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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
17
September 2016
For
the tenth time this year the famous Killer
Whale, Orcinus orca, named 'John
Coe" was spotted by local fishermen, Gordon
Mackinnon and Ritchie Simpson, off Canna
and to the west of Skye,
Inner
Hebrides, Scotland. Interestingly, all other confirmed reports of John
Coe in 2016
have been of him alone, whereas Gordon’s
photos clearly show him with another male.
The
West
Coast Community of Killer Whales
consists of four males and four females, and they are not known to interact
with any other Orca
populations in the north-east Atlantic.
15
-16 September 2016
Photographs
by Craig Nisbet
A large
cetacean
was spotted struggling around the rocks at Tur Ness, Noss,
in the Shetlands in the evening. British
Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) were
alerted, but sadly a juvenile Fin Whale,
Balaenoptera
physalus, was discovered belly up the following
morning. It was estimated to be about 11 metres long as the dead body floated
back and forth across Nesti Voe.
A
Blue
Runner, Caranx
chrysos, was caught on road and line on the boat "Emma
Kate" fishing for Mackerel
out of Padstow, Cornwall.
This
is a southern species of fish rarely (less than once a year) caught in
British seas. This shoaling fish is
unusual
north of Portugal.
Blue
Runner
Photograph
by the Marine
Management Organisation (MMO)
Another
Blue
Runner was landed at Brixham,
south Devon, by Dave Brown
from his small boat "Thankful".
BMLSS
Blue Runner Report 2001
14
September 2016
A
Silver Dory (=Sailfin
Dory),
Zenopsis
conchifer, was landed at Cawsand,
Cornwall. This is a deepwater fish found in
more southern seas are only rarely accidentally caught around the British
Isles and even more rarely reported.
BMLSS
Sailfin Dory
4 September
2016
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A
most astonishing discovery of a tropical sea bird called the Red-footed
Booby,
Sula
sula, was found on St.
Leonards Beach, East Sussex. Gail
Cohen found the underweight bird alive and
the East Sussex Wildlife Rescue
and Ambulance Service (WRAS) were called to rehabilitate the lost bird
to RSPCA Mallydams
Wood at Hastings.
This
bird has not been seen in Britain before and it is still a mystery of how
the bird arrived from its normal tropical home.
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Killer
Whales in West Out
Skerries
Photographs
by Ivan Reid
flickr
 3
September 2016
An
early morning walk on a windy Freshwater
East Beach, Pembrokeshire, SW Wales, produced a surprise discovery
of a dead Atlantic Blue Marlin, Makaira
nigricans, in water shallow enough for a collie dog to try and
haul the large fish inshore. Discoverers John
and Helen Swancott
estimated the fish to be
2.4 metres long. This extraordinary find was the first record for the UK.
BMLSS
Swordfish & Marlins
28
August 2016
Killer Whale and Calf
at
Whalsay, Shetland
Photographs
by Ivan Reid
flickr
A small
pod of Killer Whales, Orcinus
orca, comprised of two adults and
three calves, visited the west coast of Whalsay,
Shetland, and put on an extraordinary display in calm weather.
Killer
Whales at Whalsay (Gallery)
Shetland
Orca News Report
Shetland
Orca Sightings facebook
FORUM
NEWS
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Photographs
include undersea, sea mammals and birds.
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All
reports by Andy Horton unless the credits are given
to
other observers or reporters.
Cornish
Marine Wildlife (Ray Dennis Records) 2009
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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.
Tiny
Swimming Crab, Liocarcinus
pusillus
Photograph
by Jane Morgan
on
Seasearch
Cornwall
facebook
This
tiny colourful crab was spotted amongst the Maerl
beds of the Fal
Estuary, Cornwall.
It
caused a bit of a problem with its identification at first as this crab
is not spotted very often because of its small size, rather local distribution
and tendency to hide.
ID
by Andy Horton and confirmed
by Cédric
d'Udekem d'Acoz
Fal
and Helford SAC
Glasswort
at
Widewater,
Sussex
Photographs
by Andy Horton
In
the third quarter of 2016,
the salt marsh, estuarine and brackish lagoon flora has a tendency to turn
red, the halophyte
plants vary to the extent to which they change colour form year to year.
The general picture in he bottom left also contains Seablite.
The
first flowering plants that begin to grow on our salt marsh are pioneer
species like Salicornia
sp (Glasswort).
The young green plants can be seen colonising bare tidal mud in summer.
FSC
(Field Studies Council) Flora of Salt Marsh
Marine,
coastal and halophytic habitats
1310
Salicornia and other annuals colonising mud and sand
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on the images for the original photographs or links to more images
flickr
MARINE
LIFE of the NE Atlantic GALLERY
Shorewatch
Biological Recording
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Topography Series
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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.
26
September 2016
Aurora,
Colbost,
Isle
of Skye
Photograph
by
Andy
Stables
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on the images for the original photographs or links to more images
flickr
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Each year anywhere between
five and 50 whales, dolphins and porpoises are washed up on Britain's beaches.
British
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to rescue them.
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544
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Wild
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This
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304
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Fish Atlas of
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Based
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Author:
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An
in-depth reference work on marine fish, this is the first complete overview
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GLAUCUS,
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