Thursday 15 March 2012

From Dave and Sarah...

Hi,
At about 10.15am Sarah noticed some ripples in Pwllgwaelod bay and then saw some dolphins we walked along the cliffs to get a better view and then saw three groups one of about 6, one of about 3 and the other with 4. While we were watching these to the left more ripples 2 more and then another group of about 4. Then further out to sea another couple of groups two groups of about 3 or 4 Bottlenose dolphins. We watched them for about 15 minutes, as we walked back up the field from the cliffs at about 10.30 the pod of about 20-25 seemed to be slowly moving north around Dinas Head.

:-)


Dave


It is so rare to see bottles off Strumble especially in numbers. I was once alerted by Lyndon Lomax that a similar sized group had passed Carfai Bay and gone through Ramsay Sound. I estimated that if they were still travelling at about 20 mph they should turn up off Strumble anout an hour later... they did! Onother tim Stevo and I had a cold evenless trip across from Rosslare and then Neil Couzins spotted a similar sized pod off Strumble. All these happened late winter, and it seems likely they were returning after a winter break!