On Monday the Radio 4 reporter Tom Fielding came and visited Sea Watch Foundation in New Quay, as they intend to do a short feature about the Photo-A-Fin campaign we are running on their Today show. Tom went on Ermol 5 with one of our volunteers Claire to experience how casual survey work is carried out and she explained to him the procedure for collecting data on dolphin, porpoise and grey seal sightings. We are waiting to hear when the SWF feature will be on air and we shall keep you posted.
SWF volunteers had a practice run on Tuesday on the land based survey. We were lucky and saw two groups of bottlenose dolphins in the bay, one group consisting of two adults and the other a mother and a juvenile. They were busy feeding for the hour we watched them. The land based survey is designed to provide SWF with information about dolphin movements around the harbour area, how they utilise it, how often and it will also provide data on how boat traffic affects them.
Finally, Sea Watch Volunteers are excited at the possibility of conducting a dedicated search for dolphins on Friday. The intention is to leave from Aberystwyth and focus our survey in the northern SAC of Cardigan Bay. Fingers crossed that the forecast stays fine!
Sea Watch Foundation Team
www.seawatchfoundation.org.uk
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