CBMWC
@cbmwc.bsky.social
Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre (CBMWC), part of the @wtsww.bsky.social.
🐬 Dedicated to marine research, 🌊 conservation & 🧐awareness in Cardigan Bay & the Irish Sea
📍New Quay, Ceredigion 🏴
https://linktr.ee/CBMWC
🐟🌊🐬🐳🐙🐋🦭🪼🦈🐚🦀
🐬 Dedicated to marine research, 🌊 conservation & 🧐awareness in Cardigan Bay & the Irish Sea
📍New Quay, Ceredigion 🏴
https://linktr.ee/CBMWC
🐟🌊🐬🐳🐙🐋🦭🪼🦈🐚🦀
👀 Weekly Sightings Update 🌊🧑🤝🧑Last week our #MarineConservation volunteers carried out 7 #DolphinWatch surveys! 📝We had a few dolphin sightings throughout the week, 1 sighting of an Atlantic grey seal, and some oystercatchers were also spotted!
November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
👀 Weekly Sightings Update 🌊🧑🤝🧑Last week our #MarineConservation volunteers carried out 7 #DolphinWatch surveys! 📝We had a few dolphin sightings throughout the week, 1 sighting of an Atlantic grey seal, and some oystercatchers were also spotted!
🎅 A staggering 1 billion cards ✉️, 74 million mince pies 🥧 & 100 million bags of toy and gift packaging 🎁 end up in landfill every festive season! 😱👎 🙋♀️ Will you be making greener 💚 and more cost-effective choices this year? 💰
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#christmas #festive #livingseas #cbmwc #wtsww #CardiganBay
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#christmas #festive #livingseas #cbmwc #wtsww #CardiganBay
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🎅 A staggering 1 billion cards ✉️, 74 million mince pies 🥧 & 100 million bags of toy and gift packaging 🎁 end up in landfill every festive season! 😱👎 🙋♀️ Will you be making greener 💚 and more cost-effective choices this year? 💰
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#christmas #festive #livingseas #cbmwc #wtsww #CardiganBay
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#christmas #festive #livingseas #cbmwc #wtsww #CardiganBay
🪨Sea urchins can be spotted carrying around objects, like rocks and shells!🐚
🤔Some theories for this put it down to camouflage from predators🐟, or protection from the sun's UV rays☀️
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#seaurchin #greenseaurchin #urchin #rockpool #rockpooling #livingseas #cbmwc #wtsww #CardiganBay
🤔Some theories for this put it down to camouflage from predators🐟, or protection from the sun's UV rays☀️
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#seaurchin #greenseaurchin #urchin #rockpool #rockpooling #livingseas #cbmwc #wtsww #CardiganBay
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🪨Sea urchins can be spotted carrying around objects, like rocks and shells!🐚
🤔Some theories for this put it down to camouflage from predators🐟, or protection from the sun's UV rays☀️
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#seaurchin #greenseaurchin #urchin #rockpool #rockpooling #livingseas #cbmwc #wtsww #CardiganBay
🤔Some theories for this put it down to camouflage from predators🐟, or protection from the sun's UV rays☀️
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#seaurchin #greenseaurchin #urchin #rockpool #rockpooling #livingseas #cbmwc #wtsww #CardiganBay
🤩On Saturday our #MarineConservation team were joined by Aberystwyth Marine Conservation Society for a day of volunteering📝🐬They conducted dolphin watch surveys, bottlenose dolphin photo ID and BRUVs footage analysis🕵️♀️
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#volunteerday #livingseas #marineconservation #cbmwc #CardiganBay
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#volunteerday #livingseas #marineconservation #cbmwc #CardiganBay
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🤩On Saturday our #MarineConservation team were joined by Aberystwyth Marine Conservation Society for a day of volunteering📝🐬They conducted dolphin watch surveys, bottlenose dolphin photo ID and BRUVs footage analysis🕵️♀️
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#volunteerday #livingseas #marineconservation #cbmwc #CardiganBay
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#volunteerday #livingseas #marineconservation #cbmwc #CardiganBay
