The weather forecast for the day was not that good but thankfully the majority of the morning was OK. We were praying the rain would hold off as we had some special visitors join us for the day. I'm sorry that's all I can tell you about that due to contractual agreements but I will say that hopefully the result will be some welcome national coverage of Sea Trust, what we do, and will raise our profile in the marine conservation arena. Needless to say that when things are finalised we will bring further news via this blog and our socials.
Now to the survey.
When I arrived at 09.15 there were a good number of Commons milling around and feeding over the area in front of the lookout. Over the next hour or so the numbers increased and I estimate around a hundred in total. At this time we were at the top of the tide so were happy to see such good numbers as they usually move off in the slack between tides. The Thursday survey team arrived with Fran leading the volunteers plus our interns. Later as the ebb flow got going the dolphins moved off and a few Porpoise moved in but stayed fairly distant. Sightings were scarce over the next hour or so with just the odd distand porp moving around. With the time approaching 1pm the rain started to disrupt proceedings so it was time to pack up the kit and make our way home.
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