The white beaked dolphin can be considered a very British species. Globally, it occurs only in the North Atlantic with particularly important populations in NW Europe (c. 16,500 estimated in July 2005), mainly in the North Sea, around Scotland, Iceland and southern Greenland. There is
Public awareness of UK cetaceans is paramount to their conservation and we’re always trying to reach people to tell them all about the wealth of whales, dolphins and porpoises around our isles and to inform them of conservation issues too. We have a network of Regional Coordinat
Next time you’re out on a sandy beach looking for big marine mammals, why not take a few minutes to hunt for something a bit smaller… you’ll have to look very closely and carefully, but the likelihood is that they will be there – camouflaged, elusive, but sadly common on our beaches: