Latest News and Sightings
04/03/10 - Marinelife Survey Report: Fleetwood-Larne Stena Leader 27 - 28 February 2010 - Joe O'Hanlon, Peter Ullrich
Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 7
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Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 9, Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 1, Gannet Morus bassanus 25, Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 53, Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus 19, Common Gull Larus canus 108, Herring Gull Larus argentatus 42, Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 10, Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 3, Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 25, Guillemot Uria aalge 50, Razorbill Alca torda 70, Eider Somateria mollissima 10, Auk Sp. 47, Gull Sp. 37, Diver sp. 2, Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 10
Fleetwood and Mudflats: Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 8, Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus 53, Common Gull Larus canus 1, Herring Gull Larus argentatus 97, Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 5, Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 2, Eider Somateria mollissima 5, Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 3,800+, Greater Canada Goose Branta canadensis 46, Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 106, Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 14, Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus c1620, European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 670+, Sanderling Calidris alba 85, Dunlin Calidris alpina 18, Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 62+, Common Redshank Tringa totanus 26, Feral Pigeon Columba livia 2, Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 1, White / Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 1, Rook Corvus frugilegus 5, Carrion Crow Corvus corone 1, Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 21, Magpie Pica pica 4, Dunnock Prunella modularis 1
Larne: European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis 1, Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus 39, Common Gull Larus canus 2, Herring Gull Larus argentatus 36, Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 3, Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 6, White / Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 1, Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 1, Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 30+, Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 5, Magpie Pica pica 1
28/02/10 - Announcement: Whale Watching Pages updated.
The Whale Watching pages have been updated with details on trips to the Azores, La Gomera, Madeira, Maldives and Sri Lanka this year and next. As well as trips to the Bay of Biscay including Whale & Dolphin Watching Theme Cruises and BDRP Cetacean & Seabird Identification Workshops as well as booking any minicruise with P&O from the UK to Europe. By booking trips through the links and contacts on our website you are supporting our important work.
28/02/10 - Marinelife Survey Report: Felixstowe-Vlaardingen Voyager 23 February 2010 - Andrew Palmer, Thomas Brown
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Weather: NE-E 4-6
Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 11, Grey Seal Halichoerus
grypus 1
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 4, Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 1, Gannet Morus bassanus 38, Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 32, Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus 11, Common Gull Larus canus 58, Herring Gull Larus argentatus 22, Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 54, Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 17, Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 121, Puffin Fratercula arctica 1, Guillemot Uria aalge 17, Razorbill Alca torda 4, Auk Sp. 24, Gull Sp. ~200, Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 5, Diver sp. 7
Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 101, Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus 36, Herring Gull Larus argentatus 168, Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 5, Mute Swan Cygnus olor 7, Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope 182, Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 25, Common Coot Fulica atra 4, Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 10, Sanderling Calidris alba 12, Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 1, Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 6, Carrion Crow Corvus corone 1, Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 3
23/02/10 - Marinelife Survey Report: Poole-Santander Cotentin 20-22 February 2010 - Darren Fanner, Steve Hughes
Weather: Southbound SW-S 1-8, Northbound N 3-7
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 59, Gannet Morus bassanus 231,
Great Skua Stercorarius skua 14, Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus
1, Herring Gull Larus argentatus 17, Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus 13, Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 2,
Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 29, Guillemot Uria aalge 37,
Auk Sp. 45, Large Gull Sp. 2, Gull Sp. 133
23/02/10 - Marinelife Survey Report: Plymouth-Roscoff ferry Bretagne 19 February 2010 - Mike Bamford, Abigail Bruce
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 3
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 10, Gannet Morus bassanus 123, Great Skua Stercorarius skua 1, Common Gull Larus canus 1, Herring Gull Larus argentatus 57, Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 21, Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 3, Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 35, Guillemot Uria aalge 42, Razorbill Alca torda 10, Auk Sp. 50
02/02/10 - Marinelife Survey Report: Fleetwood-Larne Stena Leader 30 - 31 January 2010 - Jane Petley-Jones, Rob Petley-Jones
Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 8, Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus 1
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 6, Gannet Morus bassanus 2, Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 6, Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 14, Common Gull Larus canus 6, Herring Gull Larus argentatus 11, Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 3, Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 2, Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 53, Puffin Fratercula arctica 11, Guillemot Uria aalge 56, Razorbill Alca torda 66, Eider Somateria mollissima 76, Auk Sp. 244, Gull Sp. 7
Fleetwood Mudflats: Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 15, Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus 57, Common Gull Larus canus 1, Herring Gull Larus argentatus 39, Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 2, Eider Somateria mollissima 86, Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 1, Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 230, Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 81, Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope 20, Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 5, Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 3, Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 230, Dunlin Calidris alpina 40, Common Redshank Tringa totanus 3
29/01/10 - Press Release: Exciting New Dolphin Project Off North East Coasts
Marinelife and Natural England launch a new project to monitor White-Beaked Dolphins and other marine wildlife in the waters off the Northumberland coast with Northern Experience Wildlife Tours
The White-Beaked Dolphin is a little studied species which occurs around the coast of the UK and is vulnerable to the effects of global warming. It lives in the cold waters of the northern Atlantic and its available habitat is thought to be shrinking. There is little detailed information on the status of the species around the UK and charity Marinelife has been studying these dolphins as well as other marine mammal species and seabirds off the south west coast of the UK for a number of years.
22/01/10 - Marinelife Survey Report: Poole-Santander Cotentin 16 - 18 January 2010 - Peter Howlett, David Chilcott
Weather: Southbound SW-W 6-7, large swell, especially in western Channel,
SE 2 in Biscay. Northbound E 2 with large swell in Biscay, SSW 2 in Channel
Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris 6, Common Dolphin
Delphinus delphis 250, Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
12, Dolphin Sp. 12, Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 1
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 4, Petrel sp. 1, Gannet Morus bassanus 122, Great Skua Stercorarius skua 16, Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus 1, Herring Gull Larus argentatus 5, Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans 18, Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 8, Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 45, Guillemot Uria aalge 68, Razorbill Alca torda 37, Auk Sp. 100
Most of the Common Dolphin were seen in the Channel south of Start Point, including one spread out group of 130 animals.
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