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Irrawaddy Dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris)

on the Irrawaddy River, outside Mandalay, 2014.

These are tricky things to photograph because they don't jump, they just pop up for a couple of seconds to breathe and disappear, and there is no way to know where they are going to surface next. These are pretty much the best photos I got. Fantastic creatures!
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on the Irrawaddy River, outside Mandalay, 2014.

These are tricky things to photograph because they don\'t jump, they just pop up for a couple of seconds to breathe and disappear, and there is no way to know where they are going to surface next. These are pretty much the best photos I got. Fantastic creatures!
 
TeaLovingDave
You are, of course, a complete and utter lucky bastard :D
 
Chlidonias
I am indeed. Funny thing though, NZ is pretty much the cetacean capital of the world and Irrawaddy Dolphin was only my eighth species I have seen in the wild. Erm, number nine was Ganges Dolphin..... even worse photos were obtained of those!
 
TeaLovingDave
Chlidonias said:
I am indeed. Funny thing though, NZ is pretty much the cetacean capital of the world and Irrawaddy Dolphin was only my eighth species I have seen in the wild. Erm, number nine was Ganges Dolphin..... even worse photos were obtained of those!
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My wild total is only slightly less :) so that is some consolation.
 
TeaLovingDave
Along with various dolphin sightings I haven't been able to pin down to a species, I have seen:

Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) - Northern coastline of the Isle of Skye, near Staffin - 2010

Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) - Numerous locations on Scottish and Northumberland coastline over the years.

Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus) - Numerous locations on NW Scottish coastline over the years.

Shortbeaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) - two definite sightings: on ferry between Mallaig and Armadale (Skye) in 2010, in Firth of Clyde near northern coast of Isle of Arran in 2011.

Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) - Numerous occasions in the waters around the Isle of Skye.

Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) - one sighting of a living beached whale, which died shortly after I arrived, at Beadnell in 2010. One brief sighting off the southwest coast of Skye in 2001.

And the sighting with which I am most pleased.... Cuvier's Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris) - one sighting when on a boat off the coast of Skye, sailing from Elgol to Loch Coruisk, in 1999.
 
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TeaLovingDave said:
Along with various dolphin sightings I haven't been able to pin down to a species, I have seen:

Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) - Northern coastline of the Isle of Skye, near Staffin - 2010

Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) - Numerous locations on Scottish and Northumberland coastline over the years.

Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus) - Numerous locations on NW Scottish coastline over the years.

Shortbeaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) - two definite sightings: on ferry between Mallaig and Armadale (Skye) in 2010, in Firth of Clyde near northern coast of Isle of Arran in 2011.

Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) - Numerous occasions in the waters around the Isle of Skye.

Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) - one sighting of a living beached whale, which died shortly after I arrived, at Beadnell in 2010. One brief sighting off the southwest coast of Skye in 2001.

And the sighting with which I am most pleased.... Cuvier's Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris) - one sighting when on a boat off the coast of Skye, sailing from Elgol to Loch Coruisk, in 1999.
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Curvier's beaked whale and Ganges river dolphin...... You two who will envy who?
 
Jackwow
TeaLovingDave said:
Along with various dolphin sightings I haven't been able to pin down to a species, I have seen:

Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) - Northern coastline of the Isle of Skye, near Staffin - 2010

Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) - Numerous locations on Scottish and Northumberland coastline over the years.

Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus) - Numerous locations on NW Scottish coastline over the years.

Shortbeaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) - two definite sightings: on ferry between Mallaig and Armadale (Skye) in 2010, in Firth of Clyde near northern coast of Isle of Arran in 2011.

Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) - Numerous occasions in the waters around the Isle of Skye.

Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) - one sighting of a living beached whale, which died shortly after I arrived, at Beadnell in 2010. One brief sighting off the southwest coast of Skye in 2001.

And the sighting with which I am most pleased.... Cuvier's Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris) - one sighting when on a boat off the coast of Skye, sailing from Elgol to Loch Coruisk, in 1999.
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Looks like Scotland is the cetacean capital of the world! :D
 

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