We spotted yet another dead dolphin yesterday at around 2.30pm - 30 miles south east of the Lizard, Cornwall. We quickly scrambled an inflatable and Kate and I took off to document its pick up and delivery to the ship.

Although the sea was calm the swell of the waves made it difficult for the inflatable crew to grab the dead dolphin. We circled it many times until we managed to attach a canvas belt around its tail fin. Up close the dolphin was not a pretty sight and showed signs of decay and bite marks, from birds I expect. The smell of decay was extremely strong.

Once the dolphin was safely attached to the inflatabe we slowly travelled back to the Esperanza and the boat crew craned the dolphin on to the deck. The dolphin is male and 2.2 metres in length.

This is the sixth dolphin we have managed to get onboard and we've seen two more that we were unable to pick up because they were in the middle of a busy shipping lane...

David, Comms logistics