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What’s in a name?

Sep 18, 2015
by Harriet Goodchild
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bottlenose dolphin, cardigan bay, cecil the lion, Ceredigion, cetacean, competition, naming competition
Written by Lana Turnbull, BSc (Hons) Animal Biology, SWF Research Intern 2015 Within the science research community it has long been known that giving an animal a human quality (a.k.a anthropomorphism) is a big no-no as it makes for bad science. Anthropomorphism can come in many forms
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Sea Watch Young Reporter Competition – The Winners!

Sep 14, 2015
by Harriet Goodchild
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competition, National Whale and Dolphin Watch, NWDW, NWDW2015, RSPB, sightings, Young Reporter
 Earlier this summer as part of the National Whale and Dolphin Watch 2015 Sea Watch teamed up with the RSPB to run a competition asking young people to report on their sightings and watches from the week. Here we can see the runner up and the winning entry submitted to us. The winning
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Help us fight the tide against marine debris!

Sep 10, 2015
by Harriet Goodchild
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beach clean, Ceredigion, family activities, great british beach clean, international coastal cleanup day, marine debris, mcs, New Quay, ocean clean up, ocean conservancy, wales
“The UK has some of the most beautiful coastline you could hope to find. But it is being ruined by a rising tide of litter that is increasing year on year. We need your help to tackle this menace!” Are you ready to take action? Join the Sea Watch Foundation team on Septemb
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Plastic Soup: A Micro-Problem

Sep 09, 2015
by Harriet Goodchild
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5 gyres, banthebead, micro beads, micro plastics, plastic, plastic ocean, plastic soup
Written by Beth Byrne, Sea Watch Foundation Research Intern & Home-based Volunteer, 2015.    There is nothing nicer than a hot relaxing bath, candles burning, music playing and wonderful exfoliating scrub. However, how would you feel if that bath was poisoning the ocean? Microbead
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Caution, slow! Baby bottlenose about!

Aug 28, 2015
by Harriet Goodchild
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Bottlenose baby boom, bottlenose dolphin, cardigan bay, Ceredigion, dolphin, Marine Code of Conduct, survey, west wales
Written by Valentin Neamtu, BSc Marine Vertebrate Biology, Stony Brooke University. Sea Watch Foundation Research Intern 2015.  The bottlenose dolphins of Cardigan Bay have had a recent boom in activity in recent months. One might even call it a “baby boom.” Yes, this last month has b
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