| 2012 |
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Feb.4th
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One
Porpoise was seen. |
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Feb.3rd
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Two
Porpoises and a Grey Seal were
seen. |
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Jan.31st
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One
Porpoise was feeding offshore throughout
the day and a dead one was washed up onto the
beach. More intriguingly what appeared to be some
body parts and the skin of a deer (probably a Fallow)
were also washed up on the beach. |
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Jan.30th
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One
Porpoise was seen. |
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Jan.29th
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One
Porpoise was seen. |
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Jan.28th
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One
Porpoise was seen. |
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Jan.24th
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A
Grey Hare was seen. |
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Jan.10th
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A
Common Seal was seen. |
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Jan.8th
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A
Grey Seal was seen. |
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Jan.5th
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A
Common Seal was seen. |
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| 2011 |
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Dec.19th
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One
Porpoise was seen. |
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Nov.29th
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A
Grey Seal was seen. |
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Nov.7th
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Two
Porpoises and a Grey Seal were seen. |
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Nov.5th
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Six
Porpoises were seen. |
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Nov.4th
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One
Porpoise was seen. |
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Oct.31st
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A
long-dead Porpoise was washed up on the
beach below the fishing boats. |
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Oct.26th
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Three
Porpoises and a Grey Seal were seen. |
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Oct.25th
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Two
Porpoises and a
Common Seal were seen. |
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Oct.24th
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Two
Porpoises were seen. |
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Oct.23rd
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Two
Porpoises were seen. |
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Oct.22nd
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A
Grey Seal was seen. |
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Oct.21st
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One
Porpoise was seen. |
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Oct.20th
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At
least three Porpoises were seen. |
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Oct.19th
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Two
Porpoises were seen. |
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Oct.17th
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Three
Porpoises were seen. |
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Oct.16th
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At
least three Porpoises were seen. |
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Oct.14th
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Two
Porpoises were seen. |
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Oct.13th
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A
Common Seal was seen. |
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Oct.12th
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A
Porpoise and a Grey Seal were seen. |
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Oct.11th
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Two
Porpoises were seen. |
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Oct.10th
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Two
Porpoises and a Grey Seal were seen. |
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Oct.9th
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Six
Porpoises and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore
again. |
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Oct.8th
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Six
Porpoises and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore and two Brown
Hares were also seen. |
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Oct.7th
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A
Porpoise and a Common
Seal were seen. |
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Oct.6th
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Two
Porpoise, a Grey Seal and a Common
Seal were feeding offshore and two Brown
Hares were also seen. |
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Oct.5th
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Two
Porpoises were feeding offshore. |
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Oct.4th
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At
least six Porpoises were feeding offshore. |
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Oct.3rd
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Two
Porpoises and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore. |
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Oct.1st
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At
least six Porpoises were feeding offshore. |
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Sep.30th
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Six Porpoises
and a Grey Seal were seen. |
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Sep.29th
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A
Porpoise and a Grey Seal were seen. |
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Sep.24th
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Five Porpoises
were seen. |
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Sep.22nd
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Three Porpoises
were seen. |
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Sep.21st
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At
least six Porpoises
and single Grey and Common Seals were seen. |
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Sep.20th
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Four Porpoises
were seen. |
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Sep.19th
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Two Porpoises
were seen again and a young Badger was
seen this evening in the moat. |
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Sep.18th
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Two Porpoises
were seen. |
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Sep.17th
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Two Porpoises
were seen. |
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Sep.16th
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Two Porpoises
and a Grey Seal were seen. |
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Sep.15th
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A Grey Seal was
seen. |
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Sep.14th
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A
Brown Hare was seen after dark. |
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Sep.11th
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Two Porpoises
and a Grey Seal were seen. |
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Sep.10th
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Two Porpoises were seen. |
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Sep.9th
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Three Porpoises were seen. |
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Sep.8th
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At
least five Porpoises were seen. |
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Sep.7th
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A Grey Seal was
seen. |
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Sep.6th
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At
least seven Porpoises and a Grey Seal were
feeding offshore again. |
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Sep.5th
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At
least ten Porpoises and a Grey Seal were
feeding close inshore again. |
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Sep.3rd
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At
least ten Porpoises were feeding close
inshore again. |
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Sep.2nd
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Three
Porpoises and two Brown Hares were
seen. |
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Sep.1st
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Six
Porpoises and a Grey Seal were seen. |
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Aug.31st
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At
least 12 Porpoises were seen. |
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Aug.30th
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At
least four Porpoises were seen. |
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Aug.29th
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At
least four Porpoises and a Grey Seal were
feeding close inshore again. |
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Aug.28th
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At
least ten Porpoises were feeding close
inshore again. |
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Aug.27th
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At
least eight Porpoises were feeding close
inshore again. |
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Aug.26th
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At
least ten Porpoises and a Grey Seal were
feeding close
inshore. |
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Aug.25th
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At
least six Porpoises were feeding close
inshore and a Brown Hare was also seen. |
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Aug.24th
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A
short look offshore this evening revealed at least
six Porpoises feeding close in. |
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Aug.23rd
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At
least 12 Porpoises were seen again. |
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Aug.22nd
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At
least 12 Porpoises were seen. |
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Aug.21st
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At
least five Porpoises were seen. |
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Aug.20th
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Porpoise
numbers were back up to strength with at least
19 individuals counted in the evening and
the Grey Seal was seen again. |
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Aug.19th
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Only
one Porpoise was seen. |
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Aug.18th
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At
least seven Porpoises and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore and
a Brown Hare was also seen. |
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Aug.17th
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At
least 17 Porpoises and the
Grey Seal were feeding offshore again and
a Brown Hare was also seen. |
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Aug.16th
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At
least six Porpoises were feeding offshore. |
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Aug.15th
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At
least ten Porpoises and the
Grey Seal were feeding offshore. |
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Aug.14th
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At
least ten Porpoises were feeding offshore
again. |
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Aug.13th
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At
least six Porpoises were feeding offshore
again. |
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Aug.12th
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At
least seven Porpoises were feeding offshore
again and a Brown Hare was also seen. |
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Aug.11th
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At
least six Porpoises were feeding offshore again. |
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Aug.10th
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At
least six Porpoises were feeding offshore again. |
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Aug.9th
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At
least six Porpoises and the
Grey Seal were feeding offshore again. |
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Aug.8th
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About
12 Porpoises and the
Grey Seal were feeding offshore again. |
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Aug.7th
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About
ten Porpoises and the
Grey Seal were feeding offshore. |
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Aug.6th
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At
least 14
Porpoises and a
Grey Seal were feeding offshore. |
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Aug.5th
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At
least 13
Porpoises and a
Grey Seal were feeding offshore and a Brown
Hare was seen on the land. |
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Aug.4th
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At
least 12
Porpoises and a
Grey Seal were feeding offshore and two Brown
Hares were seen on the land. |
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Aug.3rd
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Ten
Porpoises and a
Grey Seal were feeding offshore. |
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Aug.2nd
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A
dead calm sea made for excellent viewing
conditions and at least 20 Porpoises and a Grey
Seal were seen. In addition, a very large Thresher
Shark was seen leaping clear of the water.
A Brown Hare
was also seen.
