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				Harbour Porpoise
				(Phocoena phocoena)
				Bottlenose Dolphin
				(Tursiops truncatus)
				General Ecology

	More Information on Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
	Colouration is dark grey to black of back, lightening to white on the belly and undersides of the slender, pointed pectoral fins. Individuals in the north have a diagonal white band on the upper surface. Minke whales have a slender, streamlined body with a pointed triangular head.
	Length: Male 7-9.8m, Female 7.5-11m. Weighing up to 10 tonnes. 230-360 short baleen plates on each side of the upper jaw. Minke whales have a relatively tall, sickle-shaped dorsal fin two-thirds of the way along their back. A typical breathing sequence is 5 - 8 blows at intervals of less than one minute
	The most likely time to be sighted is towards the end of summer, close to shore, in areas such as Cullen Bay and along the coast towards the inner firth