Boat Survey Fun

Today I was on boat watch again, but this time I was flying solo! Kat came on the boat to film, but it was a bit rough so we weren't sure how well it would go. We went out on the 2 hour boat ride and it is quite easy to zone out when you are on the ocean and forget to keep an eye out for dolphins at the same time you are righting down data(gps coordinates, sea state, etc.). Luckily Kat and the captain was paying attention and we found two

dolphins off of Ynys Lochtyn. They were close to the boat doing half breaches and foraging probably. We think it was a mother and juvenile, the picture at the top of the page is the juvenile mid breach. Luckily after I took down the sightings data(behaviour, gps coordinates, number of animals etc.) I was right beside the camera so I could grab it and get some good shots. The tide was pushing us away from the animals so we only got to watch them for about 5 mins, but it was well worth the trip!