Today we were "nephew sitting" and with an iffy forecast decided to visit New Quay in West Wales about an hour and a half away from home. The plan was to go on a dolphin watching boat trip of which there are many to choose from.
Arriving around 11:30am I went into the first booking office I saw, now that could have been a big mistake!, I booked with "SeaMor" for the 12:30pm trip, after booking and enjoying a "mocha" I noticed that we were booked on a "RIB" in other words an inflatable, opps keeping quiet we queued up at the harbour and it was a joy to see the faces on the other half and the nephew when they realised we were getting onto an inflatable...
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| cow Atlantic Grey Seal |
Stupidly I didn't take a photograph of the RIB but there was no need to concern with life jackets issued and fitted we set off at a sedate pace along the coast, this area is a Special Area of Conservation with tight rules on the behaviour of the trip operators.
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| another cow Atlantic Grey Seal |
On board as well as the "driver" there was a marine biologist, a young Spanish lady who REALLY KNEW HER STUFF,
We were very fortunate that within minutes we had Bottlenose Dolphins within metres of the RIB, we eventually saw two females with a calf of about 18months of age, magic!!!
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| ok so you try photographing Bottlenose Dolphins with a bridge camera!!! |
Further along the coast three Atlantic Grey Seals were hauled out, birds included Shag, Great Cormorant, Gannet and Manx Shearwater as well as a variety of gulls.
Brilliant 45mins, Brilliant experience and well worth the £25 for three of us. based on our experience today definitely use www.seamor.org
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| Two Shags and a Great Cormorant |
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| Kittiwake nests, from this years breeding season |
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| Sea Cliffs to the east of New Quay. |
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