Basic Information

Species: Bottlenose Dolphin
Location:

Peel Bay

Date: February 21, 2017
Time: 14:05
Duration: 60
Confidence of Sighting: Definite
Observer: Allen S Moore, Sue & Ian Griffiths, RSPB

Age & Behaviour

Total: 1
Adults: 1
Juveniles: 0
Behaviour 1: Normal swimming
Behaviour 2: Not recorded
Behaviour 3: Not recorded

Bearing & Location

Sea State: 3 – Large wavelets, few whitecaps
Direction: Variable
Bearing:
Range:
Latitude Degrees: 54
Latitude Minutes: 13.522
Longitude Degrees: 4
Longitude Minutes: 4

Additional Information

Photos / Video:
Other Information:

Seen with Fiona MacGillivray & Clare Mucklow of the RSPB. Fiona first spotted and identified the animal.

It was about 25-100 metres off Fernleigh at the eastern end of Peel Prom, swimming closer inshore as we watched.

Estimated sea state.