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Fraser's dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) stranded in South Uist: first record in U.K. waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2001

M. Bones ,
B. Neill  and
B. Reid
M. Bones
Affiliation:
Taigh a' Bhuachaille, Stilligarry, South Uist, Scotland HS8 5RS, U.K.
B. Neill
Affiliation:
Rannachan, Askernish, South Uist, Scotland HS8 5SY, U.K.
B. Reid
Affiliation:
Wildlife Unit, Scottish Agricultural College, Drummondhill, Stratherrick Road, Inverness, Scotland IV2 4JZ, U.K.
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Abstract

On 3 September 1996, B. Neill, investigating the peculiar behaviour of three ravens, found them disputing over a freshly dead dolphin stranded on the shore at Bornish, South Uist, Western Isles, Scotland (National Grid ref: NF 721 300). Neither he nor M. Bones, who collected the skeleton, could immediately identify the dolphin, despite having seen most of the species recorded around the Western Isles, although we suggested that it might be an Atlantic white-sided dolphin Lagenorhynchus acutus with an aberrant colour pattern.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Journal of Zoology , Volume 246 , Issue 4 , December 1998 , pp. 443 - 486
Copyright
© 1998 The Zoological Society of London

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