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💡Wisdom Wednesday💡

Have you noticed the grey and purple stripes around the shell of a purple topshell? 🐚 Did you know that these stripes fade as the snail gets older! 🐌
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#purpletopshell #topshell #seasnail #cbmwc #wtsww #wildlifetrusts #rockpool #NewQuayWales #CardiganBay #NatureNetworksFund
October 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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📸 Check out these photos taken by local volunteer Rosie last week!🧍‍♀️Spotted during a land survey on New Quay Harbour wall, this mother and calf hung around for a while and were foraging for fish.🐬🐟
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#volunteer #bottlenosedolphin #cbmwc #wtsww #NewQuayWales #CardiganBay #NatureNetworksFund
October 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Final day of BRUVS fieldwork today for our #NatureNetworksFund #DolphinDietDetectives project.
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September 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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Beautiful morning for a day on the sea in Cardigan Bay. 🌊🐬🐟
Off to collect data for @cbmwc.bsky.social @wtsww.bsky.social #NatureNetworksFund project #DolphinDietsDetectives with
@neildcook.bsky.social @guibortolotto.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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A peek 👀 behind the scenes of our recent BRUVS deployments as part of our #NatureNetworksFund #DolphinDietDetectives project 📹🛥️🐟.

#MarineResearch #CardiganBay #BRUVS #cbmwc #wtsww

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July 19, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Sky News featuring our #DolphinDietDetectives project funded by Welsh Governments #NatureNetworksFund
👉 news.sky.com/story/what-d...

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May 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Taken aboard @dolphinsurveyboattrips during an @cbmwc / @wildlifetrustsww marine mammal survey as part of our #naturenetworksfund projects.

#Photography #Cetaceans #VisitWales #WestWales #marinemammalresearch #marineresearch #Catshark #marinescience #marinemammalsscience #WildSeasWales
April 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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🧑‍🤝‍🧑 A behind the scenes look into our #DolphinDietDetectives BRUVS deployment 🐬

We're collecting eDNA water samples & underwater footage to discover more about the availability of potential dolphin prey species 🐠

This project has been made possible thanks to funding from the #NatureNetworksFund 🙏
March 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Great day yesterday, highlighting our #NatureNetworksFund project #DolphinDietDetectives to schools visiting @aberuni.bsky.social #BritishScienceWeek event.

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hannahvallin.bsky.social Hannah Vallin @hannahvallin.bsky.social · Mar 11
Diving into #BritishScienceWeek with our dolphin diets project at @aberuni.bsky.social showcasing DNA extractions, fish otoliths, dolphin skulls, and learning about echolocation, marine food chains and much more! @cbmwc.bsky.social @lauracaryse.bsky.social @sarahperry.bsky.social 🐬🐠🦑🐚🧬
March 12, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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#DolphinADay

Dolphin poo, focus of #NatureNetworksFund funded Project! 🐬

#DolphinDietDetectives

📷 ©️ Sarah Perry, Mar 2024

#CardiganBay #CBMWC #Wales #MarineConservation #WildlifePhotography #WTSWW #MarineWildlife #PhotoOfTheDay #CBWildlife #MarineMammals #BottlenoseDolphins

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Photograph showing a dolphin underwater and a dolphin poo coming from the dolphin that is bow riding in front of a boat
March 11, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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We’ve been so lucky with the weather for this fieldwork week, collecting data for our ( @cbmwc.bsky.social ) #NatureNetworksFund #DolphinDietDetectives project! 🙌

#BRUVS #Research #eDNA #Dolphins #Wales #CardiganBay #Teamwork
hannahvallin.bsky.social Hannah Vallin @hannahvallin.bsky.social · Mar 5
Day 3 and the weather is still holding out ☀️. Time to collect BRUVs and eDNA samples off Newquay. Great working with such a fantastic team in a truly beautiful location 🧬🌊🐬🐠📹 @sarahperry.bsky.social @cbmwc.bsky.social @aberdlsagb.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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So happy to see these today!
🛟 Buoys marking the location of some of our #acoustic equipment that’s been collecting data for @cbmwc.bsky.social @wtsww.bsky.social #NatureNetworksFund project over the winter.

#Bioacoustics #CetaceanResearch #MarineConservation #MarineScience #MarineMammalScience
Two yellow buoys with weed on float on the water’s surface, gently bobbing with the waves. Sunlight reflects off the rippling sea, creating a shimmering effect. In the background, green hills and cliffs stretch along the coastline under a partly cloudy sky.
March 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Great day for a day on the water collecting eDNA, BRUVS and acoustics data

#Fieldwork #NatureNetworksFund #CBMWC #WTSWW #AberystwythUni

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March 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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👋 Seeing off our #DolphinDietDetectives team this morning! 🛥️

They'll be spending the day out at sea deploying BRUVs to monitor bottlenose dolphin prey species🐠🍽️

This project is supported by the #NatureNetworksFund 🙏

#BRUVS #MarineMammalScience @ibers.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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🤩 Yesterday our #MarineConservation team were joined by a group of Dolphin Detectives 🐬🧐

🐦 We spotted plenty of seabirds and one bottlenose dolphin! 👀

#CommunityEngagement #DolphinWatch #NatureNetworksFund
February 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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This opportunity has been made possible thanks to funding from the Nature Networks Fund. The Nature Networks Fund is funded by the Welsh Government and administered by The National Lottery Heritage Fund in Wales.

