A DOLPHIN spotted in Cumbria turned out to be of the famous variety. The bottlenose dolphin was seen in the River Eden at Rockliffe and was positively identified as Kevin Costner, a dolphin named for his habit of protecting other female dolphins. Kevin Costner the dolphin has been known to the Cumbria Whale and Dolphin Watch Group, run by Sea Watch since 1993. The aptly named mammal was given the nickname in homage to the 1992 blockbuster The Bodyguard, in which Costner plays a bodyguard tasked with protecting a female singer. After first being spotted in 1993, Sea Watch members witnessed him protecting females and their calves.