilly helicopter at 1700 hrs
19/4/07A
large Basking Shark was seen from the Isles of Scilly helicopter close
inshore off Tater du SW440230 at 1705
19/4/07A
large Basking Shark was seen 800 metressouth
of Mousehole SW470263 at 2000 hrs
19/4/07A
Basking Shark was seen feeding at the surface off Lamorna SW451241 at 1850
hrs and another was seen at 1855 hrs
19/4/072
Bottlenose Dolphins were seen heading southeast in Mounts Bay in position
50º07N 05º31.5W at 1543 hrs
19/4/07A
5 metre Basking Shark was seen in Mounts Bay in position 50º6.5N 05º36.6W
at 1535 hrs
20/4/076
Bottlenose Dolphins were off Wherrytown SW470274 at 1910 hrs with some
surface activity close inshore.
20/4/07A
Basking Shark was seen in Sennen Cove SW3526 during the evening.
20/4/07A7
metre Basking Shark was seen off The Greeb SW530290 at 1945 hrs. and
2 Bottlenose Dolphin were seen just off Penzance Harbour SW479302 at 2015
hrs
20/4/07A
Basking Shark was seen to breach off Porthgwarra SW371216 at 1430 hrs
20/4/072
Grey Seals, a male and a female, were close inshore in Lantivet Bay SX1650,
and a Pilot Whale was spy hopping ½ mile south of Pencarrow Head
SX151503
21/4/07A
small Harbour Porpoise was sighted 3 times off Capstone Point SS519418.
It came with 50 metres of the point and was hanging around just below the
surface.
21/4/07A
10 metre Basking Shark was close inshore off Porthcurno SW387222 at 1415
hrs
21/4/07A
24 ft Basking Shark arrived at the Manacles SW8120 from Black Head at about noon
and fed there for a few hours with lots of mackerel at the surface for
miles around.
21/4/07At
0830 hrs there was a lot of dolphin activity just outside Penzance Harbour
SW476306 until a dive boat left the harbour, when the Bottlenose dolphins
headed east and the Commons headed south west. There were estimated to
be about 15 to 20 in each pod.
21/4/07A
12 to 15 ft Basking Shark was feeding in MountsBay
near the wreck site of The Heliopes in position approximately 50º03N
05º29Wat
0930 hrs
21/4/073
Basking Sharks were seen from The Minack Cliff Theatre SW387220
21/4/077
Common Dolphin were seen from Scillonian III when she was off Lamorna SW451241.
The dolphins were following a fishing boat out of Newlyn
21/4/07A
Basking Shark was seen off Cape Cornwall SW349318 in the afternoon
21/4/07A
6 metre Basking Shark was seen off Logan Rock SW397220 at 1635 hrs
21/4/072
Harbour Porpoises were seen off Gull Rock SW927368 near Nare Head
22/4/072
dolphins were seen in the Carrack Roads SW8334 at 1655 hrs They
were watched for 10 minutes between Govenor and E. Narrows Buoys. Both
had scars on the dorsal, tail fin and head.
22/4/07A
large Basking Shark was in the bay just west of Logan Rock SW396220
22/4/07A
Basking Shark was off Porthcurno SW376222 during the morning
22/4/072
Grey Seals were seen below the Watch at Capeornwall
SW349318 at 1413 hrs
24/4/072
Grey Seals were seen below the Watch at Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1220
hrs
25/4/07A
Grey Seal was first spotted close to the mooring buoy H08 in the fairway
channel at Mylor Yacht Harbour SW823352 at 1258 hrs. and
then watched for 10 minutes travelling 8 feet away from the water taxi.
27/4/07A
3 metre Basking Shark was 5 metres from the beach at Porthcurno SW387222
at 1515 hrs
28/4/07Two
well known young Bottlenose Dolphins, Cookie and Sleekie,
were in the surf with surfers at Sennen Cove SW3526 at 1230 hrs and were
spotted again 500 metres offshore at 1530 hrs.
28/4/07A
pod of 5 or 6 dolphins, including one juvenile, was seen heading east off
the Polruan NCI Lookout SX122508. One was semi albino, so they were probably
Risso’s Dolphin.
