05/07/2026
You never know what you might see ...
As I stopped at the bottom of the gully by Tilly Whim to look at a Lulworth Skipper butterfly, a puffing noise, a bit like a scuba diver, made me turn, to look out to sea, and there the dark grey dorsal fins of a pod of Bottlenose Dolphins were visible, fairly close in.
At least 7 of these superb mammals, their fins rising and falling as they made their way slowly along the coast to the east, then a couple of tail slaps of the water before they all disappeared. After a few minutes the Bottlenose Dolphins reappeared further out, having changed direction – a few more breaths and fin sightings and then nothing!
You can always just sit in the cafe garden (with tea and cake) and hope!
