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Seabird
04-Sep-08, 22:19
This year as produced a bumper number of sightings off the coast of Caithness.

Cetaceans reports. (not number of animals)

Minke Whales = 26
Humpback Whales = 1
Killer Whales = 8
Bottlenose Dolphins = 5
Whitesided Dolphins = 1
Risso's Dolphins = 20
Common Dolphins = 10
Striped Dolphins = 1
Harbour Porpoise = 71
Unidentified = 11
total 154
This involved a minimum of 693 animals

Species of Interest.
Basking Sharks = 14 + 2 reports from N Sutherland

The majority of sightings have come from the Thurso Bay area (67) and the North coast.
The East coast has seen less activity than previous years. with only 45 reports mostly from Lybster (37)

The majority of Basking Sharks have been seen in Thurso Bay (8)

Colin Bird
Sea Watch Foundation
Coordinator NE Scotland