CODE ,COMMON NAME ,SCIENTIFIC NAME ,,KNOTS,BEAUFORT,,SITE CODE,SITE NAME,,BEHAVIOUR CODE,BEHAVIOUR,,VISIBILITY CODE,VISIBILITY IN KM
HP ,Harbour porpoise ,Phocoena phocoena ,,<1,0,,K,Kells,,TR,travelling,,1,<1
BD ,Bottlenose dolphin ,Tursiops truncatus ,, 1-3,1,,GM,Geokaun Mountain (Valentia Island),,FO,foraging/feeding (usually in connection with birds feeding),,2, 1-5
SD ,Striped dolphin ,Stenella coeruleoalba ,, 4-6,2,,BH,Bray Head (Valentia Island),,M,milling,,3, 6-10
CD ,Common dolphin ,Delphinus delphis ,, 7-10,3,,BON,"Bolus North (Ducalla car park, facing west)",,PO,porpoising (associated with fast travel),,4, 11-15
WB ,White-beaked dolphin ,Lagenorhyncus albirostris ,, 11-16,4,,BOS,"Bolus South (at the old school, facing south)",,B ,breaching,,5,16-20
WS ,White-sided dolphin ,L. acutus ,,17-21,5,,HHN,"Hog's Head North (side of the road, facing Ballinskelligs Bay)",,BR,bow-riding,,6,>20
RD ,Risso’s dolphin ,Grampus griseus ,,22-27,6,,HHS,Hog's Head South (small car park passed watch tower),,TS,tail-slapping,,,
CS ,CD or SD , ,,28-33,7,,LH ,Lamb's Head (WW2 look out),,TF,tail-fluking,,,
LC ,White-sided or common dolphin , ,,34-40,8,,CO,Coomakista,,RO,rolling (typical porpoise behaviour),,,
DP,Probably porpoise , ,,41-47,9,,CA,Glanbeg Beach (car park on side of the road),,SH,spy-hopping,,,
WW,WB or WS , ,,48-55,10,,GP,Gleesk Pier,,R,resting,,,
PD,"‘Patterned dolphin’ WB, WS, CD or SD ", ,,56-63,11,,TP,Tahilla Pier,,S,surfing,,,
UD,Unidentified dolphin , ,,>63,12,,,,,,,,,
KW ,Killer whale ,Orcinus orca ,,,,,,,,,,,,
FK ,False killer whale ,Pseudorca crassidens ,,,,,,,,,,,,
LF ,Long-finned pilot whale ,Globicephala melas ,,,,,,,,,,,,
SF ,Short-finned pilot whale ,Globicephala macrorhynchus ,,,,,,,,,,,,
LS ,Long or short finned pilot whale , ,,,,,,,,,,,,
BW ,Bottlenose whale ,Hyperoodon ampullatus ,,,,,,,,,,,,
SP ,Sperm whale ,Physeter macrocephalus ,,,,,,,,,,,,
FW ,Fin whale ,Balaenopetera physalus ,,,,,,,,,,,,
SW ,Sei whale ,Balaenopetera borealis ,,,,,,,,,,,,
MW ,Minke whale ,Balaenopetera acutorostrata ,,,,,,,,,,,,
HW ,Humpback whale ,Megaptera novaeangliae ,,,,,,,,,,,,
BB ,Blue whale ,Balaenoptera musculus ,,,,,,,,,,,,
RW ,Right whale ,Eubalaena glacialis ,,,,,,,,,,,,
CB ,Cuvier’s beaked whale ,Ziphius cavirostris ,,,,,,,,,,,,
SB ,Sowerby’s beaked whale ,Mesoplodon bidens ,,,,,,,,,,,,
TB ,True’s beaked whale ,Mesoplodon mirus ,,,,,,,,,,,,
UB ,Unidentified beaked whale , ,,,,,,,,,,,,
MB ,MW or BW , ,,,,,,,,,,,,
UM ,Unidentified mesoplodon , ,,,,,,,,,,,,
UW,Unidentified whale (blow) , ,,,,,,,,,,,,
UC,Unidentified cetacean,,,,,,,,,,,,,
SC,‘Small’ cetacean , ,,,,,,,,,,,,
MC,‘Medium’ cetacean , ,,,,,,,,,,,,
BC,‘Big’ cetacean , ,,,,,,,,,,,,
SL ,Unidentified seal ,Phocid ,,,,,,,,,,,,
HG ,Grey seal ,Halichoerus grypus ,,,,,,,,,,,,
PV ,Common seal ,Phoca vitulina ,,,,,,,,,,,,
WR,Walrus,Odobenus rosmarus,,,,,,,,,,,,
LH ,Loggerhead turtle ,Caretta caretta ,,,,,,,,,,,,
LT ,Leatherback turtle ,Dermochelys coriacea ,,,,,,,,,,,,
TU ,Unidentified turtle , ,,,,,,,,,,,,
BS ,Basking shark ,Cetorhinus maximus ,,,,,,,,,,,,
BL ,Blue shark ,Prionace glauca ,,,,,,,,,,,,
SH ,Unidentified shark , ,,,,,,,,,,,,
MM ,Sun fish ,Mola mola ,,,,,,,,,,,,
TF ,Yellow-finned Tuna ,Thunnus albacares ,,,,,,,,,,,,