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1 The North East Cetacean Project Dr Martin S. Kitching North East Regional Officer MARINElife

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3 Background to the NECP Regular pelagic trips into the North Sea since 1998 (NTBC trips since 1987) White-beaked Dolphins found in 2003, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 MARINElife project in Lyme Bay

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5 Why study White-beaked Dolphins? European Protected Species (Annexe IV, Habitats Directive) Favourable Conservation Status assessed every 6 years SCANS (1994) estimated 7856 for North Sea and Channel SCANS II (2005) estimated central/northern North Sea population as 10, Favourable with no significant future threats However...

6 Do we really know how many White-beaked Dolphins there are? Large confidence intervals in abundance estimates Local studies and wider distribution data suggest range contraction Vulnerable to climate change (rising sea temperature), habitat degradation, bycatch, overfishing of prey species, acoustic pollution, biocontamination

7 Survey method 3/4 observers (leader/photographer, cetaceans/effort data, ESAS, scribe) Effort data; position, heading, sea state, swell height, wind speed/direction, precipitation it isn t easy to write heavy snow when you re in a white-out

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10 Survey Work 6 boat-based surveys carried out during winter 2009/10, severely hampered by the weather Regular transect surveys on PV St Oswald in 2011/12/13, occasionally hampered by the weather Transect surveys of the Farne Deeps in August 2012 and March/April 2013

11 Transect design 2009/10

12 Transect surveys 2009/10

13 Farne Deeps transects 2012/13

14 Survey effort

15 Harbour Porpoise Most frequently recorded cetacean , 341 sightings Under-reported due to regular presence around the Farne Islands and Druridge Bay Sightings seem to be on a steep downslide at Whitburn

16 Harbour Porpoise Adrian Shephard

17 Casual sightings (NECP database)

18 Sightings from boat surveys

19 Bottlenose Dolphin Second most frequently recorded cetacean , 133 sightings First recorded in north east England records prior to 2000

20 Bottlenose Dolphin Adrian Shephard

21 Casual sightings (NECP database)

22 Minke Whale Third most frequently recorded cetacean ; 53 sightings, 69 animals

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24 A wanderer? Outer Hebrides, May 2008 Dunstanburgh, September 2008

25 Casual sightings (NECP database)

26 Relative sightings rate by month casual sightings Minke whale March April May June July August September October November

27 White-beaked Dolphin Fourth most frequently recorded cetacean , 43 sightings 279 animals

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31 Casual sightings (NECP database)

32 Relative sightings rate casual sightings White - beaked dolphin

33 Relative sightings rate Farne Islands White-beaked dolphin

34 Sightings during transect surveys (excl. Mar/Apr 13)

35 Farne Deeps sightings Mar/Apr 2013

36 Casual sightings

37 White-beaked Dolphin abundance (all data)

38 Photo-Identification Blyth, 29/07/11 St Mary s Island 26/07/13

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40 Risso s Dolphin Fifth most frequently recorded cetacean , 6 sightings of 20 animals 13 sightings in total for north east England First English east coast record was as recent as 1996 Calves seen near the Farne Islands in 2006 and 2007 Recorded on NECP transect survey October 2013

41 Casual sightings (NECP database)

42 Common Dolphin 6 records of animals ; July/August 2004 (Cullercoats), July 2009 (Tynemouth), February 2010 (Farne Deeps), March 2010 (Farne Deeps) 2 animals 1nm E of Beadnell June 2013, 2 animals south past Tynemouth July 2013

43 Common Dolphin Adrian Shephard

44 Sightings during boat surveys

45 Killer Whale 4 records of 5 animals ; November 2004 (Tynemouth), September 2005 (Tynemouth), December 2006 (Hartlepool), August 2008 (Druridge Bay) Only 17 additional records for north east England from Recorded from pelagic trip off Boulmer August 2013 This doesn t tally well with anecdotal evidence available by a quick search of the internet

46 Orca Adrian Shephard

47 Casual sightings (NECP database)

48 Long-finned Pilot Whale 2 sightings , March 2007 (Blyth) and March 2009 (Cresswell) May occur regularly in the North Sea Pod of 63 killed at Shoreston, 29/07/1734 Three records of live strandings

49 Humpback Whale 4 sightings ; 07/09/06 (Hartlepool), 07/09/09 (Lindisfarne), 13/09/09 (Longstone, Farne Islands), 19/09/09 (Newton Point) Whitburn 01/01/11, Whitburn 06-07/08/11, Whitburn and Cresswell 03/08/13

50 Sperm Whale 2 sightings ; 2004 (Farne Islands), 03/04/08 (Whitburn) Tideline corpse Beadnell, January 2010 One feeding with Gannets 2miles E of Cresswell 31/05/12

51 Striped Dolphin Live stranded calf at Whitley Bay, April 2006 Strandings also at Blyth (October 1991), Seaburn (December 1999), Dunstanburgh (April 2003)

52 White-sided Dolphin 1 sighting , July 2007 (Sunderland) 5 tideline corpses between ; Amble (December 1990), Beadnell Bay (2, September 1993), Old Law (July 1994), St Mary s Island (April 1994)

53 Sei Whale One record, June 2009 (Cresswell) One stranded Amble, February 1912 One stranded, Druridge Bay, September 2012

54 The stuff of dreams... Beluga South Shields 1903, Hadston 1988, Co. Durham late 80s/early 90s Northern Bottle-nosed Whale Hartley 1744, River Tyne 1857, Blyth 1914, Seal Sands 1958 Fin Whale Holy Island 1810, 1831, Amble 1915 Bowhead Whale Tynemouth 1532, Newbiggin 1869 False Killer Whale Berwick upon Tweed 1935, Beal 1935 Sowerby s Beaked Whale West Hartlepool 1940, Whitburn 1978, Holy Island 2006

55 The future Completion of the Northumberland Whitebeaked Dolphin photo-id catalogue New collaborative projects Marine Mammal and Seabird Surveyor Training Courses with the Wildlife Trusts Further surveys of the Farne Deeps

56 Acknowledgements Natural England, Northumberland & Tyneside Bird Club, National Trust, Northumberland Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority, North Sea Wildlife Trusts, Berwickshire and North Northumberland EMS, ORCA Dr Colin McLeod, University of Aberdeen Dr Tom Brereton, MARINElife Rob Deaville, CSIP Allan Skinner/SarahJFK Dennis Harrison/Shokwave William Shiel/Glad Tidings The NECP volunteers All of you for listening

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