Octopus influx keeping deep sea dolphins inshore for longer

Symes said more than 700 individual Risso’s had been documented since 2011 across Devon, Dorset, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

“They’ve always visited Devon, just not for very long, but already this week they’ve been hanging out the whole week,” he said.

“I find Risso’s really intriguing because for such a big dolphin, they can be really, really clever and discreet.

“Sometimes they get misreported for Orca because they are so big, bigger than most of the dolphins we get around here.”