Killer whales and gentle giants from the archive
|18:00 UK time, Friday, 6 August 2010
Editor's note: Whilst Jeremy is away, researcher Ella Davies gives you a teaser of the deep-water treats coming up next week.
After celebrating all the seaside has to offer we're heading further out next week to bring you tales and truths from the blue beyond.
It's also National Whale and Dolphin Watch Week from August 7th so to get you into the spirit here are a few gems from the BBC archive.
Gordon Buchanan's perseverance paid off when he finally got some incredible underwater shots of a large male killer whale at home in Scottish waters for last year's Autumnwatch.
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Mike Dilger met up with the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust to learn more about the harbour porpoise and see, or at least hear, these magnificent mammals for The One Show.
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Conditions were great for Chris Packham's adventure to see the dolphins of the Moray Firth for Nature's Calendar.
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The Seawatch Foundation are asking people to take part in their photo a fin survey to help identify the whales and dolphins in our open waters. If you're down by the coast or out in a boat, take a snap of any fin you see and submit it to their website.
Of course you can't mention the word fin without thinking about sharks. There might not be great white sharks off our shores but there certainly are cat sharks and giant fish. Here's a video clip of Bill Oddie's encounter with an enormous basking shark off the coast of Cornwall for Bill Oddie Goes Wild.
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You can see hundreds more of the best from the BBC archives on Wildlife Finder.
If you've been lucky enough to snap some marine marvels this summer please share your photos with us in the Nature UK Summerwatch Flickr group.
We'd love to hear your seaside wildlife stories and comments too so please share them in the comments below.
Read up on our unique and rare marine habitats, rockpool villains or try our seabird call quiz and we'll be back on Monday for more unusual treats from under the waves.
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