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Time
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Date
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Duration (Mins)
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Species
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Harbour porpoise
Common dolphin
Bottlenose dolphin
Risso's dolphin
Minke whale
Moonlight and Starlight
Unidentified small cetacean
Unidentified large cetacean
Humpback whale
Killer whale
Fin whale
Other
Tuna
Ocean sunfish
Swordfish
White-beaked dolphin
Location
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OS Grid or description
Confidence of Observation
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Probable
Possible
Age & Behaviour
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Adults
Juveniles
Behaviour 1
Not recorded
Normal swimming
Fast swim or porpoising
Blowing
Feeding or foraging
Leaping
Tail slapping
Interacting with swimmers
Bow riding
Logging on surface
Sexual behaviour
Aggression
Driving fish onto sandbank
Boat interaction (not riding bow)
Other
Behaviour 1
Behaviour 2
Not recorded
Normal swimming
Fast swim or porpoising
Blowing
Feeding or foraging
Leaping
Tail slapping
Interacting with swimmers
Bow riding
Logging on surface
Sexual behaviour
Behaviour 3
Not recorded
Normal swimming
Fast swim or porpoising
Blowing
Feeding or foraging
Leaping
Tail slapping
Interacting with swimmers
Bow riding
Logging on surface
Sexual behaviour
Bearing & Location
Sea State
Not recorded
0 – Mirror flat, calm
1 – Slight ripples, no whitecaps
2 – Small wavelets, glassy crest, no whitecaps
3 – Large wavelets, few whitecaps
4 – Larger waves, many whitecaps
5 – Moderate waves, spray lot of whitecaps
6 – Large waves, white foaming crests, spray
Direction
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E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
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Range
Latitude Degrees
Latitude Minutes
Longitude Degrees
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