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Strandings: last 12 months

The table below shows the strandings reported during the last 12 months.

Birds

 

 

Gannet

Sula bassana

1

Guillemot

Cepphus grylle

3

Herring Gull

Larus argentatus

1

Shag

Phalacrocorax aristotelis

1

 

Group Total

6

Cephalopods

 

 

Common Octopus

Octopus vulgaris

1

Octopus species

Octopus sp.

1

 

Group Total

2

Cetaceans

 

 

Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

2

Common Dolphin

Delphinus delphis

59

Dolphin species

Dolphin species

6

Fin Whale

Balaenoptera physalus

1

Harbour Porpoise

Phocoena phocoena

29

Minke Whale

Balaenoptera acutorostrata

1

Pilot Whale

Globicephala melas

1

Striped Dolphin

Stenella coeruleoalba

1

 

Group Total

100

Fish

 

 

Grey Triggerfish

Balistes capriscus

35

Pearlside

Maurolicus meulleri

1

Red Mullet

Mullus barbatus

1

 

Group Total

37

Jellyfish

 

 

Blue Jellyfish

Cyanea lamarckii

11

Compass Jellyfish

Chrysaora hysoscella

1

 

Group Total

12

Seals

 

 

Grey Seal

Halichoerus grypus

43

Grey Seal pup

Halichoerus grypus

12

 

Group Total

55

Sharks

 

 

Porbeagle

Lamna nasus

1

Thresher Shark

Alopias vulpinus

2

 

Group Total

3

Turtles

 

 

Loggerhead Turtle

Caretta caretta

5

 

Group Total

5