Lloyd Gofton

Director @SussexDolphin | Managing Director @Seasaver | Project Manager @WildlifeHAreas | Comms Coach/Marketing @ConservCareers

[Sussex Dolphin Project 🐬 @SussexDolphin]

🐬We’re proud to announce Sussex Dolphin Project has been shortlisted in the Defender Awards.

7 winners will each receive:
🫶£100,000 to boost conservation impact
🛞A Defender vehicle for two years
🤝Expert mentorship to strengthen their mission

https://t.co/FNXpadGamb

[Sussex Dolphin Project 🐬 @SussexDolphin]

🚨 We’ve received a fantastic dolphin sighting filmed along the Sussex coastline last month!

🎥 A pod of bottlenose dolphins, including 5 adults, 2 juveniles and a calf were spotted off Beachy Head by Sara Humphrey.

Report your sightings here
👉 https://t.co/S7DekpXftT

[Sussex Dolphin Project 🐬 @SussexDolphin]

Amazing drone footage of bottlenose dolphins at Beachy Head 🐬

Thanks to Bryan Lens for reporting his sighting, filmed last month.

The pod includes 2 juveniles and a calf, and the location & timing, mean it is likely to be footage of the same dolphins shared in our last post.

[WildlifeHeritageAreas @WildlifeHAreas]

🦍 🌴 Happy World Gorilla Day! 🏔️ 🦍

Today we celebrate the strength, beauty and vital importance of gorillas and shine a light on two incredible candidate Gorilla Heritage Areas:

🦍Mintom Gorilla Heritage Area 🇨🇲

🦍Volcanoes National Park Gorilla Heritage Area 🇷🇼

🧵👇

[WildlifeHeritageAreas @WildlifeHAreas]

🚨 New Candidate: Golden Lion Tamarin Ecological Park Heritage Area🐒 🇧🇷

🌴 Run by Associação Mico-Leão-Dourado, the park links fragmented sections of habitat through ‘eco-passes’ and has planted the equivalent of 14 football pitches of native trees.
👇
https://t.co/3bE4vN6J7V

[WildlifeHeritageAreas @WildlifeHAreas]

🐘Looking for an ethical elephant experience that you can trust?

On World Elephant Day, we’re celebrating the work at LIFE Elephant Heritage Area in Thailand where visitors help fund elephants rescued from captivity 👇

https://t.co/FAdyVFgTcZ

[Sussex Dolphin Project 🐬 @SussexDolphin]

'We could do so much more'! A 🐬dolphin research boat is in the pipeline as Sussex Dolphin Project continues to document incredible sightings.

👀 Take a look at our ‘dolphin research boat appeal’ 🚤 : https://t.co/e9aSCQq5Mw

📰 Sussex Express Article:
https://t.co/QNUVvVmHHm

[WildlifeHeritageAreas @WildlifeHAreas]

🦍🌍 Two gorilla strongholds. One shared mission.

From the vast rainforests of Mintom, Cameroon 🇨🇲 home to both Eastern and Western lowland gorillas, to the misty volcanic slopes of Rwanda's 🇷🇼 Volcanoes National Park, a stronghold of the Mountain gorilla.

🦍 🧵

[Sussex Dolphin Project 🐬 @SussexDolphin]

🚨Bioblitz event. Wednesday, July 2nd: 6-8pm.

Our Community Bioblitz event at Shoreham Port Conservation Corridor is back!🌺🕷️🦋🐦‍⬛🐜🐝🌿🐞🌱🦔🐌🪱🦆

In previous sessions, we captured 700+ observations & identified 193 species.

👇Register here 🔗
https://t.co/pgHG4yoysA

[Sussex Dolphin Project 🐬 @SussexDolphin]

🚨Dolphins, dolphins everywhere.🐬

🎥 20 bottlenose dolphins were seen just one mile south of the Brighton Palace Pier on Wednesday by our friend Kurt Lander.