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Aug.1st
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Two
Porpoises were feeding offshore. |
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July
31st
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At
least 12 Porpoises were feeding offshore
again and a Grey Seal was also seen. |
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July
29th
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At
least 12 Porpoises were feeding offshore
again and a Grey Seal was also seen. |
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July
28th
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At
least 12 Porpoises were feeding offshore
again and a Grey Seal was also seen. |
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July
27th
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An
excellent evening session with at least 17
Porpoises were feeding close inshore. |
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July
26th
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Eight
Porpoises were feeding offshore. |
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July
25th
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At
least 11 Porpoises were feeding offshore
and a Brown Hare was also seen. |
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July
24th
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Two
Porpoises were feeding offshore. |
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July
23rd
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Six
Porpoises were feeding offshore. |
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July
22nd
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Eight
Porpoises were feeding offshore. |
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July
21st
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At
least 15 Porpoises were feeding offshore. |
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July
19th
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A
Porpoise was feeding offshore. |
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July
18th
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Three Porpoises
were feeding offshore. |
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July
17th
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Three Porpoises
were feeding offshore. |
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July
16th
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A
Porpoise was feeding offshore. |
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July
14th
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Three
Porpoises
and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore. |
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July
13th
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A
noticeable increase in Porpoise numbers offshore
with at least 11 being seen. |
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July
12th
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Four Porpoises
were feeding offshore. |
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July
11th
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Six
Porpoises
and a Common Seal were feeding offshore. |
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July
10th
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Three Porpoises
were feeding offshore. |
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July
9th
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Two Porpoises
were feeding offshore. |
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July
8th
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Three
Porpoises
and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore
and a Brown Hare was also seen. |
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July
7th
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Three Porpoises
were feeding offshore. |
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July
6th
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Three Porpoises
were feeding offshore and a Brown Hare
was seen.. |
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July
5th
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Four Porpoises
were feeding offshore. |
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July
4th
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Two Porpoises
were feeding offshore. |
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July
3rd
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Three
Porpoises
and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore. |
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July
2nd
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Six Porpoises
were feeding offshore. |
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July
1st
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Six Porpoises
and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore. |
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June
30th
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Three Porpoises
were feeding offshore. |
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June
29th
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At
least five Porpoises
and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore. |
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June
28th
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Two
Porpoises were feeding offshore. |
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June
27th
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Three
Porpoises
and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore. |
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June
26th
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At
least ten Porpoises
and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore. |
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June
25th
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Three
Porpoises
were feeding offshore. |
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June
24th
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A
Grey Seal and at least five Porpoises
were feeding offshore. |
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June
23rd
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A
Grey Seal was feeding offshore again. |
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June
22nd
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A
Grey Seal was feeding
offshore. |
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June
21st
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A
Brown Hare was seen. |
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June
18th
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The
Grey Seal was still feeding
offshore. |
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June
17th
|
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The
Grey Seal and a Porpoise were feeding
offshore again. |
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June
16th
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A
Grey Seal and a Porpoise were feeding offshore. |
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June
14th
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Two
Porpoises were feeding offshore. |
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June
13th
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A
Brown Hare was seen. |
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June
12th
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Two
Porpoises were feeding offshore. |
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June
10th
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A
Common Seal and five Porpoises were
seen offshore. |
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June
7th
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Two
Brown Hares were seen. |
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June
2nd
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Four
Porpoises were feeding offshore. |
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May
31st
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A
Grey Seal was seen. |
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May
28th
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Two
Porpoises and a Grey Seal were seen. |
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May
28th
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One
Porpoise was seen. |
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May
27th
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One
Porpoise was seen. |
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May
25th
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One
Porpoise was seen. |
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May
24th
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Two
Brown Hares were seen. |
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| May
11th |
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Two
Porpoises were seen offshore. |
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May
10th
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Five
Porpoises were seen offshore. |
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| May
8th |
|
A
freshly dead Hedgehog was found at the Long
Pits. |
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| May
7th |
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Four
Porpoises were seen and a Mink was
seen among the fishing boats. |
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| May
6th |
|
At
least two Porpoises were seen. |
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| May
5th |
|
A
Grey Seal and at
least two Porpoises were seen offshore and
a Brown Hare was also seen. |
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| May
4th |
|
At
least two Porpoises were seen. |
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| May
3rd |
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One
Porpoise was seen offshore and the Badger
was seen in the moat around mid-afternoon! |
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| May
1st |
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Eight
Porpoises were seen offshore and the Badger
showed very well in the back garden again. |
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| Apr.30th |
|
Four
Porpoises were seen offshore and the Badger
was in the back garden again. |
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| Apr.29th |
|
The
highlight of the day was a pod of three
White-beaked Dolphins which moved slowly east
at a distance of about 1500m during the early
morning seawatch. This is only the second record
in the last 22 years (at least) although boat
fisherman have been reporting regular sightings
for the last month or so but usually several miles
offshore. Other mammals included five Porpoises
and a Grey Seal. |
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| Apr.28th |
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Five
Porpoises were seen. |
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| Apr.27th |
|
Two
Porpoises and a Grey Seal were seen. |
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| Apr.26th |
|
Three
Porpoises were seen. |
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| Apr.25th |
|
Four
Porpoises and a Grey Seal were seen
offshore whilst a Badger spent the early
evening hours in the back garden. |
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| Apr.24th |
|
Five
Porpoises were seen. |
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| Apr.23rd |
|
A
Common Seal and at least 12 Porpoises
were seen offshore, a Brown Hare was seen
and the Badger gave superb views in the
back garden again this evening. |
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| Apr.22nd |
|
Seven
Porpoises were offshore and a Badger was seen
in the moat in mid-morning. |
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| Apr.21st |
|
Eight
Porpoises and a Brown Hare were
seen. |
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| Apr.18th |
|
One
Porpoise was seen. |
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| Apr.17th |
|
Six
Porpoises were offshore for much of the day
and a Badger was seen again in the back
garden. |
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| Apr.16th |
|
Five
Porpoise were seen. |
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| Apr.14th |
|
Without
any doubt the highlight of today was a pod of four
Orcas, (Killer Whales), and all likely to
be males judging by their dorsal fin size and
shapes. They were watched for about 20 minutes in
mid-morning as they fed about a mile offshore.
Also seen offshore were two groups of identified
dolphins, three Porpoises and a Grey
Seal. |
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| Apr.13th |
|
A
Badger was back in the Observatory garden
this evening. |
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| Apr.12th |
|
Two
Brown Hares were seen. |
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| Apr.11th |
|
A
Brown Hare and two Porpoises were seen. |
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| Apr.6th |
|
An
unusual record for the Observatory area involved a
Water Vole seen at a friends garden pond. |
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| Apr.2nd |
|
A
Brown Hare was seen. |
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| Mar.29th |
|
Four
Porpoises and five Brown Hares were
seen. |
|
| Mar.28th |
|
Four
Porpoises were seen offshore and a Badger
was seen in the Observatory garden again. |
|
| Mar.27th |
|
Two
Porpoises and a Brown Hare were seen. |
|
| Mar.26th |
|
Two
Porpoises and a Brown Hare were seen. |
|
| Mar.25th |
|
At
least six Porpoises were seen offshore. |
|
| Mar.24th |
|
At
least three Porpoises were seen offshore. |
|
| Mar.23rd |
|
A
Brown Hare was seen. |
|
| Mar.19th |
|
A
Porpoise was seen offshore and the Badger
was back in the garden this evening. |
|
| Mar.17th |
|
The
Badger was in the back garden again. |
|
| Mar.16th |
|
The
Badger was in the back garden again. |
|
| Mar.15th |
|
The
Badger was in the back garden again. |
|
| Mar.14th |
|
The
Badger was in the back garden again. |
|
| Mar.13th |
|
A
Porpoise was seen. |
|
| Mar.12th |
|
Two
Porpoises were seen offshore and the Badger
was back in the garden again this evening. |
|
| Mar.9th |
|
The
Badger was back in the garden again this
evening.

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| Mar.8th |
|
The
Badger was back in the garden just after
midnight and again shortly after dark this
evening.
A Common Seal
was seen offshore. |
|
| Mar.6th |
|
A
Badger was seen in the back garden of the
Observatory at 0030hrs. |
|
| Mar.3rd |
|
A
Common Seal was seen. |
|
| Feb.23rd |
|
One
Brown Hare was seen. |
|
| Feb.19th |
|
Two
Brown Hares were seen. |
|
| Feb.5th |
|
A
live Porpoise was seen offshore. |
|
| Jan.31st |
|
This
Porpoise was found washed up dead on the beach.


