Dr April Phouul of the Cetacean Underwater Nautical Tracking Society said that although its highly uncommon to see these common rainbow dolphins so far north in the English Channel that the sightings are not that unusual, they often get reporting of sightings from the ferry captains at Newhaven although it is unusual to have them come so close to shore.Dr Phouul, an internationality recognised expert said this time of the year the sea is unseasonal warm, coupled with very low spring tides cause by the recent full moon and the jellyfish the dolphins feed on have been colonising the warmer Sussex waters.
It’s the bright pink colouration of the jellyfish that produces such an amazing natural rainbow colouring in the skins of the dolphins.