🌊As you will see, Kurt was treated to an ariel display by the pod, as they travelled west.👏

[Sussex Dolphin Project 🐬 @SussexDolphin]

🚨DOLPHINS AT NEWHAVEN🐬

🎥 We have more footage of the 15 bottlenose dolphins seen between Seaford & Newhaven on Thursday from John Simcock, skipper at Sussex Boat Trips.

🚤John and his passengers encountered the pod as they headed back to Newhaven.

What an experience!

[WildlifeHeritageAreas @WildlifeHAreas]

🦅 Birds as Cultural Ambassadors.

New research, backed by the EU, 🇪🇺 highlights how promoting and prioritising flagship bird species as cultural ambassadors offers opportunities to marry conservation with tourism. 🎒

🔗🕊️ Learn more: https://t.co/A9lqOoaW7U

[Sussex Dolphin Project 🐬 @SussexDolphin]

🚨 Join us Saturday, June 28th,
for Rock the Boat Fundraiser Gig with My University Hospitals Sussex. 🐬🏥

📍 Brunswick Pub Hove
📅 Saturday, June 28th
🕐 1–5pm
🎶 Featuring:
✨ George Crump
🔥 The Nukes
🌾 The HayBales

Grab your tickets now 🔗
https://t.co/KGGRryUmDM

[WildlifeHeritageAreas @WildlifeHAreas]

Congratulations 🎉 and happy designation anniversary to the wonderful Algoa Bay, which became a designated Whale Heritage Area four years ago!
🐋 🌊 🐬 💙

[WildlifeHeritageAreas @WildlifeHAreas]

🌊 Happy World Sea Turtle Day! 🌍💚

Turtles play a vital role in healthy marine ecosystems, yet face threats from habitat loss, plastic pollution, bycatch & climate change.

Support turtles by choosing responsible tourism & supporting local conservation
https://t.co/CdxDzr7eRT

[WildlifeHeritageAreas @WildlifeHAreas]

Say NO to exploitative wildlife tourism experiences ❌

💚💙We’re looking for new Wildlife Heritage Areas located near exploitative experiences to offer travellers an ethical, inspiring alternative rooted in conservation, culture & community.

Apply now: https://t.co/Z1CS2Gnedz

[WildlifeHeritageAreas @WildlifeHAreas]

🌊 Happy #WorldOceanDay

💙 The ocean gives us every other breath, shapes our climate & teems with life.

By recognising the ocean's natural, cultural, & community value, Wildlife Heritage Areas is helping to safeguard these treasures as living heritage, now and for the future.

[Sussex Dolphin Project 🐬 @SussexDolphin]

🚨15 bottlenose dolphins sighted off Worthing🐬

🎥 This is just one of THREE dolphin interactions Kurt had that week alone. 👏 👀

👇 Help our research and submit a sighting : 
https://t.co/S7DekpWHEl

#sussexdolphinproject

[Sussex Dolphin Project 🐬 @SussexDolphin]

🎸Fundraiser Gig! June 28th

We’ve partnered with My University Hospitals Sussex to support NHS staff, patients & families, + marine conservation. 🐬

📍 The Brunswick
🕐 1–5pm
🎶:
✨ George Crump & Paolo D’Vincenzo
🔥 The Nukes
🌾 The Hay Bales

🎟️: https://t.co/KGGRryTOOe

[CrustaceanCompassion @crab_welfare]

📣 @Lloyd_Gofton brings a powerful voice for the ocean - and the animals who call it home - to Crustacean Compassion Day.   

🌊 As a dedicated ocean advocate, Lloyd works across a range of marine conservation projects to raise awareness of the ocean’s vital role as our planet’s life support system. His work focuses on reconnecting people with the marine environment, the animals within it, and the urgent need for stronger ocean protection.  

🌎 Catch his insights as powerhouse changemaker during the Crustaceans Protected: Campaigns, Conservation & Change webinar.  

📣 Register now: https://t.co/fMV4uAK8tT

#CCDay2025 #CrustaceanCompassion