👀 Weekly Sightings Update 🌊
🧑🤝🧑This week our #MarineConservation volunteers carried out 11 #DolphinWatch surveys! 📝 Dolphins were spotted on every survey with a group of 12 seen on Mon & Wed! 🐬 Some surveys had to be cancelled due to the weather ⛈️
#citizenscience #marinemammalsurveys
🧑🤝🧑This week our #MarineConservation volunteers carried out 11 #DolphinWatch surveys! 📝 Dolphins were spotted on every survey with a group of 12 seen on Mon & Wed! 🐬 Some surveys had to be cancelled due to the weather ⛈️
#citizenscience #marinemammalsurveys
November 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
👀 Weekly Sightings Update 🌊
🧑🤝🧑This week our #MarineConservation volunteers carried out 11 #DolphinWatch surveys! 📝 Dolphins were spotted on every survey with a group of 12 seen on Mon & Wed! 🐬 Some surveys had to be cancelled due to the weather ⛈️
#citizenscience #marinemammalsurveys
🧑🤝🧑This week our #MarineConservation volunteers carried out 11 #DolphinWatch surveys! 📝 Dolphins were spotted on every survey with a group of 12 seen on Mon & Wed! 🐬 Some surveys had to be cancelled due to the weather ⛈️
#citizenscience #marinemammalsurveys
👋 Yesterday we said goodbye to placement student Ephelia 😭 ✨ We'd like to say a MASSIVE thank you for all your help with our #marineconservation work 👏💙
#placementstudent #thankyou #volunteer
#placementstudent #thankyou #volunteer
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
👋 Yesterday we said goodbye to placement student Ephelia 😭 ✨ We'd like to say a MASSIVE thank you for all your help with our #marineconservation work 👏💙
#placementstudent #thankyou #volunteer
#placementstudent #thankyou #volunteer
📆 On Saturday we ran a bioluminescence workshop for our #LivingSeas Youth Forum 🔬🧑🤝🧑
🎓 We explored #bioluminescence in marine animals, created our own glowing jars and then explored the rocky shore searching for species that fluoresce under UV light 🕵️♂️ 🌟
#youthforum #youngscientists
🎓 We explored #bioluminescence in marine animals, created our own glowing jars and then explored the rocky shore searching for species that fluoresce under UV light 🕵️♂️ 🌟
#youthforum #youngscientists
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📆 On Saturday we ran a bioluminescence workshop for our #LivingSeas Youth Forum 🔬🧑🤝🧑
🎓 We explored #bioluminescence in marine animals, created our own glowing jars and then explored the rocky shore searching for species that fluoresce under UV light 🕵️♂️ 🌟
#youthforum #youngscientists
🎓 We explored #bioluminescence in marine animals, created our own glowing jars and then explored the rocky shore searching for species that fluoresce under UV light 🕵️♂️ 🌟
#youthforum #youngscientists
👀 Our #MarineConservation team spotted this chough whilst on a lunch time walk yesterday! 😍
🐦 Chough are a striking red-billed crow found along coastal cliffs in Wales, Cornwall, western Scotland and Ireland 🏴
#chough #crow #coastalbird
🐦 Chough are a striking red-billed crow found along coastal cliffs in Wales, Cornwall, western Scotland and Ireland 🏴
#chough #crow #coastalbird
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
👀 Our #MarineConservation team spotted this chough whilst on a lunch time walk yesterday! 😍
🐦 Chough are a striking red-billed crow found along coastal cliffs in Wales, Cornwall, western Scotland and Ireland 🏴
#chough #crow #coastalbird
🐦 Chough are a striking red-billed crow found along coastal cliffs in Wales, Cornwall, western Scotland and Ireland 🏴
#chough #crow #coastalbird
👀 Weekly Sightings Update 🌊🧑🤝🧑Last week our #MarineConservation volunteers carried out 26 #DolphinWatch surveys! 📝Bottlenose dolphins were seen on 23 surveys and Atlantic grey seals were spotted on 9. One notable sighting yesterday was a kingfisher!
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
👀 Weekly Sightings Update 🌊🧑🤝🧑Last week our #MarineConservation volunteers carried out 26 #DolphinWatch surveys! 📝Bottlenose dolphins were seen on 23 surveys and Atlantic grey seals were spotted on 9. One notable sighting yesterday was a kingfisher!
