Backshall says orca sighting off Cornwall 'greatest British wildlife encounter'

Backshall says orca sighting off Cornwall 'greatest British wildlife encounter'

Presenter Steve Backshall says seeing John Coe and Aquarius was one of his best wildlife encounters.

Wildlife hero Steve Backshall over the moon after Orca's spotted in Falmouth Bay

The pair were spotted in Falmouth Bay and later off The Lizard.

Backshall overjoyed at rare sighting of orcas

Wildlife explorer Steve Backshall was overjoyed to have spotted two of the UK’s last surviving orcas as he described them as “international celebrities”. Male killer whales John Coe and Aquarius are the last remaining members of the West Coast Community pod. The bulls were seen off Lizard Point on Wednesday and filmed by the TV presenter, who lives near Penzance, in Cornwall. The brothers had last been seen off the west coast of Cornwall in May …