-
|
Monthly
electronic news bulletin for the marine life of the NE Atlantic Oceans
including the seas and seashore around the British Isles.
The
bulletin is designed for Microsoft Internet Explorer using medium fonts
at a resolution of 1024 x 768..
|
| |
| MARINE
LIFE NEWS
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
21
March 2018
A
12 metres long Sperm Whale,
Physeter
macrocephalus,
was discovered washed up recently dead on the muddy beach between Monifieth
and Barry Buddon
on the north bank of the Firth
of Tay on the east coast of Scotland near Dundee.
Rising
View Gallery
Rising
View Video
BMLSS
Cetacea
2016
North Sea Sperm Whale Disaster
8
-10 March 2018
Walrus
Photograph
by Russell Neave
Click
on the above image for a short video recording
A
Walrus,
Odobenus
rosmarus rosmarus,
made
a visit
to the sea around North
Ronaldsay, (the most northern of the Orkney
Islands),. The sea mammal was spotted by Lewis
Hooper, a volunteer at North
Ronaldsay bird observatory. it slowly cruised past The Lurn, close
inshore, followed by a big flock of gulls before hauling out for a couple
of minutes on a small beach
On
the second day and the Walrus
hauled out on the rocky beach for a day on the island of Sanday
to the south.
The
Walrus
is an Arctic sea mammal and is only very rarely
seen in the seas surrounding the British Isles. It feeds mostly on molluscs.
"This
is a young one. They are known to roam quite widely for some time before
they return to the Arctic. Single individuals, usually males, have been
spotted along the Norwegian coast in recent years. One moved in to rest
on a small deck in a private marina in Northern Norway last winter, making
the access to the boats a bit difficult for some days. Some years ago one
even turned up along the Skagerrak
coast, and almost made it in to Oslo, Norway."
Previous
Report 2013
BMLSS
Pinnipeds
27
February - 12 March 2018
Snow
on the Beach at Saltdean
east of Brighton on the south coast
Photograph
by Paul Laycock flickr
amipal
High
pressure over Scandinavia caused cold air to be drawn in from the Eurasian
landmass bringing the cold and wintry conditions over the British Isles,
especially to the east of Britain. This was
at least contributory to a mass fatality of marine animals scoured from
the sea bed and blown on to North Sea shores by the easterly winds.
Beast
from the East (Met Office)
More
Images
Curled
Octopuses, Eledone
cirrhosa, amongst the
Devastation
Gallery by Paul
Gammy
Hundreds
of juvenile (undersized) European
Lobsters,
Homarus gammarus, formed
part of the wreck of living and dead crabs, starfish
and other marine life that was ankle deep on places on the Yorkshire coast.
Hundreds of the prized Lobsters were
rescued and placed in holding tanks to be released into deeper water.
The
gales also scoured away the coastal sand which is a frequent occurrence
in winter.
Redcar,
North
Yorkshire
Photographs
by Debbie Janes
The
seven thousand year old petrified
forest and prehistoric fossilised ammonites
were revealed at Redcar
on the north east coast.
Petrified Forest
Gallery
by by Paul
Gammy
Beast
from the East (Met Office)
BMLSS
Strandlines
26
February & 5 March 2018
John
Coe and Aquarius
from the West
Coast Community of Killer Whales,
Orcinus
orca, were spotted by Nick
Massett in Dingle
Bay, Ireland, heading south. Exactly seven days before they were seen
off the north coast of the Isle
of Mull, Scotland.
24
February 2018
A
Humpback
Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae,
was
spotted off Towan
Head, Newquay,
north Cornwall.
22 January
2018
A
Humpback
Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae,
was
spotted in the Firth
of Forth with the backdrop of Edinburgh
Castle.
BMLSS
Cetacea
FORUM
NEWS
Marine
Wildlife of the North-east Atlantic Ocean
Yahoo
Group
New
Group:
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/Glaucus
British
Marine Life Study Society
facebook
Page:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/glaucus/
This
is designed for quick less important chatty news items. Photographs can
be uploaded quickly which is only possible on the Yahoo Group by going
to the web page.
Images can be
uploaded to flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/glaucus/
Wet
Thumb (Marine Aquariology) Forum Link
|
Lots
of marine wildlife reports from Shetland on facebook
Photographs
include undersea, sea mammals and birds.
Click
on the image to connect |
All
reports by Andy Horton unless the credits are given
to
other observers or reporters.
Cornish
Marine Wildlife (Ray Dennis Records) 2009
|
PICTURE
GALLERY
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.
Hermit
Crab living in a Zoanthid Coral
Photograph
by Rory McAvinney
| A
discovery from the depths of the sea off Ireland, this Hermit
Crab, Parapagurus
pilosimanus, living in a Zoanthid
Coral, Epizoanthus paguriphilus*,was
trawled from a depth of between 750 and 1000 metres by RV
Celtic
Voyager, on the Porcupine
Bank.