Photographs
by Owen Leyshon
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|
| Jan.27th |
|
A
Brown Hare was seen. |
|
| Jan.22nd |
|
A
Brown Hare was seen. |
|
| Jan.3rd |
|
A
Common Seal was feeding offshore. |
|
| Jan.1st |
|
A
Grey Seal was feeding offshore. |
|
|
|
|
|
| 2010 |
|
|
|
| Dec.19th |
|
A Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| Dec.14th |
|
Two Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| Dec.9th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Nov.30th |
|
Two Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| Nov.20th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Nov.17th |
|
Two Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| Nov.16th |
|
A Brown Hare was
seen again.
|
|
| Nov.15th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Nov.14th |
|
A Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| Nov.10th |
|
A Grey Seal and two
Brown Hares were seen.
|
|
| Oct.31st |
|
A Grey Seal and a
Porpoise were
seen.
|
|
| Oct.26th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Oct.20th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Oct.17th |
|
A Grey Seal was
seen again.
|
|
| Oct.16th |
|
A Grey Seal was
seen again.
|
|
| Oct.14th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Oct.13th |
|
The Grey Seal and a
Porpoise were
seen.
|
|
| Oct.12th |
|
A Grey Seal was
seen again.
|
|
| Oct.10th |
|
A Grey Seal was seen.
|
|
| Oct.8th |
|
Two Brown Hares were seen.
|
|
| Sep.23rd |
|
Three Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| Sep.21st |
|
Three Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| Sep.20th |
|
Three Brown Hares
were seen.
|
|
| Sep.19th |
|
Three Porpoises and
a Grey Seal were seen offshore and a Brown Hare
was also seen.
|
|
| Sep.18th |
|
Three Porpoises and
a Brown Hare were seen.
|
|
| Sep.17th |
|
Two Porpoises were
seen.
|
|
| Sep.16th |
|
Two Porpoises were
seen.
|
|
| Sep.15th |
|
A Porpoise was
seen.
|
|
| Sep.14th |
|
A Brown Hare was
seen.
|
|
| Sep.12th |
|
A dead bat was found at
the Observatory which appears to be a Leisler's Bat
Nyctalus leisleri.
|
|
| Sep.10th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Sep.8th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Sep.6th |
|
Two Porpoises
were seen.
|
|
| Sep.3rd |
|
Two Porpoises
were seen.
|
|
| Aug.30th |
|
At least four Porpoises, a
Grey Seal and a Brown Hare were seen.
|
|
| Aug.29th |
|
Two Porpoises and a Grey
Seal were seen.
|
|
| Aug.27th |
|
Ten Porpoises and a Grey
Seal were seen.
|
|
| Aug.26th |
|
Two Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| Aug.25th |
|
Three Porpoises and a Grey
Seal were seen.
|
|
| Aug.23rd |
|
Three Porpoises and a Grey
Seal were seen.
|
|
| Aug.22nd |
|
At least four Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| Aug.21st |
|
At least ten Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| Aug.18th |
|
Two Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| Aug.17th |
|
At least five Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| Aug.16th |
|
At least four Porpoises
and a Grey Seal were seen.
|
|
| Aug.15th |
|
Two Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| Aug.14th |
|
A Common Seal was seen and
a dead Hedgehog was found.
|
|
| Aug.13th |
|
At least four Porpoises
and a Common Seal were seen.
|
|
| Aug.10th |
|
At least four Porpoises
were seen.
|
|
| Aug.7th |
|
Five Porpoises and a Grey
Seal were seen.
|
|
| Aug.4th |
|
At least four Porpoises
were seen.
|
|
| Aug.3rd |
|
Three Porpoises
were seen.
|
|
| Aug.2nd |
|
A Grey Seal and a Porpoise
were seen.
|
|
| July
29th |
|
One Porpoise was
seen.
|
|
| July
26th |
|
Two Porpoises were seen
offshore and a dead Badger was found on the road at
the northern end of the area.
|
|
| July
23rd |
|
Two Porpoises and a Brown
Hare were
seen.
|
|
| July
22nd |
|
Three Porpoises
were seen.
|
|
| July
21st |
|
A Grey Seal and two Porpoises
were seen.
|
|
| July
20th |
|
Two Porpoises were
seen.
|
|
| July
19th |
|
Two Porpoises and a Brown
Hare were
seen.
|
|
| July
17th |
|
One Porpoise was
seen.
|
|
| July
14th |
|
A Grey Seal, a Common Seal
and two Porpoises
were seen.
|
|
| July
13th |
|
A Grey Seal was seen.
|
|
| July
12th |
|
Four Porpoise
were seen.
|
|
| July
10th |
|
Two Grey Seals and a Porpoise
were seen.
|
|
| July
8th |
|
One Porpoise was
seen.
|
|
| July
7th |
|
Two Porpoises were
seen.
|
|
| July
6th |
|
Two Grey Seals and two Porpoise were
seen offshore.
|
|
| July
5th |
|
A Grey Seal and a Porpoise were
seen offshore.
|
|
| July
4th |
|
Eight Porpoise were
seen in the evening.
|
|
| July
2nd |
|
Six Porpoise were
seen in the evening.
|
|
| July
1st |
|
Thirteen Porpoise were
seen in the evening.
|
|
| June
28th |
|
One Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| June
23rd |
|
Two Porpoises and a Brown
Hare were seen.
|
|
| June
22nd |
|
Three Porpoise were seen.
|
|
| June
21st |
|
One Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| June
20th |
|
One Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| June
19th |
|
One Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| June
18th |
|
One Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| June
17th |
|
A Grey
Seal and a Brown Hare were seen.
|
|
| June
16th |
|
One Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| June
15th |
|
One Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| June
14th |
|
One Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| June
13th |
|
Five Porpoises and a Grey
Seal were seen.
|
|
| June
12th |
|
Three Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| June
11th |
|
Five Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| June
10th |
|
Two Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| June
9th |
|
Seven Porpoises and a
Brown Hare were seen.
|
|
| June
8th |
|
Three Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| June
7th |
|
Four Porpoises, a Grey
Seal and a Brown Hare were seen.
|
|
| June
6th |
|
Two Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| June
5th |
|
Two Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| June
4th |
|
One Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| June
3rd |
|
Two Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| May
31st |
|
Seven Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| May
30th |
|
Two Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| May
26th |
|
Two Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| May
25th |
|
Two Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| May
24th |
|
Four Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| May
23rd |
|
Six Porpoises and two
Brown Hares were seen.
|
|
| May
22nd |
|
Four Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| May
20th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| May
18th |
|
Seven Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| May
17th |
|
Two Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| May
15th |
|
At least six Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| May
14th |
|
Three Brown Hares were seen.
|
|
| May
13th |
|
Five Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| May
12th |
|
Seven Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| May
11th |
|
One Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| May
9th |
|
Three Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| May
8th |
|
Three Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| May
7th |
|
At least seven Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| May
6th |
|
At least 12 Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| May
5th |
|
Four Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| May
4th |
|
Four Porpoises and a Grey
Seal were seen.
|
|
| May
2nd |
|
There was a sudden and
large increase in the number of Porpoises offshore
with at least 20 being seen.
|
|
| Apr.30th |
|
Four Porpoises and a Brown
Hare were seen.
|
|
| Apr.28th |
|
Four Porpoises and a
Common Seal were seen.
|
|
| Apr.27th |
|
Two Brown Hares were seen
during the day and a Badger was seen after dark..
|
|
| Apr.25th |
|
Two Porpoise were seen.
|
|
| Apr.24th |
|
Four Porpoises and a
Brown Hare were seen.
|
|
| Apr.23rd |
|
Two Porpoises and five
Brown Hares were seen.
|
|
| Apr.22nd |
|
One Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| Apr.21st |
|
Two Porpoise were seen.
