Sightings Index
Recent Sightings
HWDT’s Community Sightings Network encourages residents, local wildlife operators and visitors to the area to report their sightings of whales, dolphins and porpoises to HWDT. This information is important because it contributes to our understanding of where and when particular species occur. Report your sightings HERE.
HWDT receives the majority of its live sighting reports during the summer months, between May and September, which reflects the increased number of boat and land observers, the fine weather and the influx of seasonal visitors to the area, including minke whales and basking sharks. Sightings are less frequent during the winter months because poor weather conditions and shorter daylight hours make seeing marine animals difficult. Seasonal visitors leave the area, although bottlenose dolphins and harbour porpoises are year-round residents.
Recent Sightings - 2013
Date |
Time |
Species |
No |
Location |
By |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
19-5-2013 |
13:36 |
Harbour Porpoise |
2 |
Renish Point |
Anne Milne |
19-5-2013 |
13:36 |
Harbour Porpoise |
2 |
Renish Point |
Anne Milne |
20-5-2013 |
10:06 |
Common Dolphin |
30 |
Sound of Raasay |
MV Brigadoon Elford |
26-5-2012 |
15:46 |
Orca (Killer) Whale |
8 |
West of Isle of Harris |
Peter Palinkas |
19-5-2013 |
15:30 |
Harbour Porpoise |
1 |
husinish |
|
19-5-2013 |
13:46 |
Harbour Porpoise |
3 |
Midway between Armadale and Mallaig |
jan storie |
19-5-2013 |
13:39 |
Harbour Porpoise |
3 |
Between Armadale and Mallaig (10mins out of Armad) |
jan storie |
16-5-2013 |
19:00 |
Risso's Dolphin |
1 |
Firth of Clyde East of Ailsa Craig |
Doug Gilbert |
20-5-2013 |
23:17 |
Bottlenose Dolphin |
20 |
South of Kirkcudbright |
Nicholas Cross |
19-5-2013 |
18:06 |
Harbour Porpoise |
6 |
Carsaig |
Melanie Stephen |
19-5-2013 |
13:30 |
Harbour Porpoise |
4 |
Ardmore Bay, Mull |
Paul Smart |
20-5-2013 |
13:10 |
Common Dolphin |
11 |
1 mile west Priest Island |
Nick McKeown |
19-5-2013 |
13:03 |
Harbour Porpoise |
1 |
500m off Porton Cross,Clyde |
phil cheek |
19-5-2013 |
14:30 |
Bottlenose Dolphin |
8 |
Blackwaterfoot. arran |
Rob Robinson |
18-5-2013 |
13:02 |
Risso's Dolphin |
4 |
Manacles off the Lizard |
Frances Ford |
17-5-2013 |
10:45 |
Harbour Porpoise |
2 |
Loch Fyne ioff Tarbert |
Owen Paisley |
16-5-2013 |
19:00 |
Minke Whale |
1 |
Hynish, Tiree |
Simon Wellock |
14-5-2013 |
10:00 |
Harbour Porpoise |
1 |
SW tip of Berneray at end of west beach |
Ian Forrest |
12-5-2013 |
07:31 |
Atlantic White Sided Dolphin |
6 |
west of Isle of Skye |
Stanley and Bailey Fine |
11-5-2013 |
17:00 |
Common Dolphin |
8 |
3miles north of Armadale Skye |
Paul Jeffrey |
5-5-2013 |
15:45 |
Bottlenose Dolphin |
6 |
Corryvreckan |
Lindsay Johnston |
10-5-2013 |
19:00 |
Bottlenose Dolphin |
9 |
Armadale Bay |
Willie Fraser |
9-5-2013 |
16:30 |
Bottlenose Dolphin |
18 |
approx. 800 m West of Mallaig harbour |
Udo & Tina Engelhardt |
9-5-2013 |
13:30 |
Harbour Porpoise |
2 |
Near Chicken Rock, off Swordale, Isle of Lewis |
Eilidh Mackay |
7-5-2013 |
20:00 |
Harbour Porpoise |
2 |
