Sea Watch Foundation Marine Megafauna Sightings: 1971 to present
Citation
Sea Watch Foundation non effort-related sightings database. Accessed on –INSERT DATE-. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/8818
Contact:
The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (MBA-DASSH), more ;
Availability:
 This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Description
The Sea Watch Foundation has been collecting both effort-based and non-effort-based sightings data of marine mammals and other megafauna since the late 1960s. The main area of coverage is the waters around Britain and Ireland but with some surveys elsewhere. Data come from platforms ranging from small to large vessels either on dedicated survey or platforms of opportunity, and from coastal land sites. Data collected include environmental conditions, marine traffic, and seabird associations. Sighting records come from all types of marine user from marine mammal biologists to citizen scientists and members of the public. All sightings are checked, and species ID validated from still or video images and/or descriptions, except in those cases where persons are known, experienced, observers. Scope Themes: Biology > Mammals Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Dolphins, European, Marine mammals, Porpoises, Sea turtles, Seals, Sharks, Visual observation, Whales, A, North Atlantic, Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788), Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758, Balaenoptera Lacépède, 1804, Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804, Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828, Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758), Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758), Cetacea, Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765), Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776), Delphinidae Gray, 1821, Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758, Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761), Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776), Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846, Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809), Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812), Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791), Hyperoodon (Hyperoodon) ampullatus (Forster, 1770), Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838), Kogia sima (Owen, 1866), Lagenorhynchus Gray, 1846, Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray, 1828), Lagenorhynchus albirostris Gray, 1846, Lamna Cuvier, 1816, Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781), Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850, Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804), Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758), Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758), Pagophilus groenlandicus (Erxleben, 1777), Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846), Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758, Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758), Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758, Pinnipedia, Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758), Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846), Selachii, Sphyrnidae Bonaparte, 1840, Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833), Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821), Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823 Geographical coverage A, North Atlantic Stations
[Marine Regions] station Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: -11,16; MinLat: 49,01 - MaxLong: 2,5; MaxLat: 61 [WGS84] Temporal coverage
20 February 1971 - 30 December 2024 Taxonomic coverage
Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788) [WoRMS]
Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Balaenoptera Lacépède, 1804 [WoRMS]
Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 [WoRMS]
Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828 [WoRMS]
Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Cetacea [WoRMS]
Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765) [WoRMS]
Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776) [WoRMS]
Delphinidae Gray, 1821 [WoRMS]
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) [WoRMS]
Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776) [WoRMS]
Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846 [WoRMS]
Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809) [WoRMS]
Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812) [WoRMS]
Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791) [WoRMS]
Hyperoodon (Hyperoodon) ampullatus (Forster, 1770) [WoRMS]
Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838) [WoRMS]
Kogia sima (Owen, 1866) [WoRMS]
Lagenorhynchus Gray, 1846 [WoRMS]
Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray, 1828) [WoRMS]
Lagenorhynchus albirostris Gray, 1846 [WoRMS]
Lamna Cuvier, 1816 [WoRMS]
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) [WoRMS]
Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850 [WoRMS]
Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804) [WoRMS]
Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Pagophilus groenlandicus (Erxleben, 1777) [WoRMS]
Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846) [WoRMS]
Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Pinnipedia [WoRMS]
Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846) [WoRMS]
Selachii [WoRMS]
Sphyrnidae Bonaparte, 1840 [WoRMS]
Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833) [WoRMS]
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) [WoRMS]
Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823 [WoRMS]
Contributors
Data type: Data
Release date: 2025-03-05
Metadatarecord created: 2025-04-15
Information last updated: 2025-04-15
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