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Reports
of marine wildlife from all around the British Isles, with pollution incidents
and conservation initiatives as they affect the flora and fauna of the
NE Atlantic Ocean
March
2016
Sea
Hare
Photograph
by Paula Lightfoot
Huge
numbers of the large Sea Hares,
Aplysia
punctata, were discovered on the shore
at Runswick
Bay, North Yorkshire "They are all over the shore, not just
in rockpools, we had to be very careful not
to step on them!"
They
have also been found at Kettleness (hundreds), Filey Brigg, Selwick Bay,
Flamborough Head, South Bay Scarborough, Selwicks, South Landing and Boggle
Hole, all on the Yorkshire coast. The first ones were found in November
2015.
The
interesting and newsworthy aspect of this prevalence is that occurrences
in these vast numbers are are highly variable from year to year.
Only in rare years are the spawning aggregations seen in such enormous
numbers.
BMLSS
Aplysia
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March 2016
A
tiny and brightly colourful hermit crab
was discovered by volunteers on a Cornwall
Wildlife Trust ‘Shoresearch’
survey at a Castle
Beach, Falmouth.
The tiny hermit crab measuring only six millimetres
in length hasn't been recorded in Cornish waters since 1985.
The species which doesn't have a common name is only known as Clibanarius
erythropus (from the Latin meaning
soldier, clad in mail with red legs!)
This is a southern species which is common in Channel Islands and along
the French coast.
BMLSS
Hermit Crabs in Devon
7 March
2016
A
Bluemouth
Rockfish, Helicolenus dactylopterus,
was captured in a creel
in the Minch, western
Scotland. This deep water fish is common off Norway but not so often caught
in shallow water.
Previous
Report
2
March 2016
A
young male Humpback Whale,
Megaptera
novaengliae,
was washed ashore dead
at Traigh Hamara
at the southern end of the island of Barra
in the Outer Hebrides.
The whale looked like it had perished after becoming entangled in fishing
nets.
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Cetacea
A
Loggerhead
Turtle,
Caretta
caretta, was rescued on Vazon
Beach, Guernsey,
Channel Islands. It was accompanied by a Columbus
Crab,
Planes minutus.
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Turtles
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Cornish
Marine Wildlife (Ray Dennis Records) 2009
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PICTURE
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Each
month, at least one special marine image will be published from images
sent to the BMLSS. This
can be of the seashore, undersea world or any
aspect of the marine natural world, especially the underwater life, but
not restricted to life beneath the waves. Topical inclusions may be included
instead of the most meritorious, and images will be limited to the NE Atlantic
Ocean and adjoining seas, marine and seashore species and land and seascapes.
Padstow Lobster Hatchery
The
eggs change colour as they develop, at first they are dark
green, then black
and finally they begin to turn red
as the embryo develops and consumes the yolk to reveal itself though the
transparent outer layer. Hatching occurs over several nights in batches
of a couple of thousand at a time, when the stage 1 larvae are released
into the water column by a shake of the female’s tail and pleopods
(=swimmerets), to begin their planktonic stage. Padstow
Lobster Hatchery: Biology
of the European Lobster
Padstow
Lobster Hatchery facebook
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Lobsters
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on the images for the original photographs or links to more images
Jellyfish Guide
by
Matt
Fletcher
flickr
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LIFE of the NE Atlantic GALLERY
Shorewatch
Biological Recording
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Shore
Topography Series
The
name of the particular coast should be included and any other interesting
information including the grid reference, if known. Print photographs can
be included in Exhibitions and on the BMLSS Web
Sites and electronic publications.
Electronic
images in *.jpg
format can also be considered for the web site. They should not exceed
1 Mb in size.
Bun
Glas Cliffs at Slieve
League, Donegal, Ireland
Photograph
by Howard Porter
Are
these the tallest marine cliffs
in Europe at 601 metres (1972 ft)?
A
sheer precipice descending to the Atlantic Ocean.
It
depends on the definition of a cliff. In geography and geology, a cliff
is a vertical, or near vertical, rock exposure. The usage definition in
Old English (medieval) usage is the same and appears to have always had
a different meaning to slope or shore.
A
perpendicular or steep face of rock of considerable height. Usually implying
that the strata are broken and exposed in section; an escarpment, esp.
(in modern use) a perpendicular face of rock on the seashore, or (less
usually) overhanging a lake or river. (OED)
450
million years ago north-west Ireland belonged to a landmass (Laurentia)
that is now mainly represented in North America, whereas the rest of Ireland
lay beyond an ocean several thousand miles to the south and belonged to
another tectonic plate.
As the two plates moved toward each other, a mountain-building phase developed
that is sometimes known as the Caledonian.
Ireland
and Plate Tectonics
cf:
Beachy Head is
162 metres (531 ft) above sea level.
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on the images for the original photographs or links to more images
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