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Mar 22, 2021

by Claudia Afeltra

conservation, dolphins, education, learning, monitoring, online learning, porpoises, protection, research, sightings, Surveys, whale watching

Education is a vital tool in any aspect of life. If no-one learns anything new, nothing can change. This is especially important in conservation, as this field needs all the help it can get in fighting for nature and spreading the word. In fact, it is not only important but potentiall

The Cardigan Bay dolphins are on Countryfile this month!

Jan 18, 2019

by Monitoring Officer

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Bottlenose dolphins, cardigan bay, cardigan bay monitoring project, Ceredigion, cetacean, conservation, Countryfile, dolphins, monitoring, volunteer, wales

This summer, the Sea Watch Foundation was joined by some very special guests for one of our summer surveys; 5x paralympic champion Hannah Cockroft and the BBC Countryfile crew visited New Quay and went on survey with our team to learn more about our resident population of bottlenose d

The importance of monitoring

Oct 08, 2017

by Harriet Goodchild

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conservation, International whaling commission, monitoring, whaling

One of the main focusses of the Sea Watch Foundation is collecting data about marine mammal sightings from all around the UK. This is very important for understanding population trends of our different whales and dolphins over the years. Only by understanding the population dynamics a

Sea Watch Foundation 2017 AGM

Mar 31, 2017

by Claudia Afeltra

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AGM, cardigan bay, conserve dolphins, get involved, monitoring, volunteer

Join us on 6th May for our AGM including presentations on our work over the last twelve months. Whether you’re a long-term observer, or if you’d simply like to know more about the work we do, you’ll be very welcome! The AGM and presentations will be held in New Quay

Drones – Can they be used for marine mammal research?

Jul 13, 2015

by Harriet Goodchild

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aerial survey, bottlenose dolphin, cetacean, drones, fin whale. killer whale, humpback whale, monitoring, survey

The use of radio controlled unnmanned aerial vehicles aka ‘drones’, has exploded in popularity across the globe, mainly due to the developments in technology enabling them to be mass produced at low cost for hobby craft enthusiasts, and our fascination with filming ourselves and the w

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Live, love and learn

The Cardigan Bay dolphins are on Countryfile this month!

The importance of monitoring

Sea Watch Foundation 2017 AGM

Drones – Can they be used for marine mammal research?

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