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Marine Mammal Sightings
1.
What was the date and time of the sighting?
Date / Time
Date
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We
Wednesday
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Friday
Sa
Saturday
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Hour
Time
:
Minutes
AM/PM
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AM
PM
2.
Where did the sighting event happen?
General location:
Latitude
Longitude
3.
Observer details:
Name of Observer(s):
E-mail address:
Telephone:
4.
Where were you watching from:
Land
Fishing boat
Angling Boat
Wildlife Tour
Ferry
Yacht
oil rig
Other vessel or platform (please specify)
*
5.
Was it a toothed cetacean you observed i.e. of the dolphin family?
(Required.)
Bottlenose dolphin
(
Tursiops truncatus
)
Short-beaked common dolphin
(
Delphinus delphis
)
Harbour porpoise
(
Phocoena phocoena
)
Risso's dolphin
(
Grampus greisus
)
Long-finned pilot whale (
Globicephala melas
)
Atlantic white-sided dolphin
(
Lagenorhincus acutus
)
Killer whale
(
Orcinus orca
)
No: It was a pinniped (seal)
No: it was an otter
No: it was a baleen whale
Beaked whale (Ziphiidae)
Striped dolphin (
Stenella coeruleoalba
)
Atlantic white- beaked dolphin
Unidentified dolphin (please give description of shape of fin i.e. triangular, c-shaped, est. length of animal, patterns and colouration, behaviour)
6.
Was it a Baleen Whale you observed:
Minke whale
(
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
)
Fin whale (
Balaenoptera physalus
)
Humpback whale
(
Megaptera novaeangliae
)
Bowhead whale
(
Balaena mysticetus
)
No: it was a toothed whale
Unidentified whale: (please describe: est. size (m), shape of head, shape of fin, surface sequence- i.e. fin and head observed upon surface, behaviour)
7.
Certainty of species I.D.?
Definite
Probable
Possible
Photo's or videos taken?
8.
Behaviours observed
Blow
: only spout seen
Slow/normal swim
: slow surface with no splash
Fast swim
: rapid surfacing casuing splashes of white water
Feeding
: prey seen in vicinity or animal moving fast in no particular direction as if in persuit of fish
Leap:
full body breach clean out of water
Half breach:
most of body exists the water
Side Slap:
animal leaps and lands on its side
Bow ride
: approaching vessel and riding the bow wave
Rest/ milling
: slow synchronous surfacing in no particular direction
Fluking/ Tail out
: tail fluke is raised above surface of the water at the end of animals surface sequencing
Peduncle Dive :
penduncle (area of tail shaft above the fluke) is raised on re-entering the water
Sexual:
males with erections, close body contact between animals
Other (please describe if multiple behaviours were observed. E.G bow riding and leaping, milling and fast swim)
9.
Distance animal first seen:
0-5 m
5- 10 m
10-20 m
20- 40 m
40 - 100 m
>200 m
Direction of travel? E.g. south or south-west
10.
Group dynamics
Group Size: Max
Group Size: Best
Group Size: Min
No. of Adults
No of calves/pups?
No. of juveniles?
Current Progress,
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