28/4/073
Basking Sharks were seen between Runnelstone SW369200 and Tater du SW440230
from 1530 to 1545 hrs. One was quite large and the others smaller.
28/4/0740
to 60 Harbour Porpoises made a considerable amount of noise as they seemed
to be chasing mackerel about 2 to 3 miles offshore near Kingsmere Rocks, Sussex.
28/4/07A
5 metre Basking Shark was off ogan Rock SW397220 at 1145 hrs and a 4 metre
Basking Shark was off Porthguarnon SW410230 at 1235 hrs
28/4/07A
Grey Seal was seen below the Watch at Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1500 hrs
28/4/074
Harbour Porpoises, including one juvenile, were seen breaching 3 Km off
Church Cove SW715127 from 1250 to 1304 hrs. and
a Basking Shark was feeding about ¾ Km offshore
29/4/07A
Basking Shark, with a white nose and the top part of its tail fin shredded,
was seen close to the east side of Cannis Rock SX102490. Gulls were following
the shark.
29/4/07A
3 to 4 metre Basking Shark was feeding in WhitsandBay
in position 50º19.11N 04º23.21WIt came
very close to divers at the surface who saw 2 remoras on its right hand
side just aft of its dorsal
30/4/07A
large Basking Shark was seen off Porthgwarra SW371216
1/5/07A
Grey Seal was seen below the Watch at Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1300 hrs
3/5/072
Grey Seals, a male and a female were in the water at the south end of Looe
or St. George’s Island
SX2551. Lots of Fulmars were in the area
3/5/0712
Risso's Dolphins were first seen ½ mile southeast of Fowey SX120510
and again 30 minutes later in Lantic Bay SX11450. Thepod
included 5 juveniles, and were swimming in circles. When seen later
they had split into two groups, occasionally breaching.
3/5/07A
Basking Shark was seen feeding off Gribba Point SW846311 from 1118 to 1515
hrs
4/5/07A
Grey Seal was seen below the Watch at Cape Cornwall Sw349318 at 1312 hrs
4/5/07A
solitary large dolphin was seen 45 miles south of Manacle Point SW811204
at 2100 hrs
5/5/07A
Basking Shark was off Dodman Point SX000392 at 1300 hrs
5/5/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen heading slowly west 500 metres off Capstone Point
SS519418 at 1015 hrs, with gannets overhead
and anglers pulling out mackerel on feathers.
6/5/07A
pod of 8 Bottlenose Dolphins was off Penzance SW476303 at midday.
There was some surface activity.
7/5/072
Grey Seals were seen swimming off Botallack Head SW361338 at 1500 hrs
8/5/073
Risso's Dolphins were spotted in St. John’sLake
SX4454 at 1630 hrs They were off the western
end of Marine Drive Torpoint on the Torpoint side of a moored barge 1/3
of the way across the lake. One breached more often than the others, and
was white on its back from its head to the dorsal. They were still in the
area at 2000 hrs.
