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15
May 2020
"John
Coe" in Strangford Lough harbour
Photograph
by Adam Osborne
Two
celebrity Killer Whales, Orcinus
orca, "John Coe" and "Aquarius"
were spotted clearly in the enclosed waters of Strangford
Lough, Northern Ireland. They are long
time remaining
members of the West
Coast Community,
the only pod of Killer Whales permanently located in the seas around the
British Isles where they can be seen all around Ireland and off the Hebrides,
Scotland. Observers remarked how incongruous
and unusual it was to see KiIler Whales
in the narrow inlet, but it was not unprecedented and it had been seen
before, but not often. John Coe has been recorded
for forty years.
Previous
Report 2019
22
January 2020
Asian
Shore Crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus
Photograph
by Jason Huckerby
A strange
crab found under a rock on the shore near Brighton,
Sussex, turned out to be an alien
invader known as the Asian Shore Crab,
Hemigrapsus
sanguineus, and this seems to be the
first confirmed specimens off the coast of Sussex, although there seem
to been unverified reports before. The fleshy
bulb between the pincers confirms its identification. This crab is a native
species of the North-West Pacific coast. It is now established on the other
side of the English Channel on the shores of France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
There been British
reports from Wales and Kent.
First
Welsh Report 2014
MBA
Crabwatch
18
January 2020
An
injured Kemp's
Ridley Turtle,
Lepidochelys
kempii,
found
alive near the shore off Seaford,
Sussex, finally succumbed to the cold and injuries.
This rarest of sea turtles is found in warm and tropical waters, the Atlantic
Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
BMLSS
Turtle Reports
10
January 2020
Very
much a surprise discovery, the intact but weeks dead, five metres long
Killer
Whale, Orcinus
orca, found on the extensive vegetated
mud flats of The Wash
on the North Sea
coast was the first one stranded in England and Wales for at least 20 years.
Killer
Whales are still regularly seen around the Scottish isles of Orkney
and Shetland and less
frequently off the Outer
Hebrides. The distance out of its normal habitats is over 650 miles.
BMLSS
Cetacea
7 January
2020
Unfortunately,
the Hooded Seal, Cystophora
cristata, was found washed up dead.
1
January 2020
An
under nourished male Hooded Seal, Cystophora
cristata, announced his unexpected
appearance on the mud flats at Toormore
Bay, in County Cork, Ireland. Helen Tilson
of Schull Sea Safari discovered
the vagrant Arctic Hooded Seal
in the morning and its identity became apparent when it growled
loudly, which only the males of this seal can do.
The
Hooded
Seal is an Arctic species and it is only the
fourth recorded off Ireland. It congregates to breed around Greenland and
the Denmark Strait
(between Iceland and Greenland) from June to August. For the rest of the
year it tends to be a solitary animal.
BMLSS
Seals
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