Adopt a Cardigan Bay Dolphin

PLEASE NOTE WE ARE CURRENTLY NOT ACCEPTING ADOPT A DOLPHIN ORDERS

Why adopt with us?

Adoption Pack

Our Adoption Pack – including cuddly toy dolphin (child’s pack)

By adopting a Welsh bottlenose dolphin through the Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre for just £30 (including UK postage) you will make a significant contribution to the conservation of Cardigan Bay’s dolphins, other marine wildlife and the local marine environment. Your support will help us to continue our important research and to inspire visitors through our outreach and awareness raising activities.

You even have the chance to see the Cardigan Bay dolphins on a discounted boat trip in conjunction with Dolphin Survey Boat Trips. You may even spot your adopted dolphin!

How will my money be spent?

Your money and support will help us to –

- Continue our Cardigan Bay dolphin photo ID work
- Continue our land and boat based research
- Develop educational materials and run outreach activities for schools, families and groups
- Purchase new equipment to help expand our research
- Develop further research projects
- Build support for campaigns to protect marine wildlife, and inform marine policy

What’s in the Adoption Pack?

Certificate of adoption (bilingual)
Photograph of your adopted dolphin
Information booklet on dolphins, harbour porpoise and Atlantic grey seals (bilingual)
Welsh cetacean identification guide
CBMWC Pen
£2.50 voucher towards any Dolphin Survey Boat Trip

People of all ages love dolphins so we offer separate packs for adults and children (under 12 years old).

Dolphin cuddly toy (child pack)
CBMWC reuseable tote bag (adult pack)
CBMWC E-Newsletter (bi-annually)

PLEASE NOTE WE ARE CURRENTLY NOT ACCEPTING ADOPT A DOLPHIN ORDERS

Cardigan Bay bottlenose dolphin Dylan

Cardigan Bay Dolphin: Dylan

Cardigan Bay Dolphin: Jacky

Cardigan Bay Dolphin: Marissa

Cardigan Bay Dolphin: Cadfael

As you know we have been closely monitoring the Coronavirus guidelines issued by the Welsh Government since March 2020.

There are many considerations for us when we think about our precious islands, including visitor boat transportation, the difficulty in maintaining social distancing whilst boarding passengers and the provision of facilities once on the islands themselves.

After much discussion and consideration, The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales (WTSWW) Board of Trustees has reluctantly decided that:

1. Overnight accommodation on Skomer or Skokholm Islands will remain closed for the remainder of the 2020 season.

2. Day visits to Skomer Island cannot resume at the moment, but we will keep this situation under review as further guidance is issued by the Welsh Government.

This has been a very difficult decision and we know it will be a great disappointment to our guests but the safety of our island staff, Dale Sailing boat staff, our visitors and our local community remains our key priority.

We would like to thank everyone for keeping in touch with our Islands via social media, the Skokholm Blog and Skomer LIVE and those who have donated to our Islands emergency appeals.

Further information

Transferring bookings

Whilst we have never transferred bookings from one year to the next we have decided that this is an appropriate course of action in this unprecedented situation. Bookings will be offered for the same period in the same month next year. So if you have a reservation between April and July your booking would remain for the same period next year. Transferring bookings to different dates next year is complex and we must wait for all 2020 guests to exercise their options before considering this. The island bookings team consist of just one individual at present so please consider this when waiting for an email response.

Refunds

If you would rather have monies returned this will be completed when our teams return to work as we cannot perform this whilst working from home, we do appreciate your patience with this matter.

Donations

This is clearly an unprecedented time for the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales. Skomer and Skokholm provide much of the income that the Trust needs to ensure that these two islands and over 100 other nature reserves can be managed effectively for wildlife. This loss of income for one year will have a catastrophic impact on our ability to look after our wildlife and nature reserves. We really do hope that we will be in a position to ensure that Skomer and Skokholm do open again to the public later this year; however, funds will be required to ensure that this is able to happen.

Please consider donating some or all of your booking fees to help the islands.

You can let us know your wishes by emailing us at islands@welshwildlife.org

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