📢 Introducing #FinTalks🐬Pop into our visitor centre for this series of short informative talks, led by our knowledgeable #MarineConservation volunteers 🤓 To celebrate #NationalMarineWeek, these talks will highlight the #IncredibleJourneys undertaken by animals living in and around our oceans.

👀 Weekly Sightings Update 🌊 🧑‍🤝‍🧑This week our #MarineConservation volunteers carried out 38 #DolphinWatch surveys.📝There were daily sightings of dolphins with Snowcap making an appearance. 🐬 Volunteers also recorded a sunfish and parcels of oystercatchers. 🐦 #CitizenScience #CBWildlife

Yesterday, our #MarineConservation Assistant, Cerys, gave a talk at the National Eisteddfod about some of the work we do at CBMWC and the Cardigan Bay Big 3! 🐬🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

📢 Our paper on Angelshark detections in Cardigan Bay using BRUVS has been published! Exciting sightings recorded during sample collection for our NNF3 project. @cbmwc.bsky.social @wtsww.bsky.social #Wales #Sharks #CardiganBay #EndangeredSpeciesResearch Download a copy from @esr-ir.bsky.social 👇

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🦤🦈🌊 Angelshark (Squatina squatina) detections on baited remote underwater video stations in Cardigan Bay demonstrate repeated habitat use, supporting the IUCN Cardigan-Caernarfon Bay Important Shark and Ray Area as important habitat area. bit.ly/esr01518

🚨 New merch drop! 🛍️ Rep the #CardiganBay Big 3 with our new eco-friendly tote bag. 💁‍♀️ £14 from our visitor centre with profits supporting our #MarineConservation work. 🐬 🦭 #MarineLifeMerch

Are the Bluefins back? A positive story of species recovery! 🐟 In the last decade, sightings of Bluefin Tuna have been increasing, likely due to improved management of fisheries. Our Marine Conservation team have seen this change first-hand.

📅Cyanotype Workshop (adults) - Sat 1st August, 2:30-4:30pm 🌿 Discover sensational seaweeds and create your own unique cyanotype print artwork to take home with you. 🖼️ 🎟️ Ticket: £8 per person - champ.ly/jT7k8H8p

Seaweed Cyanotype Workshop (Adults)

Celebrate #NationalMarineWeek by joining our #MarineConservation Team for a cyanotype workshop!

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Think Limpets are boring? Let us change your mind! ⬇️ You might know Limpets as the cone-shaped shells that you find clamped onto rocks. But there's more than meets the eye...

👀 Weekly Sightings Update 🌊 🧑‍🤝‍🧑This week our #MarineConservation volunteers carried out 37 #DolphinWatch surveys.📝We continue to have regular sightings of a mother and calf in the harbour area. 🐬 Please remember to respect marine wildlife and keep at least 100m away! ⚠️ #CitizenScience

Happy National Marine Week! 🐋 This year we celebrate the ocean's Incredible Journeys. Nature is full of amazing journeys. From molluscs battling across rockpools to Arctic Terns soaring from pole to pole. Over the next two weeks we'll dive in together and learn about some of these adventures 🐟

Ocean science, art and activities 🌊 National Marine Week begins on Saturday 25th July and we have an unmissable program of events for you at our @cbmwc.bsky.social

🐬🐧 Please respect our marine wildlife and keep at least 100m away from marine mammals and seabirds. 💙 📢 If you'd like to report a disturbance then visit 👉 champ.ly/mjTVHSOW #RespectMarineWildlife #MarineCode #ProtectMarineLife

#MarineMonday 🌊 🔴Beadlet anemones retract their tentacles when out of the water. This prevents them from drying out.♨️ Helping them to survive during hot or dry weather! ☀️ #CBWildlife #BeadletAnemone

👀 Weekly Sightings Update 🌊 🧑‍🤝‍🧑This week our #MarineConservation volunteers carried out 38 #DolphinWatch surveys! 📝We had regular sightings of dolphins & observed foraging, leaping & socialising. 🐬 Seabirds spotted included greater black backed gulls, cormorants & oystercatchers. 🐦

Countdown to #NationalMarineWeek🙌🌊 Get ready for two weeks packed with fintastic events and fascinating marine wildlife! 😍

