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UK’s most-travelled dolphin?
Research assisted by Cornwall Wildlife Trust French fishermen named the ragged-
reveals one lone bottlenose dolphin’s finned dolphin Clet when he first followed
incredible wanderlust their boats in 2008. Since then, the solitary
male bottlenose has been seen as far north
Surfing the as the Isle of Mull, and as far west as
Mull-to-Arran ferry. Galway. He’s also visited Wales, the Isle of
Clet’s damaged Man, Scilly, Dorset, Cornwall and Devon.
dorsal fin makes him
easy to identify His wanderings have been mapped by
the Environmental Records Centre for
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, working
with the Sea Watch Foundation. The
Records Centre is hosted by Cornwall
Wildlife Trust, and has collated sightings
over the past five years.
Most bottlenose dolphins live in social
groups, and stick to a home territory. They
face growing threats from noise
disturbance, development and accidental
capture in fishing nets. The Trust believes
Marine Protected Areas combined with
local action to reduce these threats are the
best way to protect highly mobile species.
Meanwhile please report any new
sightings of Clet to Niki.Clear@
CornwallWildlifeTrust.org.uk. More on
cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk
Dec 2014
Nick Davis, Hebridean Whale & Dolphin Trust aSphporweicniagtoefhfuatmFaonwceoym, Cpoarnnywall. Clet usually seems to angela marie henshaw Clet’s travels Oct 2014 Dec 2014
The records centre has collated Sep 2014 Feb 2014
data on Clet from Spring 2011, Apr 2014 Aug 2015
when he was off the coast of
Brittany. Since then he’s spent
most time off Cornwall and
Devon. He may be wandering
due to hostility from other
bottlenose dolphins. Full
sightings map on erccis.org.
uk/TrackingClet
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