|
|
| Apr.20th |
|
A Porpoise and a
Brown Hare were seen.
|
|
| Apr.19th |
|
Three Porpoise were seen.
|
|
| Apr.18th |
|
Four Porpoise and three
Brown Hares were seen.
|
|
| Apr.14th |
|
Two Porpoise were seen.
|
|
| Apr.10th |
|
Three Brown Hares were seen.
|
|
| Apr.8th |
|
Four Porpoise and two
Brown Hares were seen.
|
|
| Apr.7th |
|
A Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| Apr.6th |
|
Two Porpoise were seen.
|
|
| Mar.25th |
|
A Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| Mar.20th |
|
Two Brown Hares were seen.
|
|
| Mar.19th |
|
Three Brown Hares were seen.
|
|
| Mar.18th |
|
A Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| Mar.17th |
|
Two Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| Mar.13th |
|
A Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| Mar.10th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Mar.8th |
|
A Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| Feb.27th |
|
A Porpoise and a Common
Seal were seen.
|
|
| Feb.18th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Feb.13th |
|
A Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| Feb.6th |
|
A Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| Feb.4th |
|
A Porpoise and a Common
Seal were seen.
|
|
| Jan.24th |
|
A Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| Jan.23rd |
|
A Brown Hare and a Grey
Seal were seen.
|
|
| Jan.7th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Jan.6th |
|
A Common Seal was seen.
|
|
| Jan.4th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2009 |
|
|
|
| Dec.6th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Dec.4th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Nov.29th |
|
A Common Seal was feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Nov.27th |
|
A Grey Seal was feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Nov.26th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Nov.22nd |
|
Two Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Nov.20th |
|
A Brown Hare was found
dead on the road.
|
|
| Nov.4th |
|
A Grey Seal was feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Nov.2nd |
|
A Grey Seal was feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Oct.28th |
|
A Grey Seal was feeding
offshore and two Brown Hares were also seen.
|
|
| Oct.20th |
|
One Porpoise was feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Oct.17th |
|
Two Grey Seals and a Porpoise
were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Oct.16th |
|
One Porpoise was feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Oct.13th |
|
Four Porpoises and a Grey
Seal were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Oct.11th |
|
Two Porpoises were feeding
offshore and a Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Oct.10th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Oct.9th |
|
Three Porpoises were feeding
offshore and three Brown Hares were seen.
|
|
| Oct.4th |
|
One Porpoise was feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Oct.3rd |
|
Two Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Oct.1st |
|
One Porpoise was feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Sep.30th |
|
Two Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Sep.27th |
|
Two Porpoises were feeding
offshore and a Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Sep.26th |
|
Three Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Sep.25th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Sep.21st |
|
Three Brown Hares were
seen.
|
|
| Sep.19th |
|
Three Porpoises were feeding
offshore and a Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Sep.18th |
|
Two Brown Hares were seen.
|
|
| Sep.15th |
|
Four Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Sep.14th |
|
Three Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Sep.13th |
|
Four Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Sep.12th |
|
Four Porpoises were feeding
offshore and a Brown Hare was also seen.
|
|
| Sep.11th |
|
Three Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Sep.9th |
|
Three Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Sep.8th |
|
At least two Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Sep.6th |
|
At least two Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Sep.5th |
|
Two Porpoises and a Grey
Seal were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Sep.4th |
|
At least three Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Sep.3rd |
|
At least three Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Sep.2nd |
|
At least four Porpoises
and a Grey Seal were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Sep.1st |
|
At least four Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Aug.31st |
|
Six Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Aug.30th |
|
Three Porpoises were feeding
offshore and a Brown Hare was also seen.
|
|
| Aug.29th |
|
Six Porpoises were feeding
offshore and a Brown Hare was also seen.
|
|
| Aug.28th |
|
Two Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Aug.27th |
|
Five Porpoises were feeding offshore.
|
|
| Aug.26th |
|
A Porpoise was feeding
offshore and another long-dead corpse was found on the
tideline.
|
|
| Aug.25th |
|
Two Porpoises were feeding
offshore and a young Common Seal was hauled out on the
beach this morning.

|
|
| Aug.24th |
|
Two Porpoises were feeding
offshore and a Brown Hare was also seen.
|
|
| Aug.23rd |
|
Four Porpoises were feeding offshore.
|
|
| Aug.20th |
|
One Porpoise was feeding offshore.
More unusually, a Water Shrew was seen in the trapping
area.
|
|
| Aug.19th |
|
Three Porpoises were feeding offshore.
|
|
| Aug.18th |
|
Three Porpoises were feeding offshore.
|
|
| Aug.17th |
|
Three Porpoises were feeding offshore.
|
|
| Aug.12th |
|
Three Porpoises were feeding offshore.
|
|
| Aug.13th |
|
Eleven Porpoises were feeding offshore.
|
|
| Aug.12th |
|
One Porpoise was feeding offshore.
|
|
| Aug.11th |
|
Four Porpoises were
feeding offshore.
|
|
| Aug.7th |
|
Four Porpoises were
feeding offshore.
|
|
| Aug.5th |
|
A Grey Seal was
feeding offshore.
|
|
| Aug.4th |
|
Three Porpoises were
feeding offshore.
|
|
| Aug.3rd |
|
A very young Brown Hare
was seen.
|
|
| Aug.2nd |
|
At least four Porpoises
feeding offshore. There was a dead Hedgehog on the
road near the point.
|
|
| Aug.1st |
|
There were at least eight Porpoises
feeding offshore and a Grey Seal was also seen.
|
|
| July
31st |
|
There were at least four Porpoises
feeding offshore.
|
|
| July
30th |
|
There were at least four Porpoises
feeding offshore.
|
|
| July
29th |
|
There were at least six Porpoises
feeding offshore in the evening and a young Brown Hare
was also seen.
|
|
| July
28th |
|
Two Porpoises and a Grey
Seal were seen
offshore.
|
|
| July
27th |
|
Two Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| July
26th |
|
Two Porpoises were feeding
offshore and a Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| July
25th |
|
Two Porpoises were feeding
offshore and a Brown Hare was seen. A reasonably
fresh Porpoise corpse was also found on the beach.
|
|
| July
24th |
|
One Porpoise was feeding offshore.
|
|
| July
23rd |
|
Two Porpoises were
feeding offshore.
|
|
| July
22nd |
|
Two Porpoises were
feeding offshore.
|
|
| July
21st |
|
Two Porpoises were
feeding offshore and a Brown Hare was seen on the
land.
|
|
| July
20th |
|
Seven Porpoises were
feeding offshore in the evening.
|
|
| July
18th |
|
Five Porpoises were
feeding offshore.
|
|
| July
17th |
|
Two Porpoises were
feeding offshore and a Brown Hare was seen on the
land.
|
|
| July
16th |
|
Five Porpoises were
feeding offshore.
|
|
| July
15th |
|
Three Porpoises were
feeding offshore.
|
|
| July
14th |
|
Five Porpoises were
feeding offshore.
|
|
| July
13th |
|
Three Porpoises were
feeding offshore and a Brown Hare was seen on the
land.
|
|
| July
12th |
|
Two Porpoises were
feeding offshore.
|
|
| July
11th |
|
Three Porpoises were
feeding offshore and two Brown Hares were seen on the
land.
|
|
| July
8th |
|
Four Porpoises and a Grey
Seal were
feeding offshore.
|
|
| July
7th |
|
Two Porpoises were
feeding offshore.
|
|
| July
6th |
|
Two Porpoises were
feeding offshore.
|
|
| July
5th |
|
Five Porpoises were
feeding offshore.
|
|
| July
4th |
|
Two Porpoises were
feeding offshore and a Brown Hare was also seen.
|
|
| July
3rd |
|
Two Porpoises were
feeding offshore and a Brown Hare was also seen.
|
|
| July
1st |
|
Three Porpoises were
feeding offshore.
|
|
| June
28th |
|
Two Porpoises were
feeding offshore.
