Dolphins Vs. Rowing Team – Who Ya Got?
photo credit: Bridport Gig Club
And we’re off to the races.
Check out this fun video of members of Bridport Gig Club near Dorset, England and a pod of bottle nose dolphins racing along the coast.
Dolphins frolic with Bridport Gig Club rowers! Bridport Gig Club’s successful junior team were rewarded on Saturday by rowing alongside dolphins, in front of the spectacular cliffs of West Bay. Quite a sight!Rob Shopland, cox to the boat on Saturday, said that it was only the second time he’s seen them in four-and-a-half years. Thank you to Mike Jones, Carol Marsh and the whole of Bridport Gig Club for letting us use this footage. Please share with your friends to show off how beautiful our area is!Find out more about Bridport Gig Club, and become a member, on their website: http://www.bridportgigclub.org
Posted by Bridport Notice on Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Bridport Gig Club member Crystal Johnson told the Bournemouth Echo she was ‘amazed’ to see the pod swimming alongside the boat.
“It was absolutely fantastic to see” she said.
“There must have been about eight or ten of them swimming alongside the boat. They followed us along for a bit, then finally lost interest and swam off. I was amazed to see them.”
The dolphins must have realized they were besting the team of rowers and moved on to other things.
A local charity MARINElife are hoping to record sightings of bottlenose dolphins across the south west this summer.
Rachel Davies, conservation science manager at MARINElife, said: “We do see quite a lot of dolphins being spotted in Lyme Bay.
“There are inshore and offshore populations and we quite regularly see these inshore pods. They are very common in the south west, particularly Cornwall and Devon – but they do make it along to Dorset too”.
video credit: Bridport Gig Club
