SIGHTING RECORD #40584 |
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| Event Date | 22/05/2022 17:30 | |
| Duration | 20 mins | |
| Location | Seven Heads, Co. Cork | |
| Reported location | 51.4966966059923,-8.6439335346222 | |
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| Platform | Other vessel/unspecified vessel | |
| Species | Risso's dolphin | |
| Number seen | ||
| Min | 10 | |
| Best | 15 | |
| Max | 20 | |
| Group comprised (qty) | ||
| Adult | 8 | |
| Juveniles | 4 | |
| Calves | 2 | |
| Notes | Some individuals were much darker in colouration where as at least 4 individuals were very pale, white even visible underwater some were grey with alot of scratch marks and at least one adult very pale with a distinctive dorsal looked like a propeller strike . | |
| Known animals | - | |
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| Behaviour |
Feeding Milling Tail-fluking |
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| Direction of Travelling | N/A | |
| Environment | ||
| Sea state | Large wavelets. Crests begin to break. Some whitecaps. | |
| Swell | 1-2 m | |
| Wind force | 4: Moderate breeze | |
| Wind direction | SW | |
| Glare (°) | ||
| Visibility | 6-10 km | |
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| Precipitation (rain/fog) | ||
| Effort Watch | No | |
| Optics | none | |