Table 1 Summary of cetacean stranding groups, associated species and total stranding event counts occurring in Scotland between 1992 and 2022.
Stranding group | Common name of species (number of individuals) | Latin name of species | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
Baleen whales | Minke whale (n = 368), humpback whale (n = 23), fin whale (n = 22), indeterminate baleen whale (n = 66) | Balaenoptera acutorostrata, Megaptera novaeangliae, Balaenoptera physalus | 479 |
Common dolphins | Short-beaked common dolphin (n = 494) | Delphinus delphis | 494 |
Deep divers | Sperm whale (n = 131), Sowerby’s beaked whale (n = 56), goose-beaked whale (n = 119), northern bottlenose whale (n = 34), indeterminate beaked whale (n = 4) | Physeter macrocephalus, Mesoplodon bidens, Ziphius cavirostris, Hyperoodon ampullatus | 281 |
Harbour porpoises | Harbour porpoise (n = 2676) | Phocoena phocoena | 2676 |
Pelagic dolphins | Long-finned pilot whale (n = 275), white-beaked dolphin (n = 257), Risso’s dolphin (n = 204), striped dolphin (n = 138), Atlantic white-sided dolphin (n = 196), bottlenose dolphin (n = 119), killer whale (n = 28) | Globicephala melas, Lagenorhynchus albirostris, Grampus griseus, Stenella coeruleoalba, Lagenorhynchus acutus, Tursiops truncates, Orcinus orca | 1217 |
