Picture of freak claw from Brighton . The first Humpback Whale , Megaptera novaeangliae , sighting of the year for the Shetland Isles is reported off Sumburgh Head with 6 White-sided Dolphins , Lagenorhynchus acutus . Shetland News Web Site 19 April. A bull Killer Whale , Orcinus orca , is seen off Haroldswick, Unst, Shetland Isles. A Tornado is caught on film off the coast of Fraserburgh, NE Scotland, as the rest of the country suffers a cold spell, with snow and temperatures in the whole of the UK down to freezing point at night.
Cetacean sightings are infrequent off the Sussex coast.
They do not occur every year and dolphins have returned after an absence. Click on the titles to access the web sites. You 'orrible little shellfish Ormering in Guernsey. This book is the latest in the excellent new series by Collins on various subjects of the natural world. The amount of accurate information packed into its 288 pages is astounding and it is a very good book to read to get informed about whales, dolphins and porpoises throughout the world.