🐬#AquaticAcrobatics 💃
Another series of breaches photographed during a recent research survey 🚤 Our boat based surveys are supported by the #NatureNetworksProgramme. It is being delivered by the Heritage Fund, on behalf of the Welsh Government. 💙 🏴
#dolphin #boatsurvey
Another series of breaches photographed during a recent research survey 🚤 Our boat based surveys are supported by the #NatureNetworksProgramme. It is being delivered by the Heritage Fund, on behalf of the Welsh Government. 💙 🏴
#dolphin #boatsurvey
November 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🐬#AquaticAcrobatics 💃
Another series of breaches photographed during a recent research survey 🚤 Our boat based surveys are supported by the #NatureNetworksProgramme. It is being delivered by the Heritage Fund, on behalf of the Welsh Government. 💙 🏴
#dolphin #boatsurvey
Another series of breaches photographed during a recent research survey 🚤 Our boat based surveys are supported by the #NatureNetworksProgramme. It is being delivered by the Heritage Fund, on behalf of the Welsh Government. 💙 🏴
#dolphin #boatsurvey
💀Check out these spooky sea creatures🎃
🦐 Lots of marine animals, especially ones found in rockpools glow under uv light! 🔦Why not grab a headtorch, wrap up and head down to a local rockpool and see what you can find? 🦀
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#cbmwc #crab #anemone #wtsww #uvlight #halloween #wildlife #rockpool
🦐 Lots of marine animals, especially ones found in rockpools glow under uv light! 🔦Why not grab a headtorch, wrap up and head down to a local rockpool and see what you can find? 🦀
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#cbmwc #crab #anemone #wtsww #uvlight #halloween #wildlife #rockpool
October 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🧡 It's Sea Slug Day! 🧡
There are over 100 different species of sea slug that can be found in the UK, although not all of the species pictured can be found here!🌏
Did you know some sea slugs can photosynthesize,🌿and some can steal the stinging cells from other creatures?🐚
#seaslug #cbmwc
There are over 100 different species of sea slug that can be found in the UK, although not all of the species pictured can be found here!🌏
Did you know some sea slugs can photosynthesize,🌿and some can steal the stinging cells from other creatures?🐚
#seaslug #cbmwc
October 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
👗Marine Outfit Inspo🧦
Struggling to find a costume for halloween next week? 🎃 Wanting to switch up your style or try something new? 💃 Why not take inspiration from this stylish starfish! 🌟
#halloween #stealthelook #outfitinspo #starfish #cbmwc #wtsww #CardiganBay #NewQuayWales #marine #style
Struggling to find a costume for halloween next week? 🎃 Wanting to switch up your style or try something new? 💃 Why not take inspiration from this stylish starfish! 🌟
#halloween #stealthelook #outfitinspo #starfish #cbmwc #wtsww #CardiganBay #NewQuayWales #marine #style
October 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
👗Marine Outfit Inspo🧦
Struggling to find a costume for halloween next week? 🎃 Wanting to switch up your style or try something new? 💃 Why not take inspiration from this stylish starfish! 🌟
#halloween #stealthelook #outfitinspo #starfish #cbmwc #wtsww #CardiganBay #NewQuayWales #marine #style
Struggling to find a costume for halloween next week? 🎃 Wanting to switch up your style or try something new? 💃 Why not take inspiration from this stylish starfish! 🌟
#halloween #stealthelook #outfitinspo #starfish #cbmwc #wtsww #CardiganBay #NewQuayWales #marine #style
🐬 Aquatic Acrobatics 💃
On a recent boat based survey 🛥️ our marine conservation team captured these images 📸 of a dolphin leaping out of the water and landing on its side. How cool! 🤩
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#marineconservation #livingseas #cbmwc #wtsww #dolphin #photography #volunteers #boatsurvey
On a recent boat based survey 🛥️ our marine conservation team captured these images 📸 of a dolphin leaping out of the water and landing on its side. How cool! 🤩
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#marineconservation #livingseas #cbmwc #wtsww #dolphin #photography #volunteers #boatsurvey
October 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🐬 Aquatic Acrobatics 💃
On a recent boat based survey 🛥️ our marine conservation team captured these images 📸 of a dolphin leaping out of the water and landing on its side. How cool! 🤩
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#marineconservation #livingseas #cbmwc #wtsww #dolphin #photography #volunteers #boatsurvey
On a recent boat based survey 🛥️ our marine conservation team captured these images 📸 of a dolphin leaping out of the water and landing on its side. How cool! 🤩
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#marineconservation #livingseas #cbmwc #wtsww #dolphin #photography #volunteers #boatsurvey
👀 Weekly Sightings Update 🌊 🧑🤝🧑Last week our #MarineConservation volunteers carried out 28 #DolphinWatch surveys! 📝It was a home run this week with dolphins spotted on ALL surveys! One interesting sighting this week was a single swan in the bay!
