[Sussex] Humpback Whale Spotted Off Sussex Coast

Tom Hark Preston Park

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Jul 6, 2003

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Near Hastings, according to the Argus

'Rare' sighting of humpback whale off Sussex coast

A humpback whale was spotted leaping from the water off the Sussex coast.

www.theargus.co.uk

 

dazzer6666

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Tom Hark Preston Park said:

Near Hastings, according to the Argus

'Rare' sighting of humpback whale off Sussex coast

A humpback whale was spotted leaping from the water off the Sussex coast.

www.theargus.co.uk

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Saw this when we were fishing off Eastbourne just before Christmas - there was definitely more than one of them, within a few hundred yards of the boat for a couple of hours or more. We were only a mile or so off of Beachy Head.

 

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Han Solo

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dazzer6666 said:

Saw this when we were fishing off Eastbourne just before Christmas - there was definitely more than one of them, within a few hundred yards of the boat for a couple of hours or more. We were only a mile or so off of Beachy Head.

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Did you catch any?

 

Cheshire Cat

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Sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off...

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They make the chips too greasy.

 

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POSKETT AT THE VALLEY

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Right plaice right time I guess.

 

Coldeanseagull

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POSKETT AT THE VALLEY said:

Right plaice right time I guess.

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It wasn't Wright, it was Humpback

 

dazzer6666

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Han Solo said:

Did you catch any?

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We were fishing. They’re not fish

Here’s the post the skipper put up for anyone interested

https://fb.watch/wZ27Oa5A1e/?