Sound of Jura from Carsaig |
Paul Wesley |
7-5-2013 |
14:00 |
Harbour Porpoise |
4 |
Towards Portavadie from Tarbert |
Paul Wesley |
22-4-2013 |
16:00 |
Bottlenose Dolphin |
4 |
Loch Spelve |
John Bland |
6-5-2013 |
12:50 |
Harbour Porpoise |
3 |
Armadale |
Christopher Dyer |
2-5-2013 |
07:00 |
Common Dolphin |
2 |
Letters (near Ullapool) Loch Broom |
Maxine Stevens |
3-5-2013 |
09:30 |
Bottlenose Dolphin |
5 |
Salen Pier |
michael bamford |
3-5-2013 |
11:15 |
Bottlenose Dolphin |
6 |
Aros Mains |
Moira Darby |
30-4-2013 |
10:50 |
Bottlenose Dolphin |
2 |
between Staffa & Iona |
bruce travers |
30-4-2013 |
20:00 |
Bottlenose Dolphin |
7 |
Croggan Pier, Loch Spelve, Isle of Mull |
|
30-4-2013 |
06:35 |
Common Dolphin |
1 |
Wandsworth Pier SW15 ( Pleasant Point ) |
Steve Pritchard |
27-4-2013 |
11:10 |
Harbour Porpoise |
6 |
Between Longa Island and Sands campsite, Gairloch |
Cailean Macleod |
24-4-2013 |
20:10 |
Orca (Killer) Whale |
3 |
Uig to Loch Maddy Ferry |
|
26-4-2013 |
09:50 |
Bottlenose Dolphin |
7 |
Calgary Bay, Isle of Mull |
Pam Brown Discover Mull |
18-4-2013 |
15:05 |
Bottlenose Dolphin |
4 |
Chanonry point |
Anne Milne |
12-4-2013 |
12:18 |
Harbour Porpoise |
7 |
brenfield |
graham Muir |
20-4-2013 |
19:30 |
Harbour Porpoise |
1 |
West Drive, Porthcawl |
Jessica Morgan |
13-4-2013 |
14:10 |
Minke Whale |
1 |
Minch, East of Shiant Islands |
Nick McKeown |
11-4-2013 |
15:03 |
Common Dolphin |
2 |
Off Loch Ewe |
Nick McKeown |
24-3-2013 |
06:50 |
Unidentified Dolphin species |
2 |
Seil Island |
Daniela Hattersley |
6-4-2013 |
13:30 |
Bottlenose Dolphin |
5 |
treshnish point |
nicola edge |
8-4-2013 |
18:15 |
Sperm Whale |
1 |
Back beach, SAMS, Dunstaffnage |
Steven Benjamins |
2-4-2013 |
12:00 |
Unidentified Dolphin species |
12 |
pier head Iona |
|
7-4-2013 |
13:00 |
Bottlenose Dolphin |
8 |
SE of Geasgill Islands Loch Na Keal |
Mull Charters |
7-4-2013 |
08:20 |
Sperm Whale |
1 |
pulpit hill |
cliff maughan |
6-4-2013 |
07:35 |
Bottlenose Dolphin |
3 |
Loch long |
Lucy Barrow |
5-4-2013 |
14:30 |
Sperm Whale |
1 |
Oban bay, near Heather Island |
Iain & Claire Fulton |
5-4-2013 |
12:00 |
Harbour Porpoise |
1 |
Salen , Loch Sunart |
|
5-4-2013 |
10:05 |
Sperm Whale |
1 |
Oban bay |
Birgit Whitmore |
4-4-2013 |
19:03 |
Sperm Whale |
1 |
Oban bay |
Iain & Claire Fulton |
4-4-2013 |
11:15 |
Sperm Whale |
1 |
Oban bay |
Iain & Claire Fulton |
4-4-2013 |
07:55 |
Sperm Whale |
1 |
Oban Corran Esplanade |
Shirley Lafferty |
20-3-2013 |
12:15 |
Common Dolphin |
2 |
Loch Broom |
|
3-4-2013 |
13:00 |
Sperm Whale |
1 |
Oban Bay |
|
2-4-2013 |
13:15 |
Bottlenose Dolphin |
7 |
Iona Ferry point |
Nicolai Klessinger |
2-4-2013 |
12:10 |
Harbour Porpoise |
1 |
Sabhal Mor Ostaig |
Corinna Gregory |
2-4-2013 |
08:40 |
Sperm Whale |
1 |
Heather Island, Oban Bay |
Laura Murphy |
2-4-2013 |
11:30 |
Sperm Whale |
1 |
Oban bay |
Iain & Claire Fulton |
1-4-2013 |
18:11 |
Sperm Whale |
1 |
oban |
Karen MacDonald |
1-4-2013 |
11:55 |
Sperm Whale |
1 |
oban bay from oban bay hotel |
stuart reid |
31-3-2013 |
19:30 |
Sperm Whale |
1 |
Oban Harbour |
|
30-3-2013 |
17:10 |
Sperm Whale |
1 |
