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NEW evidence has emerged of the distances Cardigan Bays famous dolphins choose to travel during the winter months.

Experts have found at least some of them head north and like to spend their winter breaks in the seas around the Isle of Man.

Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centres (CBMWC) science officer Sarah Perry has been studying photographs taken by Manx conservation groups in Douglas Bay in January and has managed to identify at least eight of the animals previously seen off New Quay.

The images were taken by the Manx Wildlife Trust marine officer Eleanor Stone.

The dolphins are matched by examining the dorsal fins, which all have naturally occurring marks from interaction between dolphins.

In January three dolphins were matched from the photographs, which were posted on the trusts Facebook page, now a further five have been identified and Ms Perry is confident that more will be recognised.

We can pick out individuals by the marks and scars on the dorsal fins on their backs in fact we have positive identifications for more than 300 animals in Cardigan Bay and we can match our photographs with those taken elsewhere, she said.

Were really excited about this because it confirms how far the Cardigan Bay dolphins roam in the winter months when we see fewer of them at New Quay knowledge we need to have if were to protect them successfully.

The sharing of such data is also carried out between the Manx Wildlife Trust and the Sea Watch Foundation and Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society.

One of the dolphins, known by CBMWC researchers as 056, is a regular visitor to Cardigan Bay.

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Cardigan Bay's famous dolphins take their holidays in the Isle of Man