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2010

Date

Time

Species

Number

Location

5th Jan

10.45

Seal

2

Crossing the Peveril Ledges into Durlston Bay

28th Jan

14.20

Grey Seal

1

Peveril Ledges, Swanage

31st Jan

AM

Bottlenose Dolphins

7

 Portland, off the East Cliffs

1st Feb

10.25

Grey Seal

1

 Tilly Whim caves, Durlston Country Park

16th Feb

13.45

Unidentified Dolphins

6

 Close in to the west side of Portland, heading towards the Bill.

20th Feb

14.15

Common Dolphins

40 - 50

 4 miles SW of Portland Bill

26th Feb

16.00

Unidentified Dolphins

4 - 5

 Crossing Swanage Bay

8th March

11.10

Unidentified Dolphins

4 - 5

 Portland Bill heading east

26th March

12.30

Bottlenose Dolphin

1

 Off Canford Cliff Chine

28th March

14.00

Grey Seal

1

 Below Tilly Whim Caves, Durlston

4th April

11.30

Unidentified Dolphins

3

 Below Observation Point, Durlston

13th April

9.45

Unidentified Dolphins

6

 St Aldhelms Head, heading east

13th April

10.30

Unidentified Dolphins - probably Bottlenose

6

Observation Point, Durlston

13th April

10.45

Unidentified Dolphins

6 - 7

 Peveril Point, heading north towards Old Harry Rocks

15th April

10.15

Unidentified Dolphins

20

 Off Gadnor Point, Portland Bill

16th April

14.15

Bottlenose Dolphins

15 - 25

 Off Blacknor Point, west side of Portland, heading towards the Bill

17th April

9.10

Bottlenose Dolphins

5 - 6

 Peveril Point, Swanage - heading towards Bournemouth

17th April

9.20

Bottlenose Dolphins

5

 Peveril Point

17th April

10.15

Bottlenose Dolphins

6 - 8

 Poole Bay, 50' 39' 71 N, 1' 54' 77 W, heading towards Bournemouth, seen later in the afternoon travelling the opposite direction

18th April

6.30

Unidentified Dolphins

6 - 7

 Anvil Point, Durlston, heading eastwards

18th April

11.05

Bottlenose Dolphins

6

 First spotted at Old Harry Rocks, headed across Swanage Bay and remained around Peveril Point

18th April

12.00

Unidentified Dolphins

7 - 10

 Observation Point, Durlston

18th April

12.00 - 13.20

Bottlenose Dolphins

10 - 12

 Peveril Point, then headed around Durlston Head and on past Anvil Point Lighthouse

18th April

13.30

Bottlenose Dolphins

8

 Anvil Point Lighthouse, Durlston

18th April

13.45

Bottlenose Dolphins

6

 Observation Point, Durlston

18th April

14.00

Bottlenose Dolphins

?

 Tilly Whim Caves, Durlston - heading west

18th April

14.00

Unidentified Dolphins

9

 1 mile off Southbourne beach, heading toward Bournemouth Pier

20th April

13.00

Bottlenose Dolphins

6

 Off Old Harry Rocks heading towards Durlston

20th April

13.20

Bottlenose Dolphins

6 - 7

 Durlston Head

20th April

13.45

Bottlenose Dolphins

6 - 7

 Anvil Point Lighthouse heading toward St Aldhelms Head

25th April

10.00

Seal, probably Grey

1

 Off Durley Chine, Bournemouth

26th April

 

Bottlenose Dolphins

6

 Off Southbourne Beach, Bournemouth

3rd May

 

Grey Seal

1

 Portland Bill

6th May

10.30

Unidentified cetaceans

2

 Off Chesil Beach

7th May

10.30

Unidentified Dolphins

5 - 6

 First spotted near Dancing Ledge, followed along until Durlston, second report was of them heading east towards the Isle of Wight from Durlston Head

8th May

 

