Sightings 12/08/2010

2 large dolphins (probably Bottlenose) past Whitburn (S. Addinall)

6+ White-beaked Dolphins between Church Point and Beacon Point, Newbiggin, 16:00-17:00 (A. Priest)

Farne Deeps pelagic cancelled due to weather. Rescheduled for Friday September 3rd. We have a few places available. Call 01670 827465 for further details.

White-beaked Dolphins 07/08/2010

20+ moving N past Whitburn from 06:00-09:00 (M. Newsome)

20+ 3 miles E of Whitley Bay 09:20 (A. Skinner)

40+ 8 miles E of Blyth 10:00 (A. Skinner)

30+ 9 miles E of Newbiggin 10:30 (A. Skinner)

20+ feeding off Whitburn 11:00-11:30 then heading slowly N (via A. Tait)

8 moving N past Whitburn 16:55 (M. Newsome)

Additional sightings

03/08/2010 large dolphins breaching off Whitburn obs, possibly 2x Risso's Dolphin (via Andy Tait)

05/08/2010 25+ White-beaked Dolphins, Lynemouth Bay 19:20-19:30 (NEWT), best cetacean sighting yet for Northern Experience Wildlife Tours :-)

Sightings 05/08/2010

Bottlenose Dolphin 1 in Lynemouth Bay 11:15 (NEWT)

4-5 large active dolphins well offshore from Snab Point, unidentifiable in heat haze 11:20 (NEWT)

Yet more sightings 04/08/2010

1 Harbour Porpoise, Church Point, Newbiggin 14:40 (NEWT)

3 Harbour Porpoise, Snab Point 15:20 (NEWT)

4 Bottlenose Dolphins, Snab Point 19:30 (NEWT)

12 White-beaked Dolphins, off Druridge Pools yesterday evening (G. Roberts)

Dolphins 04/08/2010

4-5 Bottlenose Dolphins S past Newbiggin at 11:55, then heading N towards Church Point at 13:10 (A. Priest)

20-40 Bottlenose Dolphins 4 miles E of St Mary's Island at 11:46 (A. Skinner)

All good data for the Northeast Cetacean project. Now, we just need something similar on the Northern Experience Wildlife Tours pelagic this Friday :-)