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Common Dolphin, Treshnish
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Mull
A Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) jumping off Treshnish, Atlantic Ocean off Mull
24 May 2008
Kylie the Common Dolphin jumping, Largs Channel
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Kylie the Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) jumping in the wake of PS Waverley in the Largs Channel off Keppel, Great Cumbrae
23 August 2020
Common dolphin and a Harbour porpoise, Firth of Clyde
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) and Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) swimming together in the Firth of Clyde. The dolphin has a larger curved, swept back dorsal fin and the porpoise has a small, almost equilateral triangular fin. In the background is Portencross Castle on the coast of North Ayrshire.
23 July 2010
Common dolphin in the Minch off Gairloch
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Wester Ross - Gairloch
Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) jumping in the Minch off Big Sand, Gairloch
26 June 2019
Common dolphin in the Minch off Gairloch
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Wester Ross - Gairloch
Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) jumping in the Minch off Big Sand, Gairloch
26 June 2019
Common dolphins in the Minch off Gairloch
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Wester Ross - Gairloch
Common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) jumping in the Minch off Gairloch
26 June 2019
Harbour porpoise in the Minch off Gairloch
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Wester Ross - Gairloch
Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the Minch off Gairloch. Look for the very short triangular shape of the dorsal fin to distinguish it from a dolphin, the fin of which is longer. A porpoise also comes up and disappears again very quickly, to re-emerge in a different place, whereas a dolphin is more predictable in its direction of travel, and stays up for a bit longer.
26 June 2019
Northern Minke whale in the Minch, with Red Cuillin
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Wester Ross - Gairloch
Northern Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) in the Minch off Gairloch, with the Red Cuillin of Skye in the background. The Minke whale is distinguished from a dolphin by its long body emerging slowly from the water.
26 June 2019
Common dolphins in the Minch off Gairloch
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Wester Ross - Gairloch
Common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) jumping in the Minch off Gairloch
26 June 2019
Bottlenose dolphin, Loch Nevis
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Invernessshire - Loch Nevis and Inverie
Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) jumping in Loch Nevis
