Tuesday, 7 January 2020

Ceatacean Watch UK

This summer we have seen an array of different ceatacean in relatively high abundances. We've seen bottlenose dolpins, harbour porpoises and minke whales. 

One particular encounter was around 10 miles of the coast of Whitby where we were surrounded by 10-12 feeding minke whales. As Skipper tracked the bait ball on the fish finder, I was flying the drone to attempt to capture the feeding behaviour of these majestic creatures. 

Unfortionatley, it proved to be too difficult this time around to capture any great footage but the experience was exhilerating. Next time I will get the footage I wanted after some futher practice. 

I uploaded all sightings of ceatacean to Sea Watch Foundation UK, a citizen science project aimed to "improve the conservation of whales, dolphins and porpoises in the seas around Britain and Ireland."

https://www.seawatchfoundation.org.uk/recentsightings/


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