|
|
| June
27th |
|
Two Porpoises were
feeding offshore and a Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| June
26th |
|
Two Porpoises were
feeding offshore.
|
|
| June
25th |
|
Two Porpoises were
feeding offshore.
|
|
| June
24th |
|
Five Porpoises were
feeding offshore.
|
|
| June
23rd |
|
Seven Porpoises were
feeding offshore and a Brown Hare was seen near
the fishing boats.
|
|
| June
22nd |
|
Five Porpoises were
feeding offshore.
|
|
| June
21st |
|
Eleven Porpoises were
feeding offshore.
|
|
| June
20th |
|
Two Porpoises were
feeding offshore.
|
|
| June
18th |
|
One Porpoise was
feeding offshore.
|
|
| June
16th |
|
Two Porpoises were
feeding offshore.
|
|
| June
15th |
|
Six Porpoises were
feeding offshore.
|
|
| June
14th |
|
Three Porpoises were
feeding offshore.
|
|
| June
13th |
|
Four Porpoises were seen offshore.
|
|
| June
12th |
|
Perfect viewing conditions
this morning produced at least 12 Porpoises offshore
and a Brown Hare was seen on the land.
|
|
| June
8th |
|
Six Porpoises were seen
offshore.
|
|
| June
4th |
|
Ten Porpoises were seen
offshore.
|
|
| June
3rd |
|
Four Porpoises were seen
offshore.
|
|
| June
2nd |
|
There was sudden upsurge
in Porpoise activity this morning with at least 11
feeding offshore.
|
|
| June
1st |
|
One Porpoises was seen.
|
|
| May
31st |
|
Two Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| May
29th |
|
Two Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| May
27th |
|
A Grey Seal was seen at
the Patch.
|
|
| May
26th |
|
Two Brown Hares were seen.
|
|
| May
25th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| May
24th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| May
23rd |
|
A Porpoise was feeding
offshore and a Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| May
22nd |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| May
21st |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| May
19th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| May
18th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| May
13th |
|
A Porpoise was feeding
offshore.
|
|
| May
12th |
|
A Porpoise was feeding
offshore.
|
|
| May
11th |
|
A Porpoise was feeding
offshore.
|
|
| May
2nd |
|
A Porpoise was feeding
offshore and three Brown Hares were seen
|
|
| May
1st |
|
Six Porpoises were feeding
offshore and a Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Apr.30th |
|
Two Porpoises were feeding
offshore and two Brown Hares were seen.
|
|
| Apr.29th |
|
Three Porpoises were feeding offshore.
|
|
| Apr.27th |
|
One Porpoise was feeding offshore.
|
|
| Apr.24th |
|
One Porpoise was feeding offshore.
|
|
| Apr.23rd |
|
One Porpoise was feeding offshore.
|
|
| Apr.22nd |
|
Four Porpoises
were feeding offshore in the afternoon and two Brown
Hares were seen in the Desert.
|
|
| Apr.20th |
|
Three Porpoises
were feeding offshore in the afternoon and two Brown
Hares were also seen.
|
|
| Apr.19th |
|
Two Brown Hares were seen.
|
|
| Apr.16th |
|
At least three Porpoises
were seen offshore but much more surprising was a Deer
sp feeding on the beach near the fishing boats at
first light. A Hedgehog was also seen.
|
|
| Apr.13th |
|
At least three Brown Hares
were seen.
|
|
| Apr.9th |
|
A Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| Apr.8th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Apr.6th |
|
A Porpoise and a Common
Seal were seen.
|
|
| Apr.2nd |
|
Four Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| Apr.1st |
|
Two Brown Hares were seen.
|
|
| Mar.31st |
|
One Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Mar.30th |
|
Two Porpoises and two
Brown Hares were seen.
|
|
| Mar.29th |
|
A Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| Mar.26th |
|
A Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| Mar.24th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Mar.22nd |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Mar.21st |
|
Two Brown Hares were seen.
|
|
| Mar.20th |
|
A Grey Seal was seen.
|
|
| Mar.18th |
|
Three Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| Mar.13th |
|
Two Brown Hares were seen.
|
|
| Mar.12th |
|
Two Brown Hares were seen.
|
|
| Mar.6th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Mar.2nd |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Mar.1st |
|
The Porpoise and Common
Seal were seen again.
|
|
| Feb.28th |
|
A Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| Feb.27th |
|
A Porpoise and the Common
Seal were seen again.
|
|
| Feb.24th |
|
The Common
Seal was seen again.
|
|
| Feb.22nd |
|
A Common
Seal was seen.
|
|
| Feb.21st |
|
Two Porpoises and a Common
Seal were seen.
|
|
| Feb.20th |
|
Two Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| Feb.18th |
|
A Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| Feb.15th |
|
A Grey Seal was seen.
|
|
| Feb.12th |
|
A Grey Seal was seen.
|
|
| Feb.10th |
|
Two Brown Hares were seen.
|
|
| Feb.8th |
|
A Grey Seal and a Common
Seal were seen.
|
|
| Feb.5th |
|
A Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| Feb.3rd |
|
Following the washing up
several Porpoise corpses it was good to see two live
animals feeding just offshore.
|
|
| Jan.24th |
|
A Grey Seal and two
Porpoises were seen
offshore. |
|
| Jan.22nd |
|
A Common Seal was seen
offshore again. |
|
| Jan.21st |
|
A Common Seal was seen
offshore. |
|
| Jan.20th |
|
A Grey Seal and
Porpoise were seen offshore and a further Porpoise
was found freshly deceased on the beach at the
Patch. Two Brown Hares were also seen. |
|
| Jan.18th |
|
A Common Seal was seen
offshore. |
|
| Jan.16h |
|
A Brown Hare was seen. |
|
| Jan.15th |
|
A Stoat showing about
50% white in its coat was seen. |
|
| Jan.8th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen. |
|
| Jan.3rd |
|
A Common Seal was seen
offshore. |
|
|
|
|
|
| 2008 |
|
|
|
| Dec.22nd |
|
A Common Seal was seen
in the afternoon. |
|
| Dec.10th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen. |
|
| Dec.3rd |
|
A Brown Hare was seen. |
|
| Nov.27th |
|
A Porpoise was seen
offshore. |
|
| Nov.21st |
|
A Grey Seal was seen
during the morning. |
|
| Nov.6th |
|
Two Porpoises were seen
offshore. |
|
| Nov.3rd |
|
A Grey Seal was
feeding at the Patch in the afternoon. |
|
| Nov.1st |
|
A Porpoise was seen
offshore. |
|
| Oct.29th |
|
Two Porpoises were seen
offshore, two Brown Hares were seen in the Desert
and a Hedgehog was seen near the Observatory. |
|
| Oct.26th |
|
A Porpoise was seen
offshore. |
|
| Oct.23rd |
|
Two Porpoises were seen
offshore. |
|
| Oct.21st |
|
Two Porpoises were
feeding very close inshore this morning. |
|
| Oct.20th |
|
Two Porpoises were seen
offshore. |
|
| Oct.19th |
|
Two Porpoises were seen
offshore. |
|
| Oct.18th |
|
Three Porpoises were seen
offshore. |
|
| Oct.17th |
|
A Porpoise was seen
offshore. |
|
| Oct.16th |
|
A Porpoise was seen
offshore. |
|
| Oct.13th |
|
Sadly,
a dead
Hedgehog was found on the road outside the Observatory.
