North Wales is an excellent area for sighting whales, dolphins and porpoises (collectively termed cetaceans). Whether it be a harbour porpoise from Point Lynas on Anglesey, bottlenose dolphins around the Llyn Peninsula and Llandudno or Risso’s dolphin around Anglesey and Bardsey Islan
Last Saturday, an unusual marine mammal was spotted off Strumble Head in Pembrokeshire. Observer, Caroline Webb, reported her sighting to Sea Watch Foundation which holds the UK database for sightings of whales, dolphins and porpoises. Initially thought to be a squid-eating Risso’s do
Sea Watch is a national charity whose prime purpose is to monitor cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) in British and Irish waters for their conservation. We have a project called the Cardigan Bay Monitoring Project which is run from the base we have in New Quay, Ceredigion. On