(*not
positively identified to species) |
|
Click
on the images for the original photographs or links to more images
flickr
MARINE
LIFE of the NE Atlantic GALLERY
Shorewatch
Biological Recording
Gallery
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
Beast
from the East
19
March 2018
Holywell
Bay, Cornwall, in the snow
Penhale
Point & Carter's Rocks
Photograph
by Pauline Tudbury
1 March
2018
Portstewart
Strand looking towards Benevenagh,
Co Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Photograph
by Garry Wilkinson
28
February 2018
Icicles on the shore rocks
near Truro, Cornwall
Photograph
by Niki Willows
Click
on the images for the original photographs or links to more images
flickr
British
Coastal Topography
.jpg)
facebook
British
Coastal Topography
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Flora
and Fauna of Coast and Estuaries
First
enquiry by EMail
to Glaucus@hotmail.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Photographers
submitting pictures should indicate if they wish them to be considered
for inclusion as confirming permission takes work and time and can delay
publication of the news bulletins.
Click
on the album for more links (On-line link)
|
|
EVENTS
& DIARY
In
chronological order, the most recent events are at the top of the page.
Events open to the public, free or for a nominal charge only are included.
Most Seminars need to be booked in advance.
8
June 2017
World Oceans
Day
World
Oceans Day was first declared as 8th June at the Earth Summit in Rio de
Janeiro in 1992.
Events
occurred all around the world in and around this day.
For
technical and resource reasons, Adur
World Oceans Day did not take place in
2017
.
World
Oceans Day on facebook
Adur
World Oceans Day on facebook
United
Nations: World Oceans Day.
 |
For
details of the Porcupine Marine Nature History Society meetings click on
the link on the left
|
|
| PUBLIC
AQUARIA NEWS |
| Public
Aquaria List |
| CETACEAN
NEWS |
|
? What
to do if you find a stranded whale or dolphin ?
|
If
you find a LIVE stranded or injured whale or dolphin on the beach you must
send for help QUICKLY. A whale or dolphin stranding is an emergency and
the speed of response by a professional rescue team is perhaps the most
crucial factor in determining whether or not an animal can be returned
to the sea alive.
|
ENGLAND
|
WALES
|
SCOTLAND
|
|
0300 1234
999
|
0300 1234
999
|
0131 339
0111
|
|
CORNWALL
|
JERSEY
|
GUERNSEY
|
|
0845 201
2626
|
01534 724331
|
00 44 1481
257261
|
Would you know what to
do if you found a whale stranded on a beach?
Each year anywhere between
five and 50 whales, dolphins and porpoises are washed up on Britain's beaches.
British
Divers Marine Life Rescue, a volunteer charity, was set up in 1998
to rescue them.
BBC
News Report
LINK
TO THE STRANDINGS PAGE
|
|
PUBLICATIONS
&
WEB PAGES
BOOKS
PUBLICATIONS
NEW
BOOKS
The
Essential Guide to Beachcombing and the Strandline
This
richly
illustrated guide will become a steadfast companion for beach visitors
wishing to identify what the sea washes up
By:
Steve Trewhella (Author), Julie Hatcher (Author)
304
pages, colour photos, b/w illustrations
Wild
Nature Press
Fish Atlas of
the Celtic Sea, North Sea, and Baltic Sea
Based
on international research vessel data
Author:
edited by Henk J.L. Heessen, Niels Daan, Jim R. EllisPrice: € 79,50
An
in-depth reference work on marine fish, this is the first complete overview
of all marine fish species found in the North Sea, Baltic Sea, and Celtic
Sea. Whereas European research mainly focuses on species of commercial
interest, this atlas documents current data of all Western European fish
species caught in the period 1977 to 2013.
ESSENTIAL PURCHASE
*****
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Encyclopaedia
of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
http://www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/index.html?item=about
Marine
Fauna of Norway
http://www.seawater.no/fauna/e_index.htm
|
SOCIETY
INFORMATION
The
British Marine Life Study Society are responsible for producing the journal
GLAUCUS,
which is the first publication exploring the marine life of the seas surrounding
the British Isles available to the general public. In
future, I expect the publication to be in an electronic format.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EMail Address
EMail
address for messages to the British Marine Life Study Society
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Membership 2018
Please
join the facebook
group for free. Formal membership of the Society has ceased. Back
copies of previous issues are still available.
|
|
Bulletin
Details
For
technical reasons, TORPEDO is no longer being sent out by EMail. It is
simply easier to view the bulletins on the web pages.
Subscribe/Unsubcribe
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BMLSS-Torpedo
The
Bulletin is designed to be viewed on Internet Explorer using medium fonts
at a resolution of 1024 x 768.
Viewing
should be possible on Mozilla and other browsers. |
6 April 2018
|
Copyright
2018 ©
British Marine Life Study Society
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Compiled
on Netscape Composer 4.6 and other programs
|
