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Submitting your sightings to the National Cetacean Database could not be easier with our free Sea Watcher App! Plus, once you’ve submitted them this way you can access our brand new map on our website and see your sighting and name published straight away! However you want to join us this year for our annual… View more

Off we went, with the wind behind us, to an island just one mile away from my home town of Looe. My first visit to Looe Island aka St Georges Island was a totally blissful experience, and I recommend anyone to go and visit. Teeming with wildlife, peaceful landscapes, the gentle sound of lapping waves… View more

An investigation has been launched into animal cruelty and neglect after a marine park in America was raided in March by US Law Enforcement and wildlife officials. Gulf World Marine Park in Panama City Beach, USA has been in the spotlight since four bottlenose dolphins died in the space of just six months. Three dolphins… View more

The deep sea is a place of much unknown, more foreign to us than the surface of the moon. Total darkness, frigid cold and pressure so strong it could shatter bone and crush submarines. A place so otherworldly and extreme, yet soft, delicate, and jelly-like animals thrive, octopuses lay their precious eggs, squid dazzle with… View more

Last week, we were saddened to hear of the passing of one of our well-known older Bottlenose dolphin males – Gandalf. Gandalf was found on a local beach in Anglesey, North Wales. After hearing reports and seeing the images, we were quickly able to identify him as Gandalf by matching his dorsal fin to our… View more

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Rupert Kirkwood (aka The Lone Kayaker is becoming quite the star! Rupert Kirkwood is known as The Lone Kayaker because he spends as much time as possible paddling his kayak around the coast of Cornwall and Devon watching the amazing wildlife. Rupert worked as a farm Veterinary Surgeon in Holsworthy, West Devon, for 33 years…. View more

Adopting an animal for a child at Christmas is a fabulous way to bring them closer to animals and wildlife, whilst also supporting a charity. Our adoption scheme has been awarded Best Adoption Scheme by the BBC due to its educational aspect. The adoption pack contains fun but great learning materials and the monthly newsletters… View more

Interested in marine research, cetacean conservation, or a career in marine biology? This is your chance to engage directly with our New Quay team! Meet Sightings Officer Simone Evans, Monitoring Officer Katrin Lohrengel, and Communications & Outreach Officer Claudia Afeltra for an insightful evening of discussion. Learn about our methodologies, conservation projects, and how our… View more

Don’t know you’re porpoise from your bottlenose? Want to understand where killer whales can be seen? Keen to see how big a humpback really is? Look no further than our classroom materials. These can be downloaded and used by teachers or children. We have hundreds available on many subjects, and we’ve added a selection to… View more

Sea Watch Foundation has had a long-standing business relationship with Dolphin Spotting Boat Trips of New Quay, West Wales for many years. Originally known as New Quay Boat Trips, the family business began in 1955, by sea lover and entrepreneur Winston Evans and has now been taken over by his hard -working son Jonathan. Their… View more

In Cardigan Bay, bottle-nosed dolphin Tallie and her newborn Summer have been delighting wildlife spotters in recent days. But few lucky enough to spot the cow and its calf will know they are both named after a 22-year old Sea Watch, external intern who died a little over four months ago. Tallie Brazier was killed in a car crash on… View more

You may have come across the increasingly popular kayaking fanatic whilst browsing ocean and dolphin information online. Many people have, and know him as ‘The Lone Kayaker’, but he is actually Rupert Kirkwood, retired Devonshire based vet and kayaking extraordinaire! Rupert has become rather addicted to kayaking. In fact he spends so much time in… View more

We are excited to announce our new Webinar Series, Talks ’24! We will be hosting one webinar each month and will be kicking off September with two Webinars hosted by fantastic speakers! We will be announcing more information on the speakers in the coming weeks so keep an eye out for our posts! You can… View more

With even more organisations trying to get on top of marine litter and plastic pollution it’s a great time to add a new product to our unique range of items in our shop, and this one couldn’t be more perfect being so beautiful, useful and great for the marine environment too! SandBags Cornwall is new… View more

SAVE THE DATE – Orca Watch 2024 will take place from Saturday 25th May- Sunday 2nd June. Our events for Orca Watch this year will be hosted online and in person! Tickets for the events can be booked here:https://www.seawatchfoundation.org.uk/orca-watch-2024/

Each person who choses to support us by Adopting a Dolphin receives a monthly newsletter. These are jam-packed and usually around ten-pages long and full of news, activities, stunning photos, fun features, fascinating contributions written by our brilliant supporters and volunteers. The newsletters are so popular that teachers incorporate them into their lesson plans. Adopt… View more

Can you sing whilst holding your breath? How about humming while holding your nose closed and with your mouth shut? You will find it doesn’t work. So, how do whales sing underwater without drowning? How can they produce sound while not breathing? This has long been a mystery to scientists, but now a team from… View more

A new Facebook page has been created for those who want to keep up to date with cetacean sightings in the southwest. South West Marine Mammal Sightings is a group you can join to keep abreast of sightings and also to contribute to and add your own sightings if and when you are lucky enough… View more

Christmas Appeal Yes, I know it’s not Christmas yet, but I’m sure you will have begun buying presents, or will do very soon! Please consider signing up to EasyFundraising as it costs you nothing but a few minutes of your time and will generate much needed funds for our work. www.easyfundraising.org.uk Did you know that… View more

An estimated 5m (16ft) thresher shark surprised sightseers when it leapt out of the water in front of them. It happened while they were on a one hour trip to look for dolphins off New Quay, Ceredigion. Guide and photographer Joshua Pedley said it was a shock when the “huge animal jumped up out of… View more

We are currently half way through our annual National Whale & Dolphin Watch event and so far it’s a roaring (or should I say) ‘clicking’ successs! It’s not too late to join one of the many watches that have been organised around our extensive coastline, so what are you waiting for! Become a Citizen Scientist… View more

Visitors in New Quay We are very privileged to have a semi-resident population of bottlenose dolphins on our doorstep here in New Quay, so when we head out on the boat, we expect to spot them most of the time, along with grey seals and harbour porpoise. Last week we were lucky enough to spot not… View more

Calling all young citizen scientists! National Whale and Dolphin Watch is just one month away, from 29th July to 6th August. This is your chance to contribute to vital cetacean research and help dolphins by recording your sightings of whales, dolphins, and porpoises in UK waters.  BBC Springwatch and National Whale & Dolphin Watch https://www.facebook.com/seawatchfoundation/posts/pfbid02xB9ajnWyx59c2fLphzoprE5czvwByeNKWmqtJ1YL3HzkmhLfCkr124MEMtQcFwfTl… View more