Crawsnest (Tay Dolphins)

As we approach the end of the ’season’, I’d again like to thank all those people who have regularly sent in their sightings reports…  your contribution added to our own data has given us a starting point from which to expand our knowledge of the dolphins that visit the area.  With your help, in the coming years, we hope to add to that knowledge.

This year’s project has already opened our eyes as to how many dolphins are visiting the area.  We have also collected a number of photographs of individual dolphins for identification and hope to find out ‘who’ is present.  By matching this data with other sightings outwith the area we hope to find which family groups (pods) are visiting us…

On a personal note…  I have been extremely encouraged by the response of local people towards the dolphins…  The vast majority have shown respect and a sense of care for these animals.  It is attitudes like this that will help to keep the dolphins safe over the coming years…

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Ps…  Thanks to Jim McQeen for sending in a short video clip of the dolphins in 2006….

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 Hi everyone…  We haven’t commented in a while.. Due mainly to our being on the west coast over the last month…

 However, we have still been getting sightings info from many members of the public, who have been kind enough to send in their reports…  A big THANKS to everyone…

First, let me thank Caroline for the picture of the seals at Tentsmuir.. and also for all her reports of dolphins in the area…  Thanks also go to Annie W, Moira D… and to Ron WH… for their detailed sightings reports….

It seems that we still have fairly large numbers of dolphins in the area.. Reports tell of around 30 dolphins being present in the estuary on the incoming tides…  We also have reports of around a dozen dolphins travelling between the Tay and the Lunan Bay area on a regular basis….

Please continue to send in your sightings… every sighting is important to our understanding of the movements of the dolphins in our area… Thanks!!!