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The UK whale and dolphin conservation charity Orca recorded 55,604 whales and dolphins in oceans worldwide in 2023 as part of a marine survey covering 330,000 kilometres with the support of ...
Davina the Dolphin, a lone Bottlenose dolphin who resided off the coast of Folkestone & Hythe for approximately eighteen months from 2006-7 Hvaldimir , a lone Beluga whale who was found in 2019 wearing a camera strap near Hammerfest , Norway, who subsequently became resident in the town's harbour
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In 2017, HWDT launched a free app called Whale Track allowing a community of both locals and tourists to the Hebrides to report their sightings to the Trust. Designed to function without phone signal or WiFi, the app allows the Trust to collect data daily from sightings around the Hebrides.
There is also a resident group of bottlenose dolphins in the Shannon Estuary which attracts tourists all year round. Chanonry Point is one of the best spots in the UK to view bottlenose dolphins. [12] The dolphins are visible from the shore, particularly on an incoming tide when they play and fish in the strong currents.
The October sighting of two Hector’s dolphins in the Firth of Thames was the area’s third in 60 years. The previous sightings were of a small group of dolphins in 2020 and a lone dolphin seen ...
Chanonry Point is [4] one of the best spots in the UK to view bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus from the land. The dolphins are often visible off Chanonry point, particularly on an incoming tide when they play and fish in the strong currents. Other wildlife, including porpoises and grey seals, can also regularly be spotted.
The key distinguishing feature is the dolphin's coloration—a white to pale-yellow patch is found behind the dorsal fin on both sides of the body. [4] The white-sided dolphin's color variations are unique amongst the standard hues of white, grey, black and blue seen on other pelagic cetaceans. [4]