sighting

Preposition: of

• UFO: A man is found dead on the moors with burn marks, and there are sightings of UFOs in the area.
• osprey: There had been regular sightings of Ospreys stopping here for a day or two on the course of migration.
• porpoise: These are the first reported sightings of porpoises for this year to the Cornwall Wildlife Trust Dolphin Group.
• dolphin: Trips to Dolphin House run twice a week, with ' almost guaranteed ' sightings of dolphins.
• otter: For the wildlife enthusiast, there are regular sightings of otters, and dolphins and whales may be seen off Neist point.
• whale: Pink dots are sightings of fin whales, ( click on image to enlarge ).

Converse of object

• confirm: Radar's also detected them, confirming the sightings.
• report: Nobody has reported any sightings of Becky to police.

Adjective modifier

• cetacean: Gull, 2 Black terns, 1 Gray Phalarope, and over 30 cetacean sightings, including around 20 large whales.
• reported: Many reported sightings appear to be of the same pod of about 8 animals.
• unconfirmed: Despite extensive searches and several unconfirmed sightings there has been no news from Luke since and his current whereabouts remain a mystery.
• noteworthy: The offshore wind did seawatchers no favors, with 50 Manx Shearwaters and 2 Arctic Skuas the only noteworthy sightings off the Bill.
• ghostly: It is also the site of numerous claims of ghostly sightings of Brunel himself!
• occasional: Dolphins are only occasional sightings off the Sussex coast.

Noun used with modifier

• ufo: Such cases had, although I was not aware of it before, been reported some time prior to the first ufo sightings.
• raptor: Other raptor sightings included two merlins and a hen harrier.
• whale: In recent years North Sailing have enjoyed an incredible 98.5 % success rate for whale sightings.
• dolphin: In 2002, we had our best season for whale & dolphin sightings.
• shark: We saw some big tuna and there were mixed reports about shark sightings.
• butterfly: We are always pleased to receive all your butterfly sightings.