Dec 02, 2024 by Claudia Afeltra At Sea Watch, we collect sightings data from a variety of sources, including our online sightings form, the Sea Watch app, emails, and separate datasets that we either produce ourselves or receive from others. Managing these diverse datasets efficiently is crucial for ensuring their accuracy, accessibility, and usefulness for […]
Nov 28, 2024 by Claudia Afeltra Our new Talks ’24 Webinar series ended with a fantastic interactive evening with our New Quay staff! You can catch up on the recording here. We look forward to continue our webinar series in January 2025, keep an eye on our social media and website for updates on our January […]
Nov 12, 2024 by Claudia Afeltra It’s been a productive season in Cardigan Bay, with our team busier than ever gathering data on the marine life in the area. Throughout the summer of 2024, a total of 31 line transect surveys were conducted, with 22 of these led by our New Quay team aboard Dolphin […]
Sep 24, 2024 by Helena Coles Pupping season is making a splash in Cardigan Bay! Every year from September until November the female Atlantic Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) come ashore to give birth to 1 pup. Remarkably, the UK is host to 40% of the world population of grey seals (Russel et al 2019). The population in West […]
Aug 24, 2024 by Lucy Bryan The ocean covers more than 70% of the Earths surface, however only 2-3% of the ocean is penetrated by sunlight. In general sunlight only penetrates around 200m deep, this layer is known as the euphotic zone, and is the area in which there is enough sunlight for organisms to […]
Aug 01, 2024 by Harriet Goodchild Image of a Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) spotted on the Scillonian Ferry enroute to Cornwall from the Isles of Scilly. Photo taken by Brenda Tregunna. The 2024 National Whale and Dolphin Watch event involving thousands of volunteers from all around the UK is at its midway point. It started on […]
Jul 19, 2024 by Harriet Goodchild Image of the whale breeching off the coast of Muckross. Photo taken by Franca Van Der Veer. On 15th July 2024 at approximately 20:00 hrs, members of the public were treated to a once-in-a-lifetime whale sighting, in Donegal Bay in NW Ireland. Identification of the whale was difficult, with pictures […]
Jul 12, 2024 by Claudia Afeltra Stranded long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) on Tresness Beach taken by BDMLR On the 11th of July 2024, 77 long-finned pilot whales stranded on Tresness Beach on the Isle of Sanday in Orkney. This is thought to be the largest mass stranding event in Scotland since 1995. When the British […]
Jun 28, 2024 by Claudia Afeltra Orca Watch 2024 was a great success! Over 60 dedicated volunteers, including some familiar faces from Sea Watch Foundation’s internship program, joined hundreds of enthusiastic members of the public for an extraordinary week of spotting orcas and other cetaceans in Caithness. The event wasn’t just about sightings. Engaging activities […]
Jun 21, 2024 by Harriet Goodchild & Katrin Lohrengel It has been an incredible week for wildlife in Cardigan Bay! The Sea Watch team were treated to an amazing minke whale sighting on 20th June, 2024, exactly one year after the first reported minke whale sighting in the bay in a decade. The team were […]