Today Allwyd and I went on a dolpin spotting trip off the coast of newquay with the sea watch foundation- they monitor sea life- especially dolphins and wales- off the coast of the UK, record sightings and help to protect the animals that live on our coastline.
it was a choppy trip! its been sunnyish in aberystwyth all day- but a bit cloudy and grey- in new quay it was cold and windy- we go there and it didn't look appealing!
we got on the boat and as we set off it was like a roller coaster- when we got out into the sea some of the waves were bigger than the boat! it was like being on trawler men or something!
ARGH!
'twas scary!
there were people from the seawatch foundation with us recording conditions and looking for dolphins- so they explained what they were doing and what we should be doing (mostly that was just trying not to go sick..)
there is a permanent group of dolphins off the coats of newquay, theres a whelk factory and a reef so they make good feeding grounds for bigger fish, which in turn feeds the dolphins.
It was really interesting (if a little scary) we had to turn in after 45 min because the sea was just too rough- we didn't see anything but we had to be there to try our luck!
after that we went back to a room that was hired out and had a bit of a talk about the sea life and what we can do to help the foundation and how their data is collected, collated and used. It was an evening well spent!
and we got to have chippys afterwards!
:)
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