So with everything set up and several volunteers and staff present we set about starting the watch and hoping we would see some visitors come visit as well.
As you can see they did come and these above are of some of those who joined us for the survey. Some thirty four in total which was lovely to see. Now to the sightings of the session.
The tide was on the turn with the ebb flow just starting the porpoise were a bit slow so we amused ourselves watching this seasons young seal pups doing their best to catch octopus only to get them stolen by greedy gulls. It's a hard lesson for them but in the next week or so they'll have learnt how to keep their food fore themselves. Here's a few shots of the action.
Afraid not!!
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| The distraction |
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| The swoop |
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| The snatch |
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| Ok! Which one of you nicked my lunch. |
A beady eyed Fran then spotted a group of Rissos Dolphin off to the NW and moving west toward St Davids Hd. All eyes on them then as we followed their progress trying to get as many shots as we could before they rounded the island and went out of sight. Much to the delight of all they moved quite slowly giving all a chance to get a good look and enabling us to get a reasonable estimate of some 12 to 15 animals.
Lastly a special mention to the Heritage Lottery fund. Life size inflatable replica sea mammals don't come cheaply and are hard to obtain. So our thanks go to them for financing the purchase of our new addition which we can use educationally both at the Ocean Lab and when we go out into the community to deliver talks on what we do and what we hope to achieve.
The next event could be "Hug a Porpoise Day" as Holly ably demonstrates here. What do you think?
