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The dolphin was spotted on the Menai Strait near Church Island(Image: North Wales Dolphin and Porpoise Sightings)<\/p>\n
It’s not the first sighting of the creatures off the coast of north Wales this year.<\/p>\n
In March, skipper Barry<\/a> Williams, who was working aboard a fishing boat, captured on video bottlenose dolphins swimming alongside his boat for several minutes<\/a> at Dulas Bay at Anglesey.<\/p>\n The Sea Watch Foundation say bottlenose dolphins are highly intelligent and social mammals.<\/p>\n They tend to travel in pods – often seen swimming in synchronised groups, sometimes leaping clear of the water.<\/p>\n The bottlenose dolphins that live around the British Isles are said to be the biggest in the world.<\/p>\n Dolphins seen by local skipper, Barry Williams, in March<\/p>\n They are present around much of the British coastline, including north Wales, although sightings can vary depending on the season and sea conditions.<\/p>\n The southern half of Cardigan Bay is an important summer feeding and breeding area for these animals.<\/p>\n Conservationists say they use these waters for nurturing and feeding their young, socialising and resting.<\/p>\n They can also be frequently seen tail slapping and breaching \u2013 leaping several metres out of the water.<\/p>\n In Wales, dolphins are most likely to be spotted from April to November, particularly around New Quay and Mwnt.<\/p>\n Get daily breaking news updates on your phone by joining our WhatsApp community here<\/a>. We occasionally treat members to special offers, promotions and ads from us and our partners. See our Privacy Notice.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The creature popped up at the weekend off the Welsh coast in AngleseyWoman surprised by beautiful dolphin A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[30048,1397,2208,90,1219,387,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":{"0":"post-523427","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-anglesey","9":"tag-environment","10":"tag-north-wales","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-tourism","13":"tag-travel","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom","17":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0_Screenshot-2026-03-19-150807.jpg\")
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