24th January 1pm 1 Harbour Porpoise Balchladich bay
14th February 1pm 1 Harbour Porpoise Stoer Lighthouse
9th April 2 Harbour Porpoises Clachtoll
10th April 1 Minke Whale Stoer Lighthouse
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Whale and Dolphin Sightings in West Sutherland 2011 15th April Dead Sperm Whale, Kervaig Beach, Cape Wrath 24th April 1 Harbour Porpoise Stoer bay 25th April 4 Bottlenose Dolphins Reiff Continue reading Cetacean records 2011 Fin whale stranding at Raffin On Tuesday 30thOctober 2007 a Fin Whale washed up on the rocky shoreline at Raffin, less than two kilometres south of the lighthouse at Stoer in Assynt, West Sutherland. It was a female, measured 19.95m long (over 65 feet) and was estimated to be over 50 tonnes. According to Bob Reid from the Wildlife Unit of the Scottish Agricultural College Veterinary Services in Inverness, it had probably died less than 36 hours previously. There had been strong westerly winds the previous few days which is nothing exceptional to this area. Fin Whale washed up in the surf at Raffin A post mortem carried out on site by Bob Reid on 31st October showed the whale to have been a young female in good condition. No information about its diet could be obtained from its stomach content as it was full of sea water. There Continue reading Fin Whale washed up at Raffin 2007 Whale and Dolphin Sightings in West Sutherland 2010 Date Time Species Location 11thApril 14.00 1 Killer Whale Culkein, Stoer 13th April 15.00 2 Harbour Porpoise Clachtoll bay Continue reading Cetacean Records 2010 1st Jan 3 unidentified dolphins Clashnessie
15th April 12.00 2 Harbour Porpoises Stoer lighthouse 29th April 15.00 1 unidentified dolphin Stoer lighthouse Continue reading Cetacean records 2009 15th Mar 1 Killer Whale DEAD at Sandwood Bay (reported, tooth sample taken) 5th May 11.10hrs 1 Minke whale Stoer lighthouse 5th May 19.00hrs 1 Minke whale Culkein, Drumbeg Continue reading Cetacean Record 2008 31st Jan 14.30hrs 1 Atlantic White-sided dead at Balchladich beach 14 Feb 14.00hrs 1 Atlantic White-sided dead at Loch Eriboll
2nd April 11.00hrs 1 Killer Whale Scouriemore, Continue reading Cetacean Record 2007 18th April 18.00hrs 2 Killer Whales Scouriemore 20th April 16.30hrs 1 Minke Whale Handa Sound 21st April 13.00hrs 2 Porpoises Rhu Coigach 6th May 12.00hrs 2 Porpoises Stoer Lighthouse Continue reading Cetacean Records 2006 The last couple of weeks in April the sea seem to have been alive with plankton and in particular copepods. 5th April I unidentified whale Handa Island 23 April 5 Minke Whales Stoer Lighthouse 24th April 2 minke Whales Handa Island Continue reading Cetacean Records 2005 July 2004 Early in the year the sea went that turquoise colour indicative of an blue-green algae bloom. Some of the fisherman reported exceptional numbers of tiny fish and other larvae as well as huge numbers of jellyfish. Anglers reported lots of mackerel inshore presumably attracted by all the food. July was an exceptional month here for cetacean sightings. A pods of 40-50 Bottlenose Dolphins were seen by many people in Lochinver bay and followed by a kayaker from Stoer point to Achmelvich bay. But there also lots of Killer Whale sightings, including a pod of 50 out from Clachtoll.
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