October 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
👀 Weekly Sightings Update 🌊 🧑🤝🧑Last week our #MarineConservation volunteers carried out 28 #DolphinWatch surveys! 📝It was a home run this week with dolphins spotted on ALL surveys! One interesting sighting this week was a single swan in the bay!
📚 Animals are given scientific names as a universal way of identifying species🌍
🔠 The name is usually in Latin as it was the 'scientific language' during the 18th century when Carl Linnaeus established the system 🔙 ⌛
🧑🎨Created by #MarineConservation volunteer Libby 🖼 #latinnamesexplained
🔠 The name is usually in Latin as it was the 'scientific language' during the 18th century when Carl Linnaeus established the system 🔙 ⌛
🧑🎨Created by #MarineConservation volunteer Libby 🖼 #latinnamesexplained
October 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
📚 Animals are given scientific names as a universal way of identifying species🌍
🔠 The name is usually in Latin as it was the 'scientific language' during the 18th century when Carl Linnaeus established the system 🔙 ⌛
🧑🎨Created by #MarineConservation volunteer Libby 🖼 #latinnamesexplained
🔠 The name is usually in Latin as it was the 'scientific language' during the 18th century when Carl Linnaeus established the system 🔙 ⌛
🧑🎨Created by #MarineConservation volunteer Libby 🖼 #latinnamesexplained
Last week we were joined by a team from SERB Pharmaceuticals for a day of volunteering! 📝🚮 They helped with a survey and a litter pick! Our community engagement work is supported by the #NatureNetworksProgramme which is being delivered by the Heritage Fund, on behalf of the Welsh Government.🙏
October 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Last week we were joined by a team from SERB Pharmaceuticals for a day of volunteering! 📝🚮 They helped with a survey and a litter pick! Our community engagement work is supported by the #NatureNetworksProgramme which is being delivered by the Heritage Fund, on behalf of the Welsh Government.🙏
💡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
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
💡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
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
🤩On Saturday we were joined by Aberystwyth Marine Conservation Soc for a day of volunteering👊
They carried out a #DolphinWatch survey, beach clean & took a trip with Dolphin Survey Boat Trips🐬🚮It was lovely to welcome back Charlie who did her placement with us earlier this year💙
#volunteerday
They carried out a #DolphinWatch survey, beach clean & took a trip with Dolphin Survey Boat Trips🐬🚮It was lovely to welcome back Charlie who did her placement with us earlier this year💙
#volunteerday
October 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🤩On Saturday we were joined by Aberystwyth Marine Conservation Soc for a day of volunteering👊
They carried out a #DolphinWatch survey, beach clean & took a trip with Dolphin Survey Boat Trips🐬🚮It was lovely to welcome back Charlie who did her placement with us earlier this year💙
#volunteerday
They carried out a #DolphinWatch survey, beach clean & took a trip with Dolphin Survey Boat Trips🐬🚮It was lovely to welcome back Charlie who did her placement with us earlier this year💙
#volunteerday
📸 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
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#volunteer #bottlenosedolphin #cbmwc #wtsww #NewQuayWales #CardiganBay #NatureNetworksFund
October 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
📸 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
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#volunteer #bottlenosedolphin #cbmwc #wtsww #NewQuayWales #CardiganBay #NatureNetworksFund
👀 Weekly Sightings Update 🌊 🧑🤝🧑This week our #MarineConservation volunteers carried out 25 #DolphinWatch surveys! 📝 Dolphins were spotted on all but 2 and Atlantic grey seals were seen on over half of all surveys! Our volunteers also spotted gannets, dunlins, turnstones, and oystercatchers.
October 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
👀 Weekly Sightings Update 🌊 🧑🤝🧑This week our #MarineConservation volunteers carried out 25 #DolphinWatch surveys! 📝 Dolphins were spotted on all but 2 and Atlantic grey seals were seen on over half of all surveys! Our volunteers also spotted gannets, dunlins, turnstones, and oystercatchers.
