Jul 31, 2023 by Claudia Afeltra Day 1 of NWDW On July 29, 2023, National Whale and Dolphin Watch Week began in New Quay. The first sighting of the day was an adult harbor seal heading north, at a distance of only 70 meters. Later in the morning, a small pod of 7 common dolphins […]
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Jun 01, 2023 by Juliet Maxted Today started quite quietly with no sightings until 10:20am. This was reported to be one harbour porpoise heading north east from Sarclet. Following our first report, there were three separate minke whale sightings at Duncansby Stacks at 12:23, Auckengall at 12:35 and Wick Harbour at 13:29. Shortly after this, […]
May 31, 2023 by Juliet Maxted Day 4 of Orca Watch was a very exciting day in John O’Groats! Early in the morning at 7:24, eight Risso’s dolphins (including two calves!) were seen heading north at Duncansby Head. Shortly after at 8:23, a bull orca was seen from Orkney at the back of Muckle Skerry […]
May 30, 2023 by Juliet Maxted We started the day with 2 harbour porpoise off John O’Groats harbour at 07:43. Harbour porpoise were again seen at Duncansby Head at 13:44, at Dunnet Head at 16:04 and a further 2 Harbour porpoise were seen on the afternoon John o’ Groats ferry. 1 Risso’s dolphin was also […]
May 29, 2023 by Juliet Maxted Day 2 of Orca Watch 2023 was another busy day for everyone! Merch is selling quickly and it’s great to see people out and about wearing our new design and with our stickers on their cars! Our volunteers are quickly becoming experts with conducting marine mammal surveys and getting […]
May 28, 2023 by Juiliet Maxted Orca Watch 2023 Kicks Off with a Bang! The first day of Orca Watch 2023 was a roaring success! Our merchandise is flying off the shelves, and our volunteers are already hard at work conducting watches and collecting important data. Volunteer Yentl conducting a watch on the John o’ […]
May 23, 2023 by Hannah Carstens As interns, we were given the fortunate privilege to attend a field necropsy on a stranded sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). The adult female was found on Porth Neigwl (Hell’s Mouth) Beach on the south coast of the Llŷn Peninsula in North Wales at around 8 a.m. on Sunday, 8 May […]
May 23, 2023 By Claudia Afeltra cies Number Location Behaviour Direction 27/05/2023 14:38 Minke whale 1 The Trinkie, Wick North 27/05/2023 16:50 Orca 2 Thurso Bay, Caithness Milling East 27/05/2023 18:50 Orca 5 Peedie Sands, Caithness 28/05/2023 07:56 Orca Unknown Dunbeath Bay, Caithness 28/05/2023 08:51 Harbour Porpoise 1 Thurso, Caithness 28/05/2023 10:22 Minke whale 2 […]
Apr 28, 2023 By Jospeh Lloyd-West For years the word ‘shark’ has been inseparable in the minds of the public from the words ‘shark attack’. When sharks are mentioned, I would not be surprised if the first image in your mind was that of the attacks featured in ‘Jaws’, or the silhouette of a dorsal […]
Feb 24, 2023 By Katie Baker Our work at Sea Watch Foundation would not be possible without our dedicated team of volunteers. We have various home-based volunteers helping with sightings, social media and helping us to keep organised! Rachael has been writing blog posts and helping run our Twitter since September last year. Some of […]