Easter Monday Public Porpoise Watch 06/04/2026

 The weeks and months seem to be shooting by as we hit Easter already. A lovely sunny day for our Easter egg roll and egg hunt at Strumble today. Not as well attended as in past years but those that did turn up (20 or so) had a great time. From the off there were porpoise and Commons out in the tide race at times sharing the same space with some realtively close sightings. Visitors from London, Shrewsbury and Hereford, staying From St Davids to the south of the county made the trip to Strumble and both adults and children were amazed by our local marine wildlife. Earlier in the day there was also an unconfirmed report of a Minke Whale to the NW of the lookout. Thanks to all those that attended, to Anna for organising and to Cliff for his input and expertise. 

 

A brief watch at the lookout, WNW breeze, 2/4/26.

 Circa 30-40 well spread out  Common Dolphins  feeding in small groups some calves.  Manxies coming out of the bay in dribs and drabs 5-10 at a time, where on recent visits just odd singletons.

Yesterdays Sea Trust Porpoise photo ID volunteers visited Point Anglas/Crin Coed where several Porpoises gave good views with photos taken. 

Strumble Diary 22/03/2026

 A cloudier day today and still chilled with a NE'ly wind. Cetacean wise it was very quiet today. I saw five porpoise in total but only managed to capture two. The session was livened up somewhat by a half dozen or so Commons moving through East to West, turning by the lighthouse and coming a short way back up against the tide before moving on. We always think of Cormorants as black in colour but when you see them close up in good light they are anything but. A few pics at the end shows the array of colours that reflect off their feathers.

Mating? I think so.

 

Strumble Diary 21/03/2026

 A short session in a busy day for me yesterday and as the weather was so good I didn't want to miss a chance of a possible productive session. I'm so glad I did get out as although it wasn't as productive as I had hoped for it did produce two returning marked animals. "Boost" turned up again and recently has been our most resighted animal showing up every few days or so but may be even more often than that on the days/times were not there. She's the one with the little flick on the top of the fin. During processing of the images I was delighted to see I had captured images of "Chopper" with it's distinct deep "V" propeller cuts close to it's tail and a scar line to the right of the dorsal fin. It's been a few years since I last saw this one. Other than that it was realatively quiet and what action there was soon moved West beyond the lighthouse.