Isn’t it great to have a good friend! Do you have a bestie, or perhaps a group of besties? Those of you who are Dolphin Defenders will know we talk often in our newsletter about female dolphins and their strong bonds between cousins, and other relatives and pals and we also talk a lot about… View more
Friend or foe? Can harbour seals tell the difference between different kinds of kilIer whales? I imagine life as a harbor seal might be a bit harrowing. A Bigg’s killer whale could be lurking around any corner, and a harbor seal is one of their favorite meals. But not all killer whales pose a threat…. View more
Since buying our little Dory boat in July, and spending time pottering around Looe Bay, south east Cornwall, I’ve managed to conduct eleven surveys with my boat pal, Adrian Perry. This is not bad going for three months. Our last trip out happened to be the day after the funeral of our Queen. It was the… View more
It’s our National Whale & Dolphin Watch week, and what a brilliant start ! Peter Foster (Pedyr’s Bake House) baked us 200 ginger dolphins and hearts specially to sell over NWDW. It’s a family business new in the area, with Peter being the baker at only 28 having trained as a pastry chef. It’s a thriving… View more
We love nothing more than spending time with our Finned Friends, and also our younger two-legged ones! Llanarth Primary School visited us very recently for their end of term celebrations and to get closer to the dolphins! Firstly, we started with a presentation to the group and told them all about Sea Watch Foundaion, why we exist, what… View more
Have you ever listened to the album that energised the Save the Whales movement? Biologist, Roger Payne, created the iconic album “Songs of the Humpback Whale” five decades ago and in a recent interview with WBUR explains how the record came to be. He describes the whale sounds as follows: “It’s a direct emotional exchange…. View more
We love to hear about what our interns are up to following their time with us! One of our past interns, Leanne Rosser now works in Aomori, Northern Japan as a researcher for Mutsu Bay Dolphin Research. Well done Leanne! This is from Leanne’s blog: The Mikura Dolphins Mikura Island is one of… View more
39 days to go until our annual Orca Watch event! Who will be joining us this year? 👀 Orca Watch is one of our two citizen science events (NWDW is the other one). Running over ten days, the aim of Orca Watch is to collect as much data as possible on the whales, dolphins and… View more
A new report from WWF and partners provides the first truly comprehensive look at whale migrations and the threats they face across all oceans, highlighting how the cumulative impacts from industrial fishing, ship strikes, pollution, habitat loss, and climate change are creating a hazardous and sometimes fatal obstacle course for the marine species. Protecting… View more
If you have ever suffered from anxiety, depression, or any other mental health issue, then you will understand just how difficult it is to get up in the morning, get dressed and try to ‘carry on’. With mental health illnesses having risen worldwide over the past few years due to Covid and the associated lockdowns,… View more
A pair of orcas suspected of hunting great white sharks was recently spotted off the coast of South Africa’s Western Cape, with the animals previously linked to declining shark activity in the area. The sighting was announced on Monday (January 17) by the Seafari app, which allows users to document and share their marine life… View more
APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2022 EDUCATION & OUTREACH ASSISTANT POSITION IS NOW OPEN! https://www.seawatchfoundation.org.uk/education-outreach-assistant-2/ For any questions, please contact the Sea Watch Team at seawatchfoundation@gmail.com
Are marine protected areas helping marine mammals and birds? Maybe, but more can be done. Over one-third of marine mammals are threatened with extinction – and in Europe over 30% of marine birds are declining. Some species, including the Balearic shearwater and Atlantic puffin, are already endangered. Read more marine protected areas and how to… View more
For the first time, Sea Watch Foundation has been working alongside businesses in south-east Cornwall. Cafes, ice-cream kiosks, shops and museums in Looe, Polperro and Talland Bay have been displaying our new donation boxes, leaflets and merchandise and we can not thank them enough. Thanks goes to: Smugglers Rest in Talland Bay Talland Bay Hotel… View more
We are very excited about our range of products at the moment, all totally exclusive to Adopt a Dolphin, and found NOWHERE ELSE! With a small but quality range of books, jewellery, T-shirts and baseball tops for all sizes, hand painted greetings cards printed from commissioned artwork, our soft toys, useful ID guides, and finally our… View more
The ocean is an important part of Earth’s carbon cycle as it helps with something known as carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation. Carbon sequestration is the removal of carbon dioxide gas from the Earth’s atmosphere. Carbon mitigation involves reducing emissions of carbon into the atmosphere. More recently, research has indicated that marine animals may… View more
Funding that we received from Polperro person, Chris Dauncey and Polperro’s own Choir Master, Phil Carrigan in May, has stretched far enough to enable us to have a second information board printed as part of our, South-West Cetacean Awareness Project. This second board was sited on the wall of Hannafore Kiosk, Marine Drive, Hannafore, West Looe in… View more
Our handy sightings videos are produced for whale & dolphin enthusiasts like you every month, and are completely free of charge to watch. Arianne Kenworthy, our video producer from Whale Hello (www.whalehello.co.uk) works on making sure each and every sighting is included in the videos and enjoys adding the sound effects and animations to illustrate our… View more
Hi! I am Poppy, and I turned ten on September 19th, and it was a brilliant day because my family and I came back to New Quay, which is my favourite place to go on holiday! When we came in the six weeks holidays I adopted a dolphin called Berry, and since then I wanted… View more
Don’t miss us and the Cardigan Bay dolphins this evening from the comfort of your living room! Join Chris Packham and Meg McCubbin for Chris and Meg’s Wild Summer at 20:30 on BBC Two and catch a glimpse of our New Quay team surveying our semi-resident population of bottlenose dolphins!
Well known UK whale and dolphin monitoring and conservation charity, Sea Watch Foundation, is making waves in Cornwall, with their plans being to run outreach events and set up information boards around the Cornish coast. After London-based Producer and Creative Administrator of Adopt a Dolphin, Kirsten Hintner, moved to Looe, two years ago, she has… View more
The year has flown by, and once again we are hurtling towards out annual citizen science event, National Whale & Dolphin Watch. It’s time to send in your sightings to be included in our scientific data, that is vital for understanding the health and current status of our UK’s cetaceans. With your help we can… View more
Last month brought with it a whole host of marine news, with perhaps one of the most fin-tastic Newsplashes being the sightings of two killer whales, John Coe and Aquarius, swimming off the West coast of Cornwall. This encounter is special because these particular killer whale, or Orca, as they are also known, have not… View more
Identifying whales and dolphins has just become even easier. Our April sightings video has now been produced and released and to help you with your I.D. skills we have included photos of the different species featured. So, the more you watch our monthly sightings videos the better you will become at identifying cetaceans! It’s a win win!… View more
Katrin Lohrengel, our Monitoring Officer, gave an online Zoom lecture in April entitled – Bottlenose Dolphins of Cardigan Bay. She talks about the wildlife you can expect to see in West Wales, the Cardigan Bay Big 3, what they are, how they live side by side, why the dolphins love Cardigan Bay so much, and… View more
