On Monday (6th June) The Monday Photo ID team were at Strumble and had distant porpoises, throughout the survey with up to five animals seen at any one time, with an estimate of c 30 animals present including at least one calf. Behaviors included foraging/travelling.
A couple of Miles north of Strumble Lloyd Nelmes was in his RIB off Pen Anglas and saw a scattered group of approximately ten Risso's (including at least one calf) seemingly heading towards Strumble although Ken who was on station there did not see them!
Apparently there is to be a large N.A.T.O. Naval Exercise taking place in Cardigan Bay in the coming weeks. In the past these exercises, have been associated with cetacean strandings. Lets hope that they are aware of the importance of Cardigan Bay to the UK's largest concentration of Bottlenose Dolphins and take this into account. We shall see...
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