In Pictures: Back to the beach for sun-seekers as temperatures rise
The higher temperatures warmed the coastal waters enough to see a pod of bottlenose dolphins close to shore in the North East. The higher temperatures warmed the coastal waters enough to see a pod of bottlenose dolphins close to shore in the North East.
Sunbathers have continued to make the most of their new-found freedoms after lockdown measures were eased in England as temperatures soared for a second day.
The warmer seas even encouraged a pod of bottlenose dolphins to swim close to shore in the North East on Wednesday morning.
Beaches around England were popular places for families to gather with the sea an inviting place to cool down.
Spring weather May 20th 2020 A pod of bottlenose dolphins was spotted off the coast between Whitley Bay and Cullercoats Bay in the North East (Owen Humphreys/PA) Spring weather May 20th 2020 Several adults were spotted with two juveniles as the coastal waters warmed up (Owen Humphreys/PA) Spring weather May 20th 2020 People enjoy the hot weather at Bournemouth beach in Dorset (Andrew Matthews/PA) Spring weather May 20th 2020 Matilda Thomas, two, and her brother Fredrik, three, paddling at Sandycove Beach, Dublin (Brian Lawless/PA) Spring weather May 20th 2020 Members of the public enjoy the sun on Cullercoats Beach while trying to keep to social distancing guidelines (Owen Humphreys/PA) Spring weather May 20th 2020 With coronavirus lockdown measures more strict in Scotland, it was a quieter scene at St Andrews Beach (Andrew Milligan/PA) Spring weather May 20th 2020 Rob and Sally Underhill sit outside their beach hut as they enjoy the hot weather in Dorset (Andrew Matthews/PA) Spring weather May 20th 2020 People make their way along the sea front in Bournemouth (Andrew Matthews/PA) Spring weather May 20th 2020 Sorrell Vince, 23 (right) from Northampton and Bethany Heatley from Preston enjoying the sun on Cullercoats Beach, Tynemouth (Owen Humphreys/PA) Spring weather May 20th 2020 People enjoying the sun at Hot Walls beach, Old Portsmouth, Hampshire (Ben Mitchell/PA) Spring weather May 20th 2020 A woman reads a book in Greenwich Park, London (Dominic Lipinski/PA) Spring weather May 20th 2020 There seemed to be just enough space between groups at Weston-super-Mare (Ben Birchall/PA) Spring weather May 20th 2020 A dog leans out of a van window to find a breeze on the Marylebone Road (Aaron Chown/PA) Spring weather May 20th 2020 A man paddleboards in Dublin Bay as the sun shines (Brian Lawless/PA) Spring weather May 20th 2020 Sunrise at Blyth Pier in Northumberland heralded the sunny skies ahead (Owen Humphreys/PA)
