It’s a terrible picture, but I’m pleased I got it all the same (click on it to make it bigger). There are thought to be upwards of 120 bottle-nosed dolphins living in Cardigan bay and they are often visible from the shore. In New quay (about 30 miles South of here) they come right up to the jetty.
The fellow in the picture above was about 100 metres from the beach fairly close to high tide and he only appeared above the water for a split second at a time whilst curving out of the water and back in again. I just kept snapping away in the hope that one of them would catch it, and I got lucky.
There are Porpoise in Cardigan Bay too, and they can be distinguished at a distance by the shape of the fins. The dolphins have the distinctive curvature you see in the above picture, porpoise’ fins have more of a straight edge and a sharper point.
Cheers, Tom.
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