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
How Sperm whales in the 19th century shared ship attack information It’s not news that cetaceans are smart, social creatures – we continue to be amazed by new studies as they materialise and the latest one on large scale communication between sperm whales in the 19th century is nothing short of fascinating. A remarkable… View more
For this week only the Big Give is going to be matching donations to support our Cardigan Bay surveys, so if you’re thinking about giving up that takeaway coffee or your takeout lunch, could you donate the difference to our cause? We won’t ask you to ‘go dry’ for dolphins but could you give up… View more
Wally the walrus has been causing a stir in Wales and has captured the heart of the public. While Wally’s initial appearances were sporadic and in often hard to reach places, he spent around a week in Tenby, hauling out on the RNLI slipway where he was observed- from a safe distance- by several Sea… View more
If you are not familiar yet with our monthly sightings maps which show different species of whales, dolphins and our lovable little harbour porpoise, then maybe this is the time to dive in! Each month we produce these handy videos that are compiled of sightings we receive from observers around the UK coasts that help… View more
Goodness Gracious, Great Balls of Seaweed! Plastic rubbish ending up the ocean’s ecosystems and food chains has become one of the major environmental crises of our generation. Countless examples of wildlife devastated by our waste cover our newspapers and television screens, from litter-covered beaches to entangled turtles. Worldwide, hundreds of groups of volunteers… View more
Our Membership Director and Education Officer, Kirsten Hintner, talks about how she got into conservation in this interview with WiseOceans. She gives some top tips for those who are interested in getting into the field. Kirsten says, “It’s about sheer hard work and not giving up that makes you stand out and gets things done… View more
Fundraising is fantastic way to help support worthy causes and there are numerous ways which you can help support Sea Watch – keep reading to find out how you can help. The year 2020 has been a difficult one for everyone, and whale and dolphin conservation is also suffering due to government cutbacks. Every donation,… View more