A Porpoise was seen
offshore. |
|
| Oct.11th |
|
The
Hedgehog was in the Observatory garden during the
early hours of the morning. |
|
| Oct.8th |
|
The
Hedgehog was in the Observatory garden again this
morning and two Porpoises were seen offshore. |
|
| Oct.7th |
|
A
Porpoise and a Common Seal were seen. |
|
| Oct.6th |
|
Two
Porpoises and a Brown Hare were seen. |
|
| Oct.4th |
|
A
Porpoise was seen. |
|
| Oct.3rd |
|
A
Hedgehog was found in the Observatory garden. |
|
| Oct.2nd |
|
Two
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| Oct.1st |
|
A
Brown Hare was seen. |
|
| Sep.30th |
|
Two
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| Sep.26th |
|
Four
Porpoises and two Brown Hares were seen. |
|
| Sep.25th |
|
A
Brown Hare was seen. |
|
| Sep.23rd |
|
Eight
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| Sep.20th |
|
Two
Porpoises and two Brown Hares were seen. |
|
| Sep.18th |
|
Six
Porpoises and a Brown Hare were seen. |
|
| Sep.16th |
|
Three
Porpoises and a Grey Seal were seen. |
|
| Sep.15th |
|
Two
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| Sep.14th |
|
A
Brown Hare was seen in the Desert. |
|
| Sep.11th |
|
Three
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| Sep.10th |
|
Two
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| Sep.9th |
|
Three
Porpoises and a Grey Seal were seen offshore. |
|
| Sep.8th |
|
Three
Porpoises were seen offshore and two Brown Hares
were seen on the beach near the fishing boats. |
|
| Sep.7th |
|
Three
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| Sep.6th |
|
Three
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| Sep.5th |
|
Two
Porpoises and a Grey Seal were seen offshore. |
|
| Sep.4th |
|
Two
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| Sep.2nd |
|
Two
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| Aug.29th |
|
At
least six
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| Aug.28th |
|
Two
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| Aug.27th |
|
Three
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| Aug.26th |
|
Four
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| Aug.25th |
|
Two
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| Aug.24th |
|
Six
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| Aug.23rd |
|
One
Porpoise was seen. |
|
| Aug.20th |
|
A
Porpoise and a Brown Hare were seen. |
|
| Aug.16th |
|
Three
Porpoise was feeding offshore and two brown Hares
were seen in the Desert. |
|
| Aug.14th |
|
One
Porpoise was feeding offshore. |
|
| Aug.13th |
|
Two Porpoises were feeding offshore. |
|
| Aug.12th |
|
Four Porpoises were feeding offshore. |
|
| Aug.11th |
|
At
least five Porpoises were feeding offshore. |
|
| Aug.10th |
|
At
least four Porpoises were feeding offshore. |
|
| Aug.9th |
|
At
least five Porpoises were feeding offshore. |
|
| Aug.8th |
|
At
least eight Porpoises and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore. |
|
| Aug.7th |
|
At
least six Porpoises were feeding offshore. |
|
| Aug.6th |
|
At
least eight Porpoises were feeding offshore in
very calm conditions this evening. |
|
| Aug.5th |
|
Just
two Porpoises and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore. |
|
| Aug.4th |
|
At
least five Porpoises were feeding offshore. |
|
| Aug.3rd |
|
At
least five Porpoises were feeding offshore. |
|
| Aug.2nd |
|
At
least five Porpoises and a Grey Seal
were feeding close inshore. |
|
| Aug.1st |
|
Rough
conditions made observations more difficult than
of late but at least six Porpoises were still feeding
offshore. |
|
| July
31st |
|
At
least 12
Porpoises and a Grey Seal were feeding close inshore. |
|
| July
30th |
|
A
nearly flat sea this evening revealed at least 20
Porpoises and a Grey Seal feeding close inshore. A
Brown Hare was also seen on the Point. |
|
| July
29th |
|
At
least seven
Porpoises were feeding close inshore throughout
the day and a Hare was seen in the Desert. |
|
| July
28th |
|
At
least nine
Porpoises were feeding close inshore throughout
the day. |
|
| July
27th |
|
At
least 12
Porpoises were feeding close inshore throughout
the day. |
|
| July
26th |
|
At
least five
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| July
25th |
|
At
least five
Porpoises and a Common Seal were seen offshore. |
|
| July
24th |
|
Two
Porpoises were seen offshore. |
|
| July
23rd |
|
Six
Porpoises and a Common Seal were seen offshore. |
|
| July
22nd |
|
Six
Porpoises were seen offshore. |
|
| July
21st |
|
Only
one Porpoise was seen offshore. |
|
| July
20th |
|
At
least six
Porpoises and a Grey Seal were seen offshore. |
|
| July
19th |
|
At
least three
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| July
18th |
|
At
least six
Porpoises were seen offshore and a Hedgehog (a
very uncommon mammal on the Point) was seen
outside the Observatory in the evening. |
|
| July
17th |
|
Four
Porpoises were seen again. |
|
| July
16th |
|
Four
Porpoises were seen again. |
|
| July
15th |
|
There
was a noticeable increase in Porpoise activity
today with at least ten individuals showing very
well from the point. |
|
| July
14th |
|
At
least three
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| July
13th |
|
Four
Porpoises were seen again. |
|
| July
12th |
|
Four
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| July
11th |
|
At
least three
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| July
10th |
|
Three
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| July
8th |
|
One
Porpoise was seen. |
|
| July
6th |
|
Three Porpoises were feeding
offshore and a Brown Hare was also seen. |
|
| July
4th |
|
At
least three Porpoises were feeding offshore. |
|
| July
2nd |
|
A
Brown Hare and two Porpoise were seen. |
|
| June
29th |
|
Four
Porpoise and a Common Seal were seen. |
|
| June
26th |
|
One
Brown Hare was seen. |
|
| June
26th |
|
One
Brown Hare was seen. |
|
| June
22nd |
|
One
Porpoise and one Brown Hare were seen. |
|
| June
20th |
|
One
Porpoise was seen. |
|
| June
18th |
|
At least
two Porpoises
offshore and a Brown Hare on the beach. |
|
| June
17th |
|
At least three Porpoises
were seen. |
|
| June
16th |
|
At least three Porpoises
offshore and a Brown Hare on the beach. |
|
| June
15th |
|
Two
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| June
14th |
|
There
were at least three Porpoises offshore. |
|
| June
13th |
|
Four
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| June
12th |
|
Two
Porpoises and a Brown Hare were seen. |
|
| June
11th |
|
Four
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| June
10th |
|
Two
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| June
9th |
|
A
Brown Hare was seen. |
|
| June
8th |
|
Two
Porpoise were seen. |
|
| June
7th |
|
A
Brown Hare and a large family of Stoats were seen. |
|
| June
6th |
|
Three
Porpoises were seen offshore. |
|
| June
2nd |
|
The
two
Porpoises were seen again. |
|
| May
31st |
|
The
two
Porpoises were seen again. |
|
| May
28th |
|
The
two
Porpoises were seen again. |
|
| May
27th |
|
Two
Porpoise were seen again. |
|
| May
26th |
|
Two
Porpoise were seen. |
|
| May
25th |
|
At
least four Porpoises and a Brown Hare were seen. |
|
| May
24th |
|
Two
Porpoise were seen. |
|
| May
23rd |
|
One
Porpoise was seen. |
|
| May
22nd |
|
One
Porpoise was seen. |
|
| May
21st |
|
Two
Porpoise were seen. |
|
| May
19th |
|
A
Brown Hare and a Porpoise were seen. |
|
| May
18th |
|
Two
Brown Hares were seen. |
|
| May
17th |
|
A
Porpoise was seen. |
|
| May
16th |
|
A
Brown Hare was seen. |
|
| May
15th |
|
Two
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| May
14th |
|
Two
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| May
13th |
|
A
Porpoise and three Brown Hares were seen. |
|
| May
12th |
|
Two
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| May
11th |
|
A
Porpoise and a Brown Hare were seen. |
|
| May
10th |
|
A
Porpoise and a Brown Hare were seen. |
|
| May
9th |
|
Two
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| May
8th |
|
Two
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| May
7th |
|
Porpoise,
Common Seal and Brown Hare were all seen during
the day. A young Hedgehog was also picked up.
