460 sharks spotted off Cornwall in one day

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There were 460 seen between Land's End and Cape Cornwall near Penzance on Wednesday.

The previous record was around 300 counted off Lizard Point, Cornwall, in 1998.

The 460 sharks were counted by staff of the Ocean Ranger, a boat that takes tourists on trips around the Land's End peninsula.

Rory Goodall, from Elemental Tours, which owns the Ocean Ranger, said warmer seas and the Indian summer could be behind the phenomenon.

He said: "They follow the plankton around. The whole food chain is thriving in the recent sunshine."

Douglas Herdson of the National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth, said: "The late summer sun has meant a big bloom of plankton which is the food source for basking sharks."