The Castaway Blog

This is the second article I wrote for the Sea Watch Foundation, here I focus on the success of National Whale and Dolphin Watch 2015: 

Fintastic Family Fun for NWDW 2015

As August began the annual National Whale and Dolphin Watch came to a close, after nine days of fun activities and family events. The Sea Watch Foundation is a national charity working to improve the conservation of whales, dolphins and porpoises in UK ...

This is an article I wrote for the Sea Watch Foundation website and blog:

India’s survey for the forgotten Ganges River dolphin

Many people have heard of the critically endangered Vaquita dolphins, with 200 individuals left in the Gulf of California, or the Maui’s dolphins in New Zealand, where the population has declined to fewer than 60 individuals. What we don’t hear about are the river dolph...

Week two...

Monday 20th

My first day off! Did wing work and typed up my blog, after lunch we had an office meeting and Katrina showed me how to take sightings from other websites and put them into the Sea Watch database. Picked up some leaflets from tourist information for things to do when my parents visit. I went across the road and sat in the 'Toast and Post' which is a teashop and post office. It was a really cu...

My first week at the Sea Watch Foundation in New Quay, Wales, is over! Here's a break down of my training week:

Monday 13th July

Arrived at the house which I'm sharing with 7 other people, it's very nice but not made for this many people! (One fridge between 8 makes life difficult.) I'm sharing an attic room with Kristina and Charlotte, it doesn't have any storage but we get our own bathroom. The town is very pretty...