In addition,
although sightings of Stoat are almost daily and
do not normally merit a mention, today we
witnessed an adult (presumably female?) moving its
litter of six young to a new burrow.


|
|
| May
6th |
|
One
Porpoise was seen. |
|
| May
5th |
|
Three
Porpoises and a Common Seal were seen. |
|
| May
4th |
|
Three
Porpoises and three Brown Hares were seen. |
|
| May
3rd |
|
Three
Porpoises and a Common Seal were seen. |
|
| May
2nd |
|
Four
Brown Hare and a
Porpoise were seen. |
|
| Apr.30th |
|
Three
Porpoise was seen. |
|
| Apr.29th |
|
Two
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| Apr.28th |
|
A
Porpoise and a Brown Hare were seen. |
|
| Apr.27th |
|
A
Brown Hare was seen. |
|
| Apr.26th |
|
Two
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| Apr.22nd |
|
Two
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| Apr.21st |
|
Two
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| Apr.19th |
|
Two
Brown Hares were seen. |
|
| Apr.18th |
|
A
Porpoise was seen. |
|
| Apr.16th |
|
Two
Porpoises were seen. |
|
| Apr.13th |
|
A
Porpoise was seen. |
|
| Apr.11th |
|
A
Brown Hare was seen. |
|
| Apr.10th |
|
A
Porpoise and a Brown Hare were seen. |
|
| Apr.7th |
|
A
Brown Hare was seen. |
|
| Apr.5th |
|
A
Porpoise and a Brown Hare were seen. |
|
| Apr.4th |
|
A
Porpoise was seen. |
|
| Apr.3rd |
|
A
Brown Hare was seen. |
|
| Mar.29th |
|
A
Brown Hare was seen. |
|
| Mar.28th |
|
The
Porpoise was seen again. |
|
| Mar.27th |
|
The
Porpoise was seen again. |
|
| Mar.26th |
|
A
Porpoise was seen. |
|
| Mar.25th |
|
A
Porpoise was seen in the evening. |
|
| Mar.23rd |
|
A
Brown Hare, a Common Seal and a Porpoise were seen. |
|
| Mar.18th |
|
A
dead Hedgehog was seen on the road near the Pilot
Inn. |
|
| Mar.17th |
|
One
Brown Hare was seen. |
|
| Mar.16th |
|
A
Porpoise was seen offshore and a Brown Hare was
also seen. |
|
| Mar.12th |
|
A Common Seal gave superb
views off the fishing boats.
 
The
storms have brought a large deposit of sealife on to
the beach with thousands of starfish, various
shellfish, crabs and lobsters and even a few fish
being washed up.

|
|
| Feb.4th |
|
A Common Seal was seen.
|
|
| Jan.30th |
|
Singles of both Common and
Grey Seal were seen.
|
|
| Jan.25th |
|
A Common Seal was seen.
|
|
| Jan.16th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Jan.8th |
|
A Grey Seal was seen.
|
|
| Jan.7th |
|
A Common Seal was seen.
|
|
| Jan.3rd |
|
A Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| Jan.1st |
|
A Grey Seal was seen.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2007 |
|
|
|
| Dec.3rd |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Nov.30th |
|
A Grey Seal was seen.
|
|
| Nov.19th |
|
Two Brown Hares were seen.
|
|
| Nov.18th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Nov.12th |
|
A Porpoise and a Common
Seal were seen.
|
|
| Nov.11th |
|
A Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| Nov.10th |
|
A Common Seal was seen.
|
|
| Nov.7th |
|
A Grey Seal was seen.
|
|
| Nov.6th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Nov.4th |
|
Two Porpoises were feeding
offshore during the day.
|
|
| Oct.24th |
|
Two Porpoises were feeding
offshore during the morning.
|
|
| Oct.22nd |
|
One Porpoise was feeding
offshore during the morning.
|
|
| Oct.18th |
|
Two Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Oct.17th |
|
Two Porpoises were feeding
offshore and the third dead Hedgehog in as many days was found
on the road.
|
|
| Oct.16th |
|
Two Porpoises were feeding
offshore and a second dead Hedgehog was found at the northern end of the recording area.
|
|
| Oct.14th |
|
A dead Hedgehog was found
on the road at the northern end of the recording area.
|
|
| Oct.13th |
|
Two Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| Oct.12th |
|
Two Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| Oct.9th |
|
One Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| Oct.8th |
|
One Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| Oct.7th |
|
A Porpoise and a Grey Seal
were seen.
|
|
| Oct.5th |
|
Two Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| Oct.2nd |
|
One Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| Oct.1st |
|
Two Porpoises and a Grey
Seal were seen.
|
|
| Sep.30th |
|
Two Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| Sep.28th |
|
A Grey Seal was
seen.
|
|
| Sep.27th |
|
Only one Porpoise was
seen.
|
|
| Sep.25th |
|
Four Porpoises
were feeding offshore.
|
|
| Sep.24th |
|
Four Porpoises
were feeding offshore.
|
|
| Sep.23rd |
|
At least six Porpoises
were feeding offshore.
|
|
| Sep.22nd |
|
A Bottle-nosed Dolphin
gave some very close views during the day and there
were four Porpoises feeding offshore.
|
|
| Sep.21st |
|
At least seven Porpoises
were feeding offshore.
|
|
| Sep.20th |
|
At least five Porpoises
were feeding offshore.
|
|
| Sep.19th |
|
At least six Porpoises
were feeding offshore.
|
|
| Sep.18th |
|
At least five Porpoises
were feeding offshore.
|
|
| Sep.17th |
|
At least ten Porpoises
were feeding offshore.
|
|
| Sep.16th |
|
Four Porpoises and
a Grey Seal were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Sep.15th |
|
One Porpoise was feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Sep.14th |
|
Five Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Sep.13th |
|
Another new highest count of
at least 22 Porpoises feeding
offshore in the evening.
|
|
| Sep.12th |
|
A new high count of 18 Porpoises were feeding
offshore in the evening.
|
|
| Sep.11th |
|
Six Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Sep.10th |
|
Six Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Sep.9th |
|
At least six Porpoises and
a Grey Seal were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Sep.8th |
|
Porpoise numbers appear to
be building up with at least 17 animals feeding close
inshore and often giving excellent views throughout
the day.
|
|
| Sep.7th |
|
At least 12 Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Sep.6th |
|
Eight Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Sep.5th |
|
At least seven Porpoises and
a Grey Seal were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Sep.4th |
|
At least six Porpoises and
a Grey Seal were feeding
offshore and a Brown Hare was also seen in the area.
|
|
| Sep.3rd |
|
At least ten Porpoises were feeding
offshore and a Brown Hare was also seen.
|
|
| Sep.2nd |
|
Four Porpoises were feeding
offshore and a Brown Hare was also seen.
|
|
| Sep.1st |
|
One Porpoise was feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Aug.31st |
|
One Porpoise was feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Aug.30th |
|
Six Porpoises
and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore again.
|
|
| Aug.28th |
|
Two Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Aug.27th |
|
One Porpoise was feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Aug.24th |
|
Three Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Aug.23rd |
|
At least seven Porpoises
and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore again.
|
|
| Aug.22nd |
|
Three Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Aug.21st |
|
At least five Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Aug.20th |
|
At least five Porpoises
and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore again.
|
|
| Aug.19th |
|
At least five Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Aug.18th |
|
Two Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| Aug.17th |
|
At least five Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Aug.15th |
|
One Porpoise was feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Aug.12th |
|
At least two Porpoises
and a Grey Seal were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Aug.11th |
|
At least ten Porpoises were feeding
offshore during the afternoon.
|
|
| Aug.10th |
|
Six Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Aug.9th |
|
At least three Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Aug.8th |
|
At least six Porpoises
and a Grey Seal were feeding
offshore.

