A list of UK species
Common dolphin © National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Discover which whales, dolphins and porpoise you can find around the coast of the UK.
Baleen whales
- Black right whale, Eubalaena glacialis
- Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus
- Minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata
- Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
- Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis
- Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Toothed whales
Dolphins
- Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba
- Common dolphin, Delphinus delphis
- Bottle-nosed dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
- White-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus acutus
- White-beaked dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris
- Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei
- Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus
Porpoise
- Harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
Whales
- False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens
- Killer whale, Orcinus orca
- Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas
- Beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas
- Narwal, Monoceros monoceros
- Pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps
- Sperm whale Physeter catodon
- Sowerby's beaked whale Mesoplodon bidens
- True's beaked whale Mesoplodon mirus
- Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
- Bottle-nosed whale Hyperoodon ampullatus