0:00:04 > 0:00:07Good morning, I'm Ayshah with Thursday's top stories.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Coming up in the next five...
0:00:09 > 0:00:12We go dolphin spotting in Wales.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15The conservationist getting ready to fly with swans.
0:00:15 > 0:00:25And the trampoline superstar who's just won a big competition.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Footie news first though, and it's expected that Sam Allardyce
0:00:32 > 0:00:35will be confirmed as the new England manager later today.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Allardyce has been Sunderland boss for the last nine months and managed
0:00:40 > 0:00:42to keep his team in the Premier League last season.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46He's thought to have met with the Football Association last
0:00:46 > 0:00:50week to talk about replacing Roy Hodgson, who quit in June
0:00:50 > 0:00:54after England's surprise defeat to Iceland in the Euros.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57From footie to a sport that you may not know too much about.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01We're talking about trampoline gymnastics.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04This is 15-year-old Harrison from Leeds, who has won the national
0:01:04 > 0:01:07title in the Double Mini Trampoline to become the new British champion.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10The sport involves hurtling down a runway at top speed before
0:01:10 > 0:01:12launching yourself into the air to perform a series
0:01:12 > 0:01:17of high-flying stunts.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Each year, scientists at the Sea Watch Foundation lead
0:01:19 > 0:01:22a week-long campaign at the start of the summer holidays to get
0:01:22 > 0:01:25you guys, and grown-ups, out and about around the UK,
0:01:25 > 0:01:28and we've sent Martin to Cardigan Bay in Wales to join
0:01:28 > 0:01:34in with some young dolphin spotters.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Cardigan Bay.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40A coast dotted by fishing villages, seaside resorts and beautiful
0:01:40 > 0:01:42stretches of beach.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45But perhaps it's best known as the home of the UK's largest
0:01:45 > 0:01:50population of bottlenose dolphins.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54Over the past 40 years, whales, dolphins and harbour porpoises have
0:01:54 > 0:01:58been monitored by scientists and volunteers all around the coast.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01And today I've joined these guys to take part in one of the annual
0:02:01 > 0:02:05organised watches here on the Welsh coast.
0:02:05 > 0:02:10Seawatch's conservation work hopes to improve the protection of whales
0:02:10 > 0:02:14and dolphins around Britain and Ireland by keeping track of,
0:02:14 > 0:02:18and identifying the individual animals here.
0:02:18 > 0:02:24Despite whoever's at sea, not one dolphin appeared.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28But that didn't stop these guys, who are back on land to try things
0:02:28 > 0:02:29a different way.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32I've looked out about five times, and every time I'm convinced that
0:02:32 > 0:02:33I've seen a dolphin.
0:02:33 > 0:02:34Yeah.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36But it's not, it's a wave.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38So, despite the disappointment so far, how were they feeling?
0:02:38 > 0:02:41I quite like doing this sort of thing, but I haven't really
0:02:41 > 0:02:44done it much before.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46I felt quite disappointed that we didn't see a dolphin,
0:02:46 > 0:02:50but I'm hoping that we'll see one later today.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52I was really, really hoping to see one out in the wild,
0:02:52 > 0:02:54jumping up out of the waves.
0:02:54 > 0:02:5829 species of whale, dolphin and porpoise have been
0:02:58 > 0:03:00recorded in our seas.
0:03:00 > 0:03:0213 species have been identified during whale and dolphin
0:03:02 > 0:03:05watches like this one.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08So, why is this so important?
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Basically, we want to know what's out there.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Where are they and when are they?
0:03:13 > 0:03:17We need as many eyes as possible on the sea over the National Whale
0:03:17 > 0:03:19and Dolphin Watch, so we'd like to encourage as many people
0:03:19 > 0:03:21as possible to do that.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23If anyone can go out there with their families over that
0:03:23 > 0:03:26nine-day period that starts on Saturday, the more the better.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29The more data we get on dolphins and the more information
0:03:29 > 0:03:32that we have to protect them.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36We've now been looking for dolphins for six hours.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38And we haven't seen one.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Dolphins?
0:03:40 > 0:03:44They're playing around there.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47They seem to be really close.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50This morning we didn't get any luck, and I was quite disappointed
0:03:50 > 0:03:53and I really wanted to see a dolphin in the end of the day.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57And it shows that if you have patience and you wait and you look,
0:03:57 > 0:04:00you will find it in the end.
0:04:00 > 0:04:01But it was well worth it.
0:04:01 > 0:04:09There it is again.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11And we're all very excited here at Newsround HQ,
0:04:11 > 0:04:13because in our next bulletin at 8:15am we'll be catching
0:04:13 > 0:04:15up with Ruby Barnhill, the 11-year-old girl who stars
0:04:15 > 0:04:19as Sophie in the Roald Dahl classic the BFG movie.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22And if there's anything you want to ask Ruby,
0:04:22 > 0:04:24there's just time to send in your questions for her online.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27And while you're there, why don't you tell us what fantastic
0:04:27 > 0:04:30plans you have for the summer holidays?
0:04:30 > 0:04:33And finally, the Bewick swans making their autumn migration
0:04:33 > 0:04:36from Russia to the UK are going to have company this year.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Conservationist Sacha Dench is going to journey with them
0:04:39 > 0:04:42using this motor-propelled parachute to try to find out why
0:04:42 > 0:04:44their numbers are in decline.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47She's been training to fly thousands of miles with the birds,
0:04:47 > 0:04:51including over the North Sea.
0:04:51 > 0:04:52That's all from me.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Newsround's back in about half an hour with actress
0:04:54 > 0:04:59Ruby from the BFG - don't miss it.