8/5/076
Bottlenose Dolphin headed west off Porthmeor Beach SW516410 at 1825 hrs
9/5/07A
Harbour Porpoise was seen from the ferry 1 mile off Lundy Island SS1742
and 15 or more Common Dolphins were seen just off Lundy SS150440 at midday
9/5/073
Risso's Dolphins were seen in St. John’sLakeSX4454
at 1430 hrs off Marine Drive Torpoint
10/5/07A
dark cetacean was seen heading east in Plymouth Sound SX472534 off the
Mount Wise Swimming Pool at 1400 hrs
11/5/072
Grey Seals were seen below the Watch at Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1245
hrs
12/5/077
Bottlenose Dolphins were off St Ives Harbour entrance SW520407 at 1200
hrs, then they headed east with some surface activity
12/5/075
Harbour Porpoises were seen swimming off St. Anthony Head SW846311 at 1425
hrs, and 2 dolphins were breaching off the Head at 1450 hrs
13/5/076
Basking Sharks, including a baby, were off Porthcurno SW387222 during the
afternoon
13/5/077
or 8 dolphins were playing in the surf at Perranporth SW756544 at 1630
hrs. One had a white dorsal fin, otherwise
they were uniform grey with lighter underbelly, so probably Bottlenose
Dolphins
14/5/076
Bottlenose Dolphins, including a large 10 metre shark with a floppy dorsaland
a 2 metre long juvenile, were off the Minack Cliff Theatre SW387220 from
1600 to 1900 hrs
15/5/072
Oceanic Pufferfish were found on the strandline at Treyarnon Bay SW857740
among a stranding of By-the-wind-Sailors, Velella velella
Another
recent fish stranding was a Boar Fish Capros aper on a beach in
Mounts Bay SW4723
15/5/077
Bottlenose Dolphins and 6 Common Dolphins were off Porthmeor Beach SW516410
at 1725 hrs The Bottlenose Dolphin pod included 2 calves, and apparently
were chasing the Common Dolphins
15/5/077
Bottlenose Dolphins were milling about feeding off St Ives Island SW521411
at 2000 hrs with some surface activity
15/5/07A
Grey Seal was seen below the watch at Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1210 hrs
16/5/07A
Basking Shark dived as MV Scillonian III passed The Wolf Rock SW270120
at 1115 hrs and a Grey Seal juvenile was seen bottling about a mile east
of The Eastern Isles SV9414v from the Scillonian III at 1656 hrs
17/5/072
Bottlenose
Dolphins, Cookie and Sleekie were in the Low Lee area of
Mounts Bay SW481272 from 1600 to 1900 hrs
17/5/07A
Bs was seen swimming off Logan Rock SW397219 at 1500 hrs.
18/5/07a
Grey Seal was seen below the Watch at Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1404 hrs
19/5/072
Grey Seals were resting and peeking off Polbarrow SW717135 from 1300 to
1345 hrs and one was still there at 1430 hrs
20/5/076
Bottlenose Dolphin were seen heading gently south off Droskyn Point SW715543
at 1800 hrs
20/5
07 A Grey Seal was seen below
the Watch at Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1210 hrs.
21/5/07The
two Bottlenose Dolphins, Cookie and Sleekie were in NewlynHarbour
during the day
21/5/07A
Basking Sharkwas
seen off Penberth SW404226 and another well offshore from Porthcurno SW387222
during the day
21/5/072
dolphins were playing in the bay below Logan Rock SW397219 at 1100 hrs
21/5/07a
Grey Seal was seen below the Watch at Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1225 hrs
22/5/07A
Grey Seal was seen below the Watch at Cape Cornwall SW349318 at 1450 hrs
23/5/07A
Basking Shark was seen off The Avarack SW372352 and 2 were seen off The
Longships Reef SW320253 during the day
23/5/07A
pod of 9 Bottlenose Dolphins, including 2 young, were seen heading southwest
100 metres offshore at Woolacombe Bay SS450420 at
0715
hrs
23/5/072
Bottlenose Dolphin were seen heading west off St Ives SW5241 at 1920 hrs
23/5/0752
Grey Seals were seen at Hudder Cove SW606430 at 1400 hrs
24/5/07Two
Bottlenose Dolphins, known as Cookie and Sleekie, were off Roskilley SW472272
from 1900 to 2000 hrs
24/5/07An
8 metre Basking Shark was watched off Porthcurno SW387222 from 1130 to
1400 hrs
24/5/073
Bottlenose Dolphins were seen from a yacht 200 metres north of Black Rock,
Falmouth SW833317 at midday
25/5/073
Common Dolphins joined a yacht to bow ride for 20 minutes off Lyme Bay
in position 49º25N 02º44W at 1500 hrs
26/5/07A
Grey Seal was seen in the Carrick Roads SW8334 between Black Rock and Pendennis
Head at 1020 hrs
26/5/07Two
Bottlenose Dolphins, Cookie and Sleekie, put on a great performance for
locals and holidaymakers waiting for the train at St. Ives Railway Station
at 1515 hrs. They were jumping clear of the water and spinning, and jumping
together high out of the water