💡A fact for Friday💡
🐠 Mackerels have 20-30 black stripes, called 'schooling marks', across their upper bodies. 🐟 This helps them see where other fish are in the shoal, and how fast they're moving 🏎️ so they can stay together as a group! 👭
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#mackerel #funfact #cbmwc #wtsww #NewQuayWales
🐠 Mackerels have 20-30 black stripes, called 'schooling marks', across their upper bodies. 🐟 This helps them see where other fish are in the shoal, and how fast they're moving 🏎️ so they can stay together as a group! 👭
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#mackerel #funfact #cbmwc #wtsww #NewQuayWales
October 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
💡A fact for Friday💡
🐠 Mackerels have 20-30 black stripes, called 'schooling marks', across their upper bodies. 🐟 This helps them see where other fish are in the shoal, and how fast they're moving 🏎️ so they can stay together as a group! 👭
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#mackerel #funfact #cbmwc #wtsww #NewQuayWales
🐠 Mackerels have 20-30 black stripes, called 'schooling marks', across their upper bodies. 🐟 This helps them see where other fish are in the shoal, and how fast they're moving 🏎️ so they can stay together as a group! 👭
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#mackerel #funfact #cbmwc #wtsww #NewQuayWales
📢 #DolphinWatchLive is back!👀🔴
Watch the Cardigan Bay dolphins live from the comfort of your home anywhere in the world!🐬🏡
Watch and subscribe here 👉 champ.ly/oKACvpKR
#dolphinwatchlivestream #dolphinwatching #bottlenosedolphins
Watch the Cardigan Bay dolphins live from the comfort of your home anywhere in the world!🐬🏡
Watch and subscribe here 👉 champ.ly/oKACvpKR
#dolphinwatchlivestream #dolphinwatching #bottlenosedolphins
October 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
📢 #DolphinWatchLive is back!👀🔴
Watch the Cardigan Bay dolphins live from the comfort of your home anywhere in the world!🐬🏡
Watch and subscribe here 👉 champ.ly/oKACvpKR
#dolphinwatchlivestream #dolphinwatching #bottlenosedolphins
Watch the Cardigan Bay dolphins live from the comfort of your home anywhere in the world!🐬🏡
Watch and subscribe here 👉 champ.ly/oKACvpKR
#dolphinwatchlivestream #dolphinwatching #bottlenosedolphins
A break in the storms let us head out on the water in Cardigan Bay 🌊. Gathering BRUVS & eDNA data for our #DolphinDietDetectives project. 🐬
#NatureNetworks #MarineConservation
@aberdlsagb.bsky.social @wtsww.bsky.social
#NatureNetworks #MarineConservation
@aberdlsagb.bsky.social @wtsww.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
A break in the storms let us head out on the water in Cardigan Bay 🌊. Gathering BRUVS & eDNA data for our #DolphinDietDetectives project. 🐬
#NatureNetworks #MarineConservation
@aberdlsagb.bsky.social @wtsww.bsky.social
#NatureNetworks #MarineConservation
@aberdlsagb.bsky.social @wtsww.bsky.social
👩🔬 What's the collective noun for a group of CBMWC Marine Biologists?
a. The Pod Squad 🐬
b. The Salty Scholars 🐟
c. The Gill-more Girls 🦈
Vote for your favourite below! 📝
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#collectivenoun #atlanticgreyseal #jellyfish #bottlenosedolphin #stingray #sardine #funfact #cbmwc #wtsww
a. The Pod Squad 🐬
b. The Salty Scholars 🐟
c. The Gill-more Girls 🦈
Vote for your favourite below! 📝
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#collectivenoun #atlanticgreyseal #jellyfish #bottlenosedolphin #stingray #sardine #funfact #cbmwc #wtsww
October 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
👩🔬 What's the collective noun for a group of CBMWC Marine Biologists?
a. The Pod Squad 🐬
b. The Salty Scholars 🐟
c. The Gill-more Girls 🦈
Vote for your favourite below! 📝
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#collectivenoun #atlanticgreyseal #jellyfish #bottlenosedolphin #stingray #sardine #funfact #cbmwc #wtsww
a. The Pod Squad 🐬
b. The Salty Scholars 🐟
c. The Gill-more Girls 🦈
Vote for your favourite below! 📝
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#collectivenoun #atlanticgreyseal #jellyfish #bottlenosedolphin #stingray #sardine #funfact #cbmwc #wtsww