
Breaching Gervais beaked whale, at sea 200 miles west of Morocco and not on the res!

It has been rather quiet recently with few sightings of note and I have also been away. The highlight was a fly through Osprey on the 28th August. There were also up to four Spotted Flycatchers at the end of the month, some juvs indicating breeding success. On the 17th September a Hobby and 2 Ravens were fly overs. The first Webs count took place on the 16th and over 700 birds were recorded. This included 235 Mallard and 147 Coot. Up to 5 Grey Wagtails have been at the out flow and today a juv. Blackbird was trying to eat a freas water Crayfish. The highlight of my recent vacation was the sighting of a Gervais Beaked Whale 200 miles off the Moroccan coast. This species is rarely recorded alive at sea.
Hi Andy
ReplyDeleteI saw your pic of the Gervais Beaked Whale off Morocco. I have just returned from Nigeria having seen a beaked whale breach which may have been this species. I just wondered what your impression was on first seeing it in terms of size, shape, colour & similarity to commoner cetacean species. Sean Minns (minnsfuji@yahoo.com)