Sowerby's beaked whales are reclusive creatures that stay away from ships and are rarely sighted.

Sowerby's beaked whale has a typical body shape for the genus, and is mainly distinguished by the male's dual teeth positioned far back in the mouth.

Records of mammals that are rare in the NNR area include red deer swimming in the haven, a hedgehog and a beached Sowerby's beaked whale.

For several decades this remained as the only known specimen of this species, with many disregarding its specific status and claiming it merely represented an aberrant adult Sowerby's beaked whale.

Sowerby's beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens), also known as the North Atlantic/North Sea beaked whale, was the first mesoplodont whale to be described.

Sowerby's beaked whale ranges from Nantucket to Labrador in the western North Atlantic and from Madeira to the Norwegian Sea in the eastern North Atlantic.

On January 10, 2009, a female Sowerby's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon Bidens) was found at the port of Fethiye on the Aegean Sea coast of Turkey, far away from her natural habitat.

The dolphin chattered a greeting back and busied himself with his singing again, continuing his spirals near the surface, above the heads of the right whale and a whale whose song Nita hadn't heard on the way in, a Sowerby's beaked whale.

Sowerby's beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens), also known as the North Atlantic/North Sea beaked whale, was the first mesoplodont whale to be described.

On January 10, 2009, a female Sowerby's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon Bidens) was found at the port of Fethiye on the Aegean Sea coast of Turkey, far away from her natural habitat.