Grey
Seal
|
|
| Aug.7th |
|
At least ten Porpoises were feeding
offshore during the afternoon.
|
|
| Aug.6th |
|
At least three Porpoises
and a Grey Seal were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Aug.5th |
|
At least three Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Aug.4th |
|
Five Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| Aug.3rd |
|
Two Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| Aug.2nd |
|
Two Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| Aug.1st |
|
Two Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| July
31st |
|
At least ten Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| July
29th |
|
At least four Porpoises
and a Grey Seal were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| July
28th |
|
At least three Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| July
27th |
|
A very young Hare was seen
today.
|
|
| July
26th |
|
At least four Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| July
25th |
|
At least five Porpoises
and a Grey Seal were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| July
24th |
|
At least five Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| July
23rd |
|
Four Porpoises were feeding offshore.
|
|
| July
22nd |
|
At least nine Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| July
21st |
|
Four Porpoises were feeding offshore.
There was a dead Badger
on the roadside at the north end of the recording
area.
|
|
| July
20th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| July
19th |
|
Three Porpoises were feeding offshore.
|
|
| July
18th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| July
15th |
|
Eight Porpoise were feeding offshore.
|
|
| July
14th |
|
One Porpoise was feeding offshore.
|
|
| July
13th |
|
One Porpoise was feeding offshore.
|
|
| July
12th |
|
One Porpoise was feeding offshore.
|
|
| July
11th |
|
One Porpoise was feeding offshore.
|
|
| July
10th |
|
Two Porpoises were feeding offshore.
|
|
| July
9th |
|
One Porpoise was feeding offshore.
|
|
| July
6th |
|
One Porpoise was feeding offshore.
|
|
| July
5th |
|
Two Porpoises were feeding offshore.
|
|
| July
4th |
|
Three Porpoises were feeding offshore.
|
|
| July
3rd |
|
Two Porpoises were feeding offshore.
|
|
| July
2nd |
|
Two Porpoises were feeding offshore.
|
|
| July
1st |
|
Three Porpoises were feeding offshore.
|
|
| June
29th |
|
One Porpoise was feeding offshore.
|
|
| June
27th |
|
Two Porpoises
were feeding offshore again.
|
|
| June
26th |
|
Two Porpoises
were feeding offshore again.
|
|
| June
25th |
|
Two Porpoises
were seen.
|
|
| June
24th |
|
Two Porpoises
were seen.
|
|
| June
23rd |
|
Four Porpoises
were seen.
|
|
| June
22nd |
|
Two Porpoise, a male Grey Seal
and three Brown Hares were seen.
|
|
| June
21st |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| June
18th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| June
17th |
|
A Grey Seal was seen.
|
|
| June
14th |
|
One Porpoise and a Brown
Hare were seen.
|
|
| June
9th |
|
Three Porpoise were seen.
|
|
| June
7th |
|
A Porpoise and a Grey Seal
were seen.
|
|
| June
6th |
|
A Porpoise and two Brown
Hares were seen.
|
|
| June
1st |
|
Two Porpoise were seen.
|
|
| May
31st |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| May
30th |
|
One Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| May
29th |
|
Two Porpoise were seen.
|
|
| May
28th |
|
A Grey Seal, three
Porpoises and a Brown Hare were seen.
|
|
| May
27th |
|
Four Brown Hares were seen.
|
|
| May
26th |
|
Two Porpoise were seen.
|
|
| May
25th |
|
Five Porpoise were seen.
|
|
| May
24th |
|
Five Porpoise and a Brown
Hare
were seen.
|
|
| May
23rd |
|
Six Porpoise and two Brown Hares
were seen.
|
|
| May
22nd |
|
Five Porpoise and a Brown
Hare
were seen.
|
|
| May
21st |
|
Three Porpoises and two Brown Hares
were seen.
|
|
| May
20th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| May
19th |
|
A Porpoise and a Brown Hare
were seen.
|
|
| May
18th |
|
A Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| May
17th |
|
At least eight Porpoises and a Brown Hare
were seen.
|
|
| May
16th |
|
Two Porpoises and a Brown Hare
were seen.
|
|
| May
15th |
|
A Porpoise and a Brown Hare
were seen.
|
|
| May
12th |
|
Two Porpoises were
feeding offshore during the day.
|
|
| May
11th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| May
10th |
|
At least three Porpoises were
feeding close inshore during the afternoon.
|
|
| May
4th |
|
The now regular six or so Porpoises were
feeding close inshore throughout the day. A Brown Hare
was also seen.
|
|
| May
3rd |
|
The now regular six or so Porpoises were
feeding close inshore throughout the day.
|
|
| May
2nd |
|
At least six Porpoises were
feeding close inshore throughout the day.
|
|
| May
1st |
|
At least six Porpoises were
feeding close inshore throughout the day.
|
|
| Apr.30th |
|
At least six Porpoises were
feeding close inshore throughout the day.
|
|
| Apr.29th |
|
At least six Porpoises were
feeding close inshore.
|
|
| Apr.28th |
|
At least six Porpoises were
feeding close inshore.
|
|
| Apr.27th |
|
At least 12 Porpoises were
feeding close inshore.
|
|
| Apr.24th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Apr.23rd |
|
Three Porpoises were seen
offshore and was found dead on the beach.
|
|
| Apr.22nd |
|
At least four Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| Apr.21st |
|
A Porpoise and a Brown Hare
were seen and more unusually, a Badger was also noted.
|
|
| Apr.19th |
|
Three Porpoises and a Brown Hare
were seen.
|
|
| Apr.18th |
|
A Porpoise and a Brown Hare
were seen.
|
|
| Apr.17th |
|
One Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| Apr.16th |
|
Three Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| Apr.13th |
|
At least ten Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| Apr.12th |
|
At least four Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| Apr.11th |
|
Three Porpoises were seen.
|
|
| Apr.8th |
|
Three Porpoises and a Brown Hare
were seen.
|
|
| Apr.7th |
|
A Porpoise and a Brown Hare
were seen again.
|
|
| Apr.6th |
|
Two Porpoises and a Brown Hare
were seen.
|
|
| Apr.5th |
|
Four Porpoises and a Brown Hare
were seen.
|
|
| Apr.4th |
|
A Porpoise and a Brown Hare
were seen again.
|
|
| Apr.3rd |
|
A Porpoise and a Brown Hare
were seen.
|
|
| Apr.2nd |
|
One Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Apr.1st |
|
One Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Mar.31st |
|
One Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Mar.30th |
|
One Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Mar.28th |
|
One Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Mar.24th |
|
Two Brown Hares were seen.
|
|
| Mar.23rd |
|
One Porpoise was feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Mar.21st |
|
Two Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Mar.20th |
|
One Porpoise was feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Mar.19th |
|
One Porpoise was feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Mar.18th |
|
One Porpoise was feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Mar.16th |
|
One Porpoise was feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Mar.14th |
|
Two Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Mar.13th |
|
Two Porpoises were feeding
offshore.
|
|
| Mar.11th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Mar.10th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen
again.
|
|
| Mar.9th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Mar.8th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen in the
evening.
|
|
| Mar.6th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen during the
morning.
|
|
| Mar.4th |
|
A Brown Hare and a Common
Seal were seen during the day.
|
|
| Mar.2nd |
|
Two Porpoises were seen in
the morning.
|
|
| Feb.28th |
|
A Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| Feb.17th |
|
A Porpoise was seen.
|
|
| Feb.15th |
|
A dead Badger was found
on the roadside at the Long Pits.
|
|
| Jan.26th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Jan.23rd |
|
A
Common Seal was seen offshore. |
|
| Jan.22nd |
|
Four Brown Hares were
seen in the evening.
|
|
| Jan.16th |
|
A Porpoise was seen during the
morning.
|
|
| Jan.11th |
|
A
Common Seal was seen offshore. |
|
| Jan.10th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
| Jan.5th |
|
A
Grey Seal was seen offshore. |
|
| Jan.4th |
|
A Brown Hare was seen.
|
|
|
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