#NatureNetworksFund #NationalLotteryHeritageFund
January 30, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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This afternoon, our staff, students and volunteers started to digitise the data labels on our butterfly and moth collection. Today, we've been working on butterflies from Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, collected in the 1970's and 80's.

This project is supported by the #NatureNetworksFund
January 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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📢 Upcoming Events Jan 2025! 📅

🚮 PlastOff 2025 - Sat 11th Jan, 10am-1pm at Cei Bach beach
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Youth Forum Social - Sat 25th Jan, 10am-4pm at CBMWC

Booking essential for forum social 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/cardigan-b...

#CommunityEngagement
#NatureNetworksFund #GronfaRhwydweithiauNatur
December 17, 2024 at 10:50 AM
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Great to catch up with colleagues from Aberystwyth University who are working on our Dolphin Diet Detective project with us! 🕵️‍♀️

Planning for the next year of sample collection, processing and community engagement 🧬🐟🐬💩

#DolphinDietDetectives #NatureNetworksFund #CardiganBay #Wales #WTSWW #CBMWC
cbmwc.bsky.social CBMWC @cbmwc.bsky.social · Dec 6
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Yesterday we had a #DolphinDietDetectives Project catch up & planning meeting with colleagues from Aberystwyth University! 🐬💩

Exciting times ahead so watch this space for more in 2025 🤩

#MarineMammalResearch #NatureNetworks @sarahperry.bsky.social @lauracaryse.bsky.social
December 6, 2024 at 10:59 AM
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🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Our #MarineConservation team are based at CBMWC year round but we often get asked what we do during the quieter winter months 👩‍🏫🌊

📰So here's an update of what we're working on during the off season! 🤓

#MarineMammalScience #CommunityEngagement #NatureNetworksFund #NewQuayWales
Image of Dr Sarah Perry, Marine Conservation & Research Manager. The sea and a coastal headland in view, Sarah is holding a camera. Off season work includes - Managing the work of CBMWC Managing the Nature Networks projects Processing and analysing research data Conducting bottlenose dolphin photo ID Planning for 2025 and beyond Leading research surveys And so much more! Photo of Laura Evans, Marine Conservation Project Officer. Laura is stood on a beach with the sea and a rocky headland in the background. Off season work includes - Working on our Nature Networks Projects Delivering events Working with the youth forum Planning outreach activities for 2025 Recruiting seasonal volunteers for 2025 Producing social media content Photo of Cerys Hartland, Marine Conservation Assistant. Cerys is stood in the visitor centre holding a whale cuddly toy. Behind her is a common dolphin model hanging from the ceiling, a display of marine mammal skulls and information boards. Off season work includes - Supporting, training and coordinating volunteers Developing our visitor centre for 2025 Sourcing merchandise for our gift shop Administration work Planning and preparing for 2025
December 2, 2024 at 9:16 AM
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Here’s a timelapse I created from a couple of @cbmwc.bsky.social marine mammal surveys this autumn. 🐬

Huge thank you to our amazing volunteers who help us gather data during these surveys, & to #NatureNetworksFund for their invaluable support! 🙌

#MarineConservation #MarineLife #CardiganBay #Wales
cbmwc.bsky.social CBMWC @cbmwc.bsky.social · Nov 27
✨Check out this timelapse of a couple of marine mammal surveys conducted during October as part of our #NatureNetworks funded project 📝🛥️

🙏 A huge thanks to our team, surveys provide valuable information to increase understanding of Cardigan Bay’s marine wildlife!💙

#MarineMammalScience #MarineLife
November 27, 2024 at 3:16 PM
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Our youth forum is supported by the #NatureNetworksFund from the Welsh Government administered by the The National Lottery Heritage Fund 💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
November 17, 2024 at 10:35 AM
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🦈 We captured something fishy on our BRUVS 📹
💡 We have our own ideas, but what do you think?
💬 Comment below👇

👀 Watch carefully..

@sarahperry.bsky.social @neildcook.bsky.social

#BRUVS #NatureNetworksFund #CardiganBay #Wales #CBMWC #WTSWW #Elasmobranch #MarineConservation #MarineLife
November 15, 2024 at 11:29 AM
sarahperry.bsky.social
Last week I had the opportunity to meet the team from Welsh Government’s Marine and Biodiversity Division. I spent the day with colleagues showing them some of our marine conservation projects & volunteering activities!
#Wales #MarineConservation #NatureNetworksFund #CardiganBay #OceanConservation
cbmwc.bsky.social CBMWC @cbmwc.bsky.social · Nov 14
Last week Welsh Government's Marine & Biodiversity Division joined us for a day of volunteering 🧑‍🤝‍🧑🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Yr wythnos diwethaf, ymunodd Is-adran Forol a Bioamrywiaeth Llywodraeth Cymru â ni am ddiwrnod o wirfoddoli 🧑‍🤝‍🧑🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

#marineconservation #dolphinsurvey #volunteering #naturenetworksfund #CardiganBay #Wales
November 14, 2024 at 8:59 PM
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Last week Welsh Government's Marine & Biodiversity Division joined us for a day of volunteering 🧑‍🤝‍🧑🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Yr wythnos diwethaf, ymunodd Is-adran Forol a Bioamrywiaeth Llywodraeth Cymru â ni am ddiwrnod o wirfoddoli 🧑‍🤝‍🧑🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

#marineconservation #dolphinsurvey #volunteering #naturenetworksfund #CardiganBay #Wales
November 14, 2024 at 8:54 PM