What is National Whale and Dolphin Watch?

National Whale and Dolphin Watch is a nine-day event run by Sea Watch Foundation to collect as much data as possible across the UK and Ireland. With organised watches and events taking place across the country we aim to use citizen science to collect a ‘snapshot’ of the status and distribution of wildlife in our coastal waters. We are looking specifically at populations of cetaceans, that is whales, dolphins and porpoises, although we are also interested in seal and bird populations.