Monthly sightings total (June); BN Dolphins- 427, Grey Seals- 194, Harbour Porpoise- 27.

"There must be something in the water, as it's certainly been a very active week for marine mammals this week. I suppose you heard about the super pod of Common Dolphins (Delphinus delphis) off Pembrokeshire (not far from New Quay) this week. The pod was reported to be made up of 1600 individuals.

Early in the week, fishermen reported a pod of more than 60 Bottlenose Dolphins foraging offshore from New Quay headland. The team went out on an offshore survey in search of a glimpse of the pod, but unfortunately did not find them.

But a few days later and our luck changed for the better. A 4 hour boat trip offshore from New Quay resulted in 44 Bottlenose dolphin sightings! Great views of the dolphins leaping, tail slapping and playing were seen meters from the boat side.

The last day of the week has topped every other boat survey so far this year, swooping in with 67 Bottlenose dolphins, 18 Grey Seals and 2 Harbour porpoise seen along the New Quay coast line and a further 18 dolphins seen from land- all in one day! Many of the dolphins were photographed and will hopefully be identified with help of the I.D. catalogue or named as new animals.

We have identified and named over 250 individual dolphins that are seen regularly in Cardigan Bay. It's also been an unusual week for sightings as a handful of sightings were of juveniles and calves foraging and playing with no adults in sight.

Possibly they were learning to forage and the adults were close by, but out of sight, leaving the juveniles to it. But never the less people love to see calves and juveniles as they are very playful, with plenty of splashing, bow riding and leaping clear of the water.

New Quay also welcomed visitors who were hoping to identify some of our Atlantic grey seal population, to try estimate the population size and possibly even relationships within the group. So in the future we may be able to put names to the frequently seen seals around the bay and coast of New Quay. "

Report by Charlotte Daley