More cetaceans from the ORCA Wildlife Officers

DFDS Ferry Newcastle-Amsterdam
10th July 2010
Leaving Netherlands 2 x dolphin sp.
17th- 19th minicruise
1 Minke Whale
1 pod of Harbor porpoise
19th - 21st Mini-cruise
1 pod of Harbour porpoise
21st July Leaving Newcastle
1 Minke whale 10 pm off Flamborough Head
2 x porpoise pods
22nd July Netherlands
1 x porpoise pod

Sightings from The King of Scandanavia

Recent sightings from The DFDS Ferry Newcastle-Amsterdam

3rd July 2010
Leaving Newcastle
8 pods of Harbour porpoise
6 Minke whales feeding off Flamborough Head 9.30pm- 11pm
5 Bottlenose dolphins bow riding the ship
5tth July
Leaving Newcastle
1 White beaked dolphin 10.30pm
6th July
Leaving Amsterdam
Harbour porpoise pods
9th July
Leaving Newcastle
5x Bottlenose dolphins

Exciting times ahead

2 large dolphin sp reported past South Shields yesterday (P. Collins)and a belated report, to the Northeast Cetacean Project, of 200 White-beaked Dolphins off Eyemouth in June. Angling charter boats are reporting increasing numbers of WBD so we could be in for a better year than the rather sparse 2008 and 2009.

Sightings 28th- 23rd

28th June 2010 pm leaving Netherlands
7-10pm 3 pods of harbour porpoise

25th June 2010 pm leaving Newcastle
22.00pm Harbour porpoise x3
22.53pm White beaked dolphins x4

24th June 2010 leaving Netherlands
20.30 Bottlenose dolphins x2

23rd June 2010 Leaving Newcastle
20.00 Harbour porpoise x3
20.10 Harbour porpoise x4
21.05 Bottlenose dolphins x2
10.30pm Minke whale

Recent sightings on The King of Scandanavia

Recent sightings from the King of Scandanvia

29th June 2010 Newcastle
08.00 am 2 pods of harbour porpoise
08.50 1 juvenille harbour porpoise

20.05 hrs White beaked dolphins x5 breaching off Sunderland coast ( hrs 3photos taken)
20.22 3 Harbour porpoise
21.38 White beaked dolphins x5
Harbour porpoise x 6
21.47 Minke whale lung feeding
Harbour porpoise x6 (with juvenille)
22.05 dolphins spp waiting photo poss bottlenose x4
23.00 poss: Basking shark below water surface approx 9 metres

28th June 2010 pm leaving Netherlands
7-10pm 3 pods of harbour porpoise

25th June 2010 pm leaving Newcastle
22.00pm Harbour porpoise x3
22.53pm White beaked dolphins x4

24th June 2010 leaving Netherlands
20.30 Bottlenose dolphins x2

23rd June 2010 Leaving Newcastle
20.00 Harbour porpoise x3
20.10 Harbour porpoise x4
21.05 Bottlenose dolphins x2
10.30pm Minke whale

King of Scandanavia recent sightings

9th June
5xWhite beaked dolphins 8.43am off coast of South Shields
3 xWhite beaked dolphins 7.10pm off Sunderland/ Seaham coast

Recent cetacean sightings from The King of Scandanvia

3/6/10
10 small pods of harbour porpoise feeding from 19.45-23.00
3 minke whales seen 10.05pm 10.45pm and another after 11pm so approx 40 miles out.

Also 2 more small pods of dolphin seen from observation deck
21.00 2 Bottlenose dolphins
20.30 3White beaked dolphins bow riding The King of Scandanavia
GPS for sightings was around 54 23.3335N 0 17.9634E

4/5/10
Pod of 2 and one of 3 Harbour porpoise 10-20 miles off Imojdeon on the Dutch coast

5/6/10
5 risso dolphins- tight group feeding seen off ship coming into Newcastle
08.04hrs
54 48 540N 0 48.681W

19.00 3 Bottlenose dolphins seen from the ship off the Durham coast

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