Friday 10 January 2014

Strumble Gold! From Wdigbirder

This roundup  from Adrian Rodgers is really revealing when seen all together. We have always done pretty well for Risso's but Common Dolphin is pretty much a phenomena of the new millennium when they have occurred annually whereas they were hardly recorded previously before 2000. The fact that Bottlenose sightings are so scarce and yet they are commonly seen from Fishguard and northwards in almost every month of the year is remarkable. The fact that we regard Porpoise sightings as a fact hardly worth relating is also remarkable!
Thanks Adrian!
Adrian Rogers
13:57 (4 minutes ago)
to me
Hi all,
Below is a summary of the cetaceans ( excluding Porpoise ) from 2012/2013.
2012.
July:
Common Dolphin: 37 on 30/7
August:
Common Dolphin: 35 on 18/8, 33 on 19/8, 30 on 28/8.
Bottlenose Dolphin: 12 on 18/8.
Risso’s Dolphin: 30 on 19/8, 6 on 20/8
September:
Common Dolphin: 5 on 1/9, 12 on 10/9
October:
Risso’s Dolphin: 1 on 16/10
2013.
August:
Common Dolphin: 12 on 22/8, 8 on 27/8, 15 on 28/8.
Risso’s Dolphin: 1 on 31/8
September:
Common Dolphin: 10 on 1/9, 6 on 17/9, 55 on 22/9.
Risso’s Dolphin: 6 on 5/9, 4 on 15/9, 6 on 22/9,
October:
Risso’s Dolphin: 5 on 7/10, 4 on 8/10, 3 on 23/10
Minke Whale: 1 on 25/7, 1 on 28/8.
Best Wishes