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Don’t miss out on this month’s webinar in collaboration with ERIC North East!

Nov 23, 2020

by Claudia Afeltra

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Do you want to hear more about the 2020 National Whale and Dolphin Watch results? Then make sure you join the event below to hear the Sea Watch Foundation’s Sightings Officer, Dr Chiara Giulia Bertulli, provide an update on the results as part of this year’s ERIC North East and

The UK’s whales and dolphins need YOU!

Jul 23, 2020

by Claudia Afeltra

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This year’s Sea Watch National Whale and Dolphin Watch takes place from Saturday 25th July to Sunday 2nd August 2020, and we’re asking members of the public to help. Collecting data about our resident cetaceans has never been more important. Rising sea surface temperatures and anthrop

A Very (Un)Common Encounter!

Oct 13, 2019

by Nina Herbert

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In the early weeks of September, Sea Watch Foundation had a very special encounter with a superpod of over 40 Short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) whilst participating in a dedicated boat survey in Cardigan Bay, West Wales. This type of encounter was the first in Sea Watch

Differences Between Dolphins and Porpoises

Sep 21, 2019

by Verity Tonge

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Porpoises are often confused with dolphins as being one and the same when in fact they don’t have as much in common as people might think. Dolphins and porpoises are both air-breathing, warm blooded marine mammals and they both belong to the same scientific order Cetacea. They are fu

I spy with my little eye… two dolphins and a seal!

May 08, 2019

by Ellie Richardson

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boat survey, boat watch, cardigan bay, cardigan bay monitoring project, data, data collection, effort, New Quay, sightings

In New Quay the Sea Watch Foundation has its flagship study, the Cardigan Bay Monitoring Project. In the past the study has led to the set up of two Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) in Cardigan Bay, which aids to the protection of bottlenose dolphins’ and other marine species habit

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Don’t miss out on this month’s webinar in collaboration with ERIC North East!

The UK’s whales and dolphins need YOU!

A Very (Un)Common Encounter!

Differences Between Dolphins and Porpoises

I spy with my little eye… two dolphins and a seal!

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