Observations in the Species: Phocoena phocoena
English Name: Common Porpoise or Harbour Porpoise
By: Mark at Magdalen
Observed on: 4th June 2013
Added to iSpot: 14th June 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 1
Location: Weymouth beachLat/Lng: 50.609552159174, -2.4512386322021
OS grid ref: SY681789
sandy beach next to a shallow sandy bay
Close Observed on: 6th April 2013
Added to iSpot: 6th April 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 6
Comments: 6
Description: freshly washed up and about to be removed by council
By: lemybeck
Observed on: 2nd December 2012
Added to iSpot: 23rd February 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 1
Description: about a metre long
By: lb2668
Observed on: 15th November 2012
Added to iSpot: 27th November 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 9
Comments: 4
By: lb2668
Observed on: 16th October 2012
Added to iSpot: 17th October 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 6
Comments: 0
By: piggehwoo
Observed on: 2nd June 2012
Added to iSpot: 5th June 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 4
By: wmccauley
Observed on: 5th March 2012
Added to iSpot: 6th March 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 1
Description: 100cm long, though tail missing. Dorsal fin and many of the vertabrae missing, probably due to ship strike.
By: Benboncan
Observed on: 29th September 2011
Added to iSpot: 18th October 2011
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 7
Comments: 5
Description: A small,black and white Cetacean.The 'collar' around the neck is an intestine that originates in a hole underneath the body. The lens cap is 58mm in diam.
Can anyone identify this please?
By: Barnowl99
Observed on: 24th August 2011
Added to iSpot: 24th August 2011
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 2
Comments: 1
By: Niamh1971
Observed on: 28th June 2011
Added to iSpot: 28th June 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: A pod of 4 Porpoise. Likely to be Harbour Porpoise, given known distrubution.
By: shrike07
Observed on: 16th April 2011
Added to iSpot: 18th April 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 5
Comments: 0
By: JonathanWallace
Observed on: 5th March 2005
Added to iSpot: 15th April 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 6
Comments: 1
Description: Occasionally we see porpoises off the Northumberland coast. Sadly this one was washed up dead on the shore.
Location: Blackhead, Co. AntrimLat/Lng: 54.76, -5.70
OS grid ref: NW6247
Sea cliffs where Belfast Lough meets the North Channel
Close Observed on: 8th April 2011
Added to iSpot: 9th April 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 0
Description: Some of a group of 5-6 porpoises feeding in the eddies created behind the point by the outgoing tidal stream. Present for 2 hours (and still there when I left).
By: Ivan Felton-Glenn
Location: Balcary cliffs Lat/Lng: 54.8185, -3.8335
OS grid ref: NX822486
seen hunting along base of cliffs at low tide around 11.30am good weather dry sunny very calm sea.
Close Observed on: 24th March 2011
Added to iSpot: 24th March 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
By: squirrel
Observed on: 23rd August 2010
Added to iSpot: 26th August 2010
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 1
Description: sad to find this which i guess is a young Harbour porpoise about 75cm length
By: pg333
Observed on: 8th August 2010
Added to iSpot: 26th August 2010
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 5
By: Field Herper
Observed on: 11th August 2010
Added to iSpot: 12th August 2010
Identifications: 3
Agreements: 3
Comments: 5
Description: Found on the tide line on the West beach at Silloth
By: j.tweedie
Location: MullLat/Lng: 56.67, -6.23
OS grid ref: NM4161
Close Observed on: 30th May 2003
Added to iSpot: 12th March 2010
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 5
Comments: 2
Observed on: 7th November 2009
Added to iSpot: 16th November 2009
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 4
Description: Two adult porpoises in a normal slow swim. The forward animal shows the normal roll through the water while breathing, while the rearward shows arching of the tail stock before the dive.