Whether you're a coastal explorer 🕵️‍♂️ or dolphin lover 🐬 our gift shop has something for you! 📅 Open 9am-5pm daily pop in to support our #MarineConservation work 💙 @wtsww.bsky.social

🚮 Our #MarineConservation volunteers have conducted 12 beach cleans this month! 🤩 We've collected 2,178 pieces of litter. 🤯 This includes 641 plastic items, 607 cigarette butts & 481 pieces of paper/cardboard. 🤢 Please respect our coastline and take your rubbish home with you! 💙

📢 Dolphin Diets Project News! 1 / 2 🌊 Collaborator Dr. Neil Cook recently represented our work at a major marine conference, sharing Cardigan Bay research with 250 experts from 22 countries! Neil presented on two key areas: 🦈 Angelshark occurrences 🐬 Our Dolphin Diet Detectives project

☀️ Another beautiful day, featuring our centre by the sea! 🏖️ #OfficeWithAView #NewQuay

👀 Weekly Sightings Update 🌊 🧑‍🤝‍🧑This week our #MarineConservation volunteers carried out 27 #DolphinWatch surveys! 📝 It's been a busy week for sightings of mother and calf pairs! 🐬We also trained 8 new volunteers to carry out these surveys. 🤩 #CitizenScience #MarineMammalSurvey

We visited Skomer Island this week with Manx Shearwater Rescue! 🛥️ 🏝️ The photos might be of puffins but we discussed the internationally important breeding colony of Manx shearwater. 🐦 🐣 Manxies are nocturnal when on land as they need to avoid predators. 🛌 #SkomerIsland @wtsww.bsky.social

🕵️‍♀️ By-the-wind-sailors may look like jellyfish but they're a colonial hydroid 📚 🏘️ They're made up of a colony of tiny individual animals that work together!🤩 They use their sail to "catch" the wind and drift around on ocean currents 🌬️so it's not unusual to find them washed up. 🌊

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 It's #WalesNatureWeek and this years theme is ‘In Your Neighbourhood' 🏘️ We're so lucky to have this incredible coastline and fintastic marine wildlife right on our doorstep! 🐬 🦀 🐧 🐙 🌊 #CBWildlife #BottlenoseDolphins #WelshCoast

📢 Say hello to our newest seasonal volunteers! 👋 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Welcome to the #MarineConservation team Hannah, Julie, Elizabeth, Aziliz, Lucy, Abi, Rebecca and Tayla! 🌊💙 #MarineConservationVolunteers #PodSquad

#MarineMonday 🌊 🌿Japanese wireweed is a fast-growing seaweed. First found in the UK in 1973. 🔙 It can outcompete other seaweed species because it grows so quickly. ⏩ Pictured in a rockpool in New Quay! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #Shoresearch #CBWildlife

👀 Weekly Sightings Update 🌊 🧑‍🤝‍🧑This week our #MarineConservation volunteers carried out 33 #DolphinWatch surveys! 📝Dolphins were spotted daily with groups coming close to the harbour wall. 🐬 Seabird sightings have included gannets, black-headed gulls and cormorants. 🐦 #CitizenScience

👋 This weekend we're saying goodbye to some of our seasonal volunteers 😭 ✨ We'd like to say a MASSIVE thank you to Reilly, Hannah, Anna, Emily, Stevie-Kate, Meave and Ziven for all your help with our #marineconservation work 👏💙

Happy #WorldSeabirdDay 🥳🐧 Today marks the when the last Great Auk was seen alive on 3rd July 1844! ⏳ 🔙 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales is home to a fantastic array of seabirds. 😍 Let us know your favourite species below. 👇

🕵️‍♂️ Exploring the shore and recording marine invasive species with the #LivingSeas Youth Forum! 📝👫 We also created nature tiles using strandline treasures like shells and sea glass. 🎨 #Shoresearch #InvasiveSpecies

During a recent @cbmwc.bsky.social research survey in Cardigan Bay, supported by Dolphin Survey Boat Trips, we had some fantastic sightings of bottlenose dolphins & we spotted this awesome minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) 🐋. #MinkeWhale #CardiganBay #Cetaceans #Wales #CBMWC #MarineMammals