Sound of Kerrera |
Roderick Wyness |
31-3-2013 |
16:31 |
Sperm Whale |
1 |
Heather Island - off kerrera |
Paul Wesley |
31-3-2013 |
13:51 |
Sperm Whale |
1 |
Oban Bay |
Iain & Claire Fulton |
31-3-2013 |
12:13 |
Sperm Whale |
1 |
Heather Island, Oban Bay |
Laura Murphy |
30-3-2013 |
09:55 |
Sperm Whale |
1 |
Oban Bay, Heather Island, Maiden Island |
Laura Murphy |
30-3-2013 |
18:45 |
Sperm Whale |
1 |
Kerrera sound heading out twds point at Puffin |
Janie Steele |
30-3-2013 |
08:30 |
Sperm Whale |
1 |
Oban Bay, off Manor House Hotel moorings. |
Matthew Newby |
30-3-2013 |
10:30 |
Sperm Whale |
1 |
Oban Bay, just off kerrera |
Sandy Keys |
27-3-2013 |
14:00 |
Unidentified Dolphin species |
5 |
Lower Killeyan, Islay |
Martin Armstrong |
14-3-2013 |
15:30 |
Harbour Porpoise |
1 |
West Kyle |
phil cheek |
14-3-2013 |
15:20 |
Harbour Porpoise |
1 |
West Kyle |
phil cheek |
13-3-2013 |
14:05 |
Bottlenose Dolphin |
1 |
At Ardlamont buoy |
phil cheek |
13-3-2013 |
14:01 |
Harbour Porpoise |
1 |
half mile W of Ardlamont buoy |
phil cheek |
11-3-2013 |
14:29 |
Harbour Porpoise |
1 |
Clyde,off Cumbrae |
phil cheek |
11-3-2013 |
12:25 |
Harbour Porpoise |
3 |
Clyde,off Cumbrae |
phil cheek |
6-3-2013 |
14:00 |
Harbour Porpoise |
2 |
Off Neist Point, Skye |
Nick McKeown |
5-3-2013 |
11:03 |
Harbour Porpoise |
1 |
Sound of Harris |
Anne Milne |
1-3-2013 |
11:41 |
Harbour Porpoise |
3 |
Minch off Rodel |
Anne Milne |
1-3-2013 |
13:15 |
Harbour Porpoise |
11 |
off toward lighthouse |
craig oliver |
28-2-2013 |
16:03 |
Atlantic White Sided Dolphin |
3 |
Off Eye Peninsula |
Nick McKeown |
28-2-2013 |
14:54 |
Common Dolphin |
2 |
North Eye Peninsula |
Nick McKeown |
28-2-2013 |
14:54 |
Harbour Porpoise |
15 |
North of Eye Peninsula |
Nick McKeown |
19-2-2013 |
17:39 |
Harbour Porpoise |
2 |
Ferry to Castelbay ~ 1/2 between Mull and Coll |
Nienke van Geel |
19-2-2013 |
17:34 |
Harbour Porpoise |
1 |
west entrance SoM |
Nienke van Geel |
19-2-2013 |
17:26 |
Harbour Porpoise |
3 |
West entrance SoM |
Nienke van Geel |
18-2-2013 |
16:00 |
Harbour Porpoise |
5 |
Near Chicken Rock, off Swordale, Isle of Lewis |
Eilidh Mackay |
18-2-2013 |
15:06 |
Harbour Porpoise |
1 |
Sound of Sleat |
jan storie |
18-2-2013 |
10:50 |
Harbour Porpoise |
1 |
Between Mallaig and Eigg |
Hazel Bremner |
18-2-2013 |
09:33 |
Harbour Porpoise |
3 |
Sound of Sleat |
jan storie |
17-2-2013 |
12:00 |
Harbour Porpoise |
1 |
River Forth by Upper Forth Boat Club Bo'ness |
Donald Nimmo |
7-2-2013 |
12:21 |
Harbour Porpoise |
13 |
Inner Sound, off Pabay |
jan storie |
1-2-2013 |
09:35 |
Unidentified Dolphin species |
2 |
sound of Islay |
meri FERGUSON |
2-2-2013 |
12:30 |
Harbour Porpoise |
2 |
weymss bay |
craig oliver |
26-1-2013 |
11:15 |
Harbour Porpoise |
5 |
100 200 m off Kirn Church |
John Morris |
2-1-2013 |
12:32 |
Unidentified Dolphin species |
3 |
Ardtun, Mull |
Anne Riley |
15-1-2013 |
15:30 |
White-Beaked Dolphin |
15 |
Mouth of Broad Bay |
Alun Tink |
9-1-2013 |
08:20 |
Harbour Porpoise |
10 |
rothesay bay |
craig oliver |
14-6-2012 |
20:30 |
Orca (Killer) Whale |
6 |
1 mile south of Stoer Head Lighthouse |
Liz Hynes |