Survey Reports
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PELTIC 2025 – 17-18 October
18 October 2025
View reportNot long into the transect a group of Gannets were seen circling ahead of the ship. Beneath them there was splashing in the water and then a whale blow was sighted, most likely a Minke, and the splashing was being caused by a pod of 10 Risso’s Dolphin feeding...
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PELTIC 2025 – 15-16 October
16 October 2025
View reportAlso, a first for the Peltic survey, a Cetti’s Warbler...
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PELTIC 2025 – 14 October
14 October 2025
View reportright from the moment we turned onto the transect there were three flocks of Gannet and gulls in different directions all feeding with tuna...
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PELTIC 2025 – 13 October
13 October 2025
View reportAfter five days of flat seas our luck had to come to an end. When we arrived on the bridge...
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PELTIC 2025 – 11-12 October
12 October 2025
View reportUltimately there were over 100 Gannet diving in around the net along with a large number of dolphin around the net...
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MARINElife survey report: Portsmouth-Jersey 11 October
11 October 2025
View reportWe were pleased to see a few more cetaceans too, before the end of the survey, with a couple of Harbour Porpoise and a brief view of Common Dolphin as we neared Jersey...
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PELTIC 2025 – 10 October
10 October 2025
View reportHowever just before the break for the trawl a couple of dark fins slowly moved passed the ship. On closer inspection these turned out to be Risso’s Dolphin...
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PELTIC 2025 – 8-9 October
9 October 2025
View reportJust before 09:00 a few Common Dolphin were seen coming into the starboard bow. Chains of them kept on coming until an estimated 150-200 had come into the ship, the largest pod to date...
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CLdN Heysham to Warrenpoint 9-10 October 2025
9 October 2025
View reportAn amazing super-pod of Common Dolphin and a lunge-feeding Minke Whale were the spectacular highlights of this survey....
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