Basic Information

Species: Moonlight and Starlight
Location:

Peel Bay

Date: July 27, 2023
Time: 15:00
Duration: 165
Confidence of Sighting: Definite
Observer: Many

Age & Behaviour

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

Bearing & Location

Sea State: 2 – Small wavelets, glassy crest, no whitecaps
Direction: Variable
Bearing:
Range:
Latitude Degrees: 54
Latitude Minutes: 13.635
Longitude Degrees: 4
Longitude Minutes: 4

Additional Information

Photos / Video:
Other Information:

M & S seen initially in Peel Bay swimming and leaping normally. Travelled behind the castle. Came back towards the breakwater. Members of public reported that one dolphin was non-active, floating upside down. The smaller dolphin was breaching and seemed to be pushing the other dolphin. This was observed by many onlookers as the 2 dolphins travelled with the tide out of the bay in a northerly direction. Shortly after Casey J Fishing boat confirmed the 2 dolphins were active and interacting with the boat. Both dolphins swam back into Peel Bay and were filmed breaching and swimming normally before leaving.