Easter Monday Watch

 Always a landmark day in the calendar when we reach Easter and host members of the public on one of our surveys. With a fair weather forecast and calm seas we were hopefull of a good watch. 

I arrived early as normal to scope out what was about and to provide direction to any early arrivals. Carrie and son Jackson arrived at the same time and we soon spotted Commons feeding out in the tide race. Shortly after, Nadia and the survey crew arrived and set up ready for the event. A steady stream of visitors started to arrive and binoculars were provided giving them a much better view. Lovely to see several families all enjoying the dolphins and the odd seal looking up at us from just below the lookout. 

An hour or so in and during a lull in the sightings I gave a talk on the origins and aims of Sea Trust Wales followed by information on the tidal flows at Strumble and it's importance to the Porpoise and other mamals that inhabit this area. I counted just short of fifty visitors plus the survey team so as you can imagine it was an impressive sight to see so many people enjoying our local marine wildlife. They ranged from Haverfordwest to Hereford and beyond and I think they all went away happy and now more aware of Sea Trust Wales and what we do. 

Sightings were mostly Common Dolphins  but later as they moved off several porpoise were observed at distance moving up the tide race. Rain stopped play just short of our 13.00 ending so we all left shortly after, having enjoyed a rewarding couple of hours with our wildlife and visitors.