WILDLIFE
One of the few animals that possess an eponymous verb, harbour porpoises (Phocena phocena) may be seen porpoising around Britain and Ireland at any time of year. Subtle are the charms of harbour porpoises; they do not leap acrobatically. It takes a calm sea or a canny eye to spot them skimming along the water’s surface, unless it is one of the rare occasions they are moving at speed when like a hooligan on a jetski they cast a spray of water in their wake.