Bottlenose Dolphins

5 - 6

 Off Old Harry Rocks, Studland

8th May

12.00

Unidentified Dolphins

6

 Northern end of Swanage Bay

9th May

10.40

Unidentified Dolphins

5 - 6

 Milling around in Durlston Bay

9th May

12.00

Unidentified Dolphins

5

 East Hook Buoy, Poole Harbour

9th May

13.00

Unidentified Dolphins

10 - 12

 Fairway Buoy heading towards Old Harry Rocks

9th May

14.00

Unidentified Dolphins

6 - 10

 Swanage Bay, swam around for an hour before heading into Durlston Bay

9th May

14.15

Unidentified Dolphins

5

 Peveril Point, Swanage

9th May

17.55

Unidentified Dolphins

3

 Swanage Bay

10th May

10.00

Seal

1

 Honeycombe Chine heading towards Boscombe Pier

10th May

12.00

Bottlenose Dolphins

8 - 10

 4 miles East of Old Harry Rocks

10th May

18.00

Grey Seal

1

 Swanage Bay, 20m off Ocean Bay Watersports

10th May

18.00

Unidentified Dolphins

5 - 6

 Off Ballard and Old Harry Rocks

11th May

10.30

Unidentified Dolphins

?

 'Large Pod' reported milling about off Old Harry Rocks

11th May

11.00

Unidentified Dolphins

8 - 10

 3 miles SE of Old Harry Rock

11th May

19.30

Unidentified Dolphins

6

 Off Ballard Down, Swanage

12th May

9.30

Bottlenose Dolphins

5

 Off West Cliff, Portland Bill, heading toward Chesil Cove.

12th May

11.30

Unidentified Dolphins

2

 Due East off the Stone Pier in Weymouth

21st May

15.00

Seal

1

 Arne penisula

24th May

14.30

Basking Shark

1

 Portland end of Chesil Beach, heading west, very close in

24th May

21.30

Basking Shark (juvenile <4m long)

1

 West Bexington, Chesil Beach, only 6 metres from shore, cruising slowly west

2nd June

14.00

Unidentified Dolphins

6 - 8

Swanage Bay

3rd June

12.00

Sunfish

1

 Old Harry's Rocks

16th June

 

Unidentified Dolphins

6

 Old Harry's Rocks

17th June

9.30

Grey Seal

1

 Peveril Point, Swanage

17th June

20.00

Grey Seal

1

 Durlston Bay

19th June

 

Seal

1

 Southbourne Beach, Bournemouth

21st June

10.30

Unidentified Dolphins

several

 Cogdon Beach, Chesil

22nd June

11.00

Unidentified Dolphins

4

 Abbotsbury Beach, Chesil

22nd June

12.40

Unidentified Dolphins

8+

 Portland Bill

22nd June

13.15

Bottlenose Dolphins

5+

 East side of Portland Bill

22nd June

15.00

Unidentified Dolphins

8

 Lulworth Cove

23rd June

6.35

Unidentified Dolphins

7

 Observation Point, Durlston

23rd June

19.30

Unidentified Dolphins

8

 Peveril Point, Swanage

23rd June

20.30

Bottlenose Dolphins

>10 <21

 Old Harry Rocks, Studland

24th June

08.20

Unidentified Dolphins

10 - 12

 West of Anvil Point Lighthouse, Durlston

24th June

am

Unidentified Dolphins

15 - 20

 Hengistbury Head

24th June

17.00

Unidentified Dolphins

8

 1 mile out from Bowleaze Cove, Weymouth

24th June

Evening

Unidentified Dolphins

7

Near to the second entrance into Portland Harbour

6th July

12.30

Unidentified Dolphins

6 - 8

 Durlston Bay

15th July

15.00

Grey Seal

1

 Tilly Whim Caves, Durlston

19th July

16.00

Unidentified Seal

1

 Swanage Bay

12th August

am

Unidentified dead cetacean

1

 Charton Bay, Lyme Regis

26th August

12.00

Sunfish

1

 Durlston Observation Point heading east with the tide