May 31, 2022 By; Katie Baker Hello everyone, who’s ready for the round-up of Day 4 at Orca Watch 2022? If you missed our daily round-up and interviews today, you can find it here or keep reading for the highlights! Today we had another school visit, this time out at Halkirk Primary School with class P5 & […]
Monthly Archives: October 2025
May 30, 2022 By: Katie Baker We’re off to an incredible start for Orca Watch 2022! Every evening this week (apart from Friday when we have our get together with our dedicated volunteer observers) we will be bringing sightings updates to you all at home at 7pm via our YouTube. Admission to these virtual events […]
May 29, 2022 By: Hannah Parkinson Orca Watch 2022 is Now Up and Running! Yesterday our volunteer observers were on the John O’Groats ferry, and were delighted to catch sight of a bull orca from the last ferry of the day – a great start to the week. 2 bull orca were also seen from […]
May 11, 2022 By: Cerys Hartland A Stormy Situation Imagine you’re taking a walk along the beach looking out to sea when all of a sudden you see an octopus crawling across the sand. Wouldn’t that be an unusual sight? Well this is exactly what wildlife guides Josh Pedley and Fran Fitzpatrick saw back on […]
Apr 29, 2022 By: Kenneth Manuel An overview of anthropogenic underwater noise and its effects on marine mammal life (toothed whales) A Key Adaptation to Life in the Water To maximize survivability and utilization of resources in the aquatic marine environment, dolphins and other toothed whales have evolved and gained the ability to use echolocation. […]
Apr 29, 2022 By: Katie Baker A few words from our new Communication and Outreach Officer.. After working from home all through winter we are so happy to now be based back in our New Quay office for the summer ahead. As I am new to Sea Watch Foundation and the office I thought I’d […]
Dec 20, 2021 By: Chloe Robinson While bottlenose dolphins are one of the, if not the, most recognised, charismatic marine species, they are still classed as data deficient by the IUCN. We currently do not have a sufficient understanding of their population however we do know that population numbers are decreasing and therefore a further […]
Aug 31, 2021 By: Vanessa Lloyd During National Whale and Dolphin Watch 2021, Sea Watch Foundation joined up with Somerset Wildlife Trust to run their first Big Somerset Synchronised Marine Mammal Survey on Saturday July 31st. We had a total of 20 people surveying at 9 different locations all along the Somerset and north Somerset […]
Aug 31, 2021 The 2021 National Whale and Dolphin Watch event organized by the Sea Watch Foundation involved hundreds of volunteers from all around the British Isles, and it ran between 24th July and 1st August. Land-watch at Balcary Point. Photo credits: David Smith At the moment of writing a total of 1,248 sightings have been submitted […]
Aug 1, 2021 By: Chiara G Hello and welcome all to our last National Whale and Dolphin Watch blog piece! Let’s take a look at the weekend highlights. July31th–August1st,2021 There were 66 watches today; in 13 Scotland, 8 in Wales, 43 England, and 2 in the Channel Islands. We’ve had a great start to the watch with 67 sightings reported (and more are streaming in as we speak) […]