Harbour Porpoise Spotted on the River
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These photographs were taken by Scott Clayton on 9th May 2017 from Pickerings Pasture. He watch the porpoise for over an hour.
Thanks for the excellent photos. |
© Scott Clayton
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© Scott Clayton
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A harbour porpoise was stranded at Pickerings Pasture on 26th October 2016. For further details see: http://www.thefriendsofpickeringspasture.org.uk/harbour-porpoise-updated.html.
We received an email from Neil Head and some photographs of his sightings of harbour porpoise on the river on 31st July 2015. An edited version of his email is below:
Photos © Neil Head
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Photos © Neil Head
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Photo © Neil Head
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The smaller porpoise can be seen quite clearly. © Neil Head
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I'm an amateur photographer whose main interest is taking pictures of
ships sailing up and down the Mersey - mostly from the Wirral side where I
live.
Very occasionally, I come across other interesting sights and events. Yesterday, I saw and photographed what I thought at the time might have been dolphins, but having reviewed the photos, look more like porpoises. There was definitely an adult and a smaller baby, plus probably a second adult - although I could not be certain of this, as on no occasion did all three surface simultaneously.
The light quality was mediocre and they were a long way off - mid river between the upper car park of Eastham country park where I was shooting from and Grassendale - Otterspool - so I guess, about a mile away. The first photo is full size to provide a sense of overall scale and the remainder cropped to provide a closer view. It was close to being high tide and they were moving at a very leisurely pace down river.
I hope these are of interest - I'm out and about most days, and this is the first time I've seen porpoises - seals being slightly more common of which I guess I get a couple of sightings every summer.
Neil Head
Thanks to Neil for his excellent shots.
Very occasionally, I come across other interesting sights and events. Yesterday, I saw and photographed what I thought at the time might have been dolphins, but having reviewed the photos, look more like porpoises. There was definitely an adult and a smaller baby, plus probably a second adult - although I could not be certain of this, as on no occasion did all three surface simultaneously.
The light quality was mediocre and they were a long way off - mid river between the upper car park of Eastham country park where I was shooting from and Grassendale - Otterspool - so I guess, about a mile away. The first photo is full size to provide a sense of overall scale and the remainder cropped to provide a closer view. It was close to being high tide and they were moving at a very leisurely pace down river.
I hope these are of interest - I'm out and about most days, and this is the first time I've seen porpoises - seals being slightly more common of which I guess I get a couple of sightings every summer.
Neil Head
Thanks to Neil for his excellent shots.
