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Country Focus: Dolphin Diets and Nest Boxes

Dolphin Diets and Nest Boxes

BBC Radio Wales - Country Focus, Dolphin Diets and Nest Boxes

Finding out what dolphins eat and which nest boxes in Aberystwyth do birds prefer?

The Dolphin Diet Detectives unravel the mysteries of bottlenose dolphin ecology in Cardigan Bay and new bird nest boxes in Aberystwyth to understand climate change impacts

Connecting rural communities and cutting carbon emissions - a network of car clubs across rural Wales. Caroline Evans visits Llandrindod Wells to hear more.

We explore Gwydyr Forest in the Conwy Valley where long-gone lead mines mean the area is now home to around 90 per cent of the world's lead Moss.
 
The Dolphin Diet Detectives project - a new initiative of the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales - receives funding to find out what species the bottlenose dolphins of Cardigan Bay are consuming. It involves the collection of dolphin faecal samples - not an easy task - but researchers hope the study will increase our understanding of dolphin and marine conservation in the future

And on International Dawn Chorus day, we hear about a new study of nest box-breeding birds by Aberystwyth University, to understand the impact of climate change on competition between birds.

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