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Key:   Strandings Strandings  Number of animals No. of animals  (hold mouse over a bar for details)
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0 22 44

3 Strandingss
3 animals (average 1 per strandings)
"cetacean" species

8 Strandingss
8 animals (average 1 per strandings)
"dolphin" species

13 Strandingss
13 animals (average 1 per strandings)
"dolphin" species, possibly harbour porpoise

2 Strandingss
2 animals (average 1 per strandings)
"whale" species

3 Strandingss
3 animals (average 1 per strandings)
atlantic white-sided dolphin

5 Strandingss
5 animals (average 1 per strandings)
basking shark

14 Strandingss
31 animals (average 2.2 per strandings)
bottlenose dolphin

31 Strandingss
39 animals (average 1.3 per strandings)
common dolphin

3 Strandingss
3 animals (average 1 per strandings)
common or striped dolphin

3 Strandingss
3 animals (average 1 per strandings)
Cuvier's beaked whale

3 Strandingss
3 animals (average 1 per strandings)
fin whale

43 Strandingss
44 animals (average 1 per strandings)
harbour porpoise

10 Strandingss
10 animals (average 1 per strandings)
minke whale

2 Strandingss
3 animals (average 1.5 per strandings)
northern bottlenose whale

14 Strandingss
23 animals (average 1.6 per strandings)
pilot whale

2 Strandingss
2 animals (average 1 per strandings)
pygmy sperm whale

6 Strandingss
6 animals (average 1 per strandings)
Risso's dolphin

3 Strandingss
3 animals (average 1 per strandings)
Sowerby's beaked whale

5 Strandingss
5 animals (average 1 per strandings)
sperm whale

17 Strandingss
17 animals (average 1 per strandings)
striped dolphin

1 Strandings
1 animal (average 1 per strandings)
True's beaked whale

2 Strandingss
2 animals (average 1 per strandings)
white-beaked dolphin

Bar chart data
Species Strandings Best est Avg/
stranding
"cetacean" species 3
  1.6%
3
  1.3%
1
"dolphin" species 8
  4.1%
8
  3.5%
1
"dolphin" species, possibly harbour porpoise 13
  6.7%
13
  5.7%
1
"whale" species 2
  1%
2
  0.9%
1
atlantic white-sided dolphin 3
  1.6%
3
  1.3%
1
basking shark 5
  2.6%
5
  2.2%
1
bottlenose dolphin 14
  7.3%
31
  13.5%
2.2
common dolphin 31
  16.1%
39
  17%
1.3
common or striped dolphin 3
  1.6%
3
  1.3%
1
Cuvier's beaked whale 3
  1.6%
3
  1.3%
1
fin whale 3
  1.6%
3
  1.3%
1
harbour porpoise 43
  22.3%
44
  19.2%
1
minke whale 10
  5.2%
10
  4.4%
1
northern bottlenose whale 2
  1%
3
  1.3%
1.5
pilot whale 14
  7.3%
23
  10%
1.6
pygmy sperm whale 2
  1%
2
  0.9%
1
Risso's dolphin 6
  3.1%
6
  2.6%
1
Sowerby's beaked whale 3
  1.6%
3
  1.3%
1
sperm whale 5
  2.6%
5
  2.2%
1
striped dolphin 17
  8.8%
17
  7.4%
1
True's beaked whale 1
  0.5%
1
  0.4%
1
white-beaked dolphin 2
  1%
2
  0.9%
1
Totals 193
  100%
229
  100%
1.2
* Based on best estimates
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