ID Required South Stack Anglesey please (2 Viewers)

[Original PaulE]

We saw between 3 or 4 of these a long way off South Stack today. They more, jumping out of the water and crashing down rather then porpoising, I did see some other dolphins a bit closer in that I think were Common Dolphins but the ones in the pictured seemed different and were behaving differently. Is there anyway of telling what they are from these pics?

 

[Welsh Peregrine]

Look like Risso’s Dolphins

 

[Original PaulE]

Look like Risso’s Dolphins

I did wonder that!!

 

[MarkHows]

Agree with Risso's

 

[Andrew Clarke]

Definitely Risso’s Dolphin - great find!

Used to see them regularly when I lived up at the Stack. Bottle-nosed’ also regular there but Common Dolphin are uncommon in the area.

 

[Original PaulE]

Definitely Risso’s Dolphin - great find!

Used to see them regularly when I lived up at the Stack. Bottle-nosed’ also regular there but Common Dolphin are uncommon in the area.

Yes the others seen may have been Bottlenosed only saw brief glimpses