{"id":776492,"date":"2026-09-20T05:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T05:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/776492\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T05:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T05:22:11","slug":"dolphins-appear-to-kiss-off-roker-north-east-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/776492\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins appear to \u2018kiss\u2019 off Roker, North East coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The dolphins were photographed touching noses off Roker last weekend as a pod swam close to shore.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\" alt=\"Dolphins at Roker, Sunderland\"\/>Dolphins at Roker, Sunderland (Image: Anthony Skordis\/ANT AND DEX PHOTOGRAPHY)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Local photographer Anthony Skordis, who goes by the name Ant and Dex Photography on social media, took the striking pictures, which show dolphins breaching in the North Sea.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The dolphins were quiet at first, then became more active as Anthony photographed them from Roker Pier.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Anthony, who lives locally, has spent years photographing dolphins and other wildlife along the North East coast.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The sighting follows several recent dolphin appearances along the region\u2019s coastline.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Dolphins at Roker, Sunderland (Image: Anthony Skordis\/ANT AND DEX PHOTOGRAPHY)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Earlier this week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenorthernecho.co.uk\/news\/26546726.dolphins-spotted-playing-off-redcar-beach-latest-sighting\/?ref=mse_al\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dolphins were also spotted off Redcar beach<\/a>, where the animals were filmed swimming and leaping from the water.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Dolphins at Roker, Sunderland (Image: Anthony Skordis\/ANT AND DEX PHOTOGRAPHY)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Dolphins are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenorthernecho.co.uk\/news\/25244999.dolphins-spotted-along-north-east-coast\/?ref=mse_al\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">regular visitors to parts of the North East coast<\/a>, although sightings can be unpredictable and often attract significant attention when pods move close to shore.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The dolphins may look as if they are kissing, but close contact can help them interact and communicate.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Dolphins also breach to communicate, feed, remove parasites and travel through the water, researchers suggest.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The photographs show several dolphins leaping clear of the sea, including two coming nose-to-nose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The dolphins were photographed touching noses off Roker last weekend as a pod swam close to shore. Dolphins&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":776493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-776492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776492","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=776492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}