?  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. Identification Key for Stranded Cetaceans EMERGENCY NUMBERS FOR LIVE CETACEAN STRANDINGS ENGLAND WALES SCOTLAND IRELAND 0300 1234 999 0300 1234 999 0131 339 0111 See Below CORNWALL JERSEY GUERNSEY SHETLANDS 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 on How to Rescue a Stranded Cetacean (Link)       British Divers Marine Life Rescue 01825  765546   The UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme (CSIP) has been running since 1990 and is funded by Defra and the Devolved Administrations. They coordinate the investigation of all whales, dolphins and porpoises (collectively known as cetaceans), marine turtles and basking sharks that strand around the UK coastline. As well as documenting each individual stranding, we also retrieve a proportion for investigation at post-mortem to allow us to establish a cause of death. The data and samples collected during the course of our research have also facilitated a large number of international collaborations, which have addressed a wide range of scientific questions. CSIP Stranded (Dead) Animal Call Line: 0800 6520333 More Stranded Animal Report Numbers (Link) TELEPHONE NUMBERS FOR DEAD CETACEAN STRANDINGS ENGLAND WALES SCOTLAND IRELAND 0207 942 5155  01348 875000  01463 243030 See Below CORNWALL JERSEY GUERNSEY SHETLANDS  0845 201 2626  01534 724331 00 44 1481 727967 UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme (CSIP) IF YOU FIND A STRANDED MARINE ANIMAL, PLEASE CONTACT THE RELEVANT AUTHORITIES: FOR LIVE STRANDINGS  England & Wales:  RSPCA  0300 1234999    British Divers Marine Life Rescue  01825 765546 Scotland:  SSPCA  0131 3390111   FOR DEAD STRANDINGS  England (cetaceans):  Natural History Museum  0207 9425155 England (seals & turtles):  Zoological Society of London  0207 4496672 Wales (all species):  Marine Environmental Monitoring  01348 875000 Scotland (all species):  SAC Veterinary Services  01463 243030 or 07979 245893 (out of hours) Scotland: If you find a DEAD, stranded marine animal please call 01463 243030 or 07979 245893.  Rescue for LIVE strandings can be called 24 hours a day through: Scottish SPCA Animal Helpline (03000 999 999) or British Divers Marine Life Rescue (01825 765546). The following telephone numbers are the ones recommended: ENGLAND AND WALES RSPCA Emergency Number - 0300 1234 999 British Divers Marine Life Rescue - UK National Hotline    01825  765546 CORNWALL 0845 201 2626 SCOTLAND Cetacean Research and Rescue Unit  -  Scottish Hotline     01261 851696 / 851815 (24 hrs) SSPCA  0131 339 0111 IRELAND Irish Live Strandings Guide: http://www.iwdg.ie/strandings.asp?cat=31&search= North Coast/Northern Ireland. For advice and on-site assistance (where possible). Ian Enlander. Tel: 048 9054 6610 Jim Allen: Tel: 048 7034 7282  East Coast. For advice and on-site assistance.  Dave Wall. Tel: 087 2977931.  South Coast. For advice and on-site assistance.  Dr. Emer Rogan. Tel: 087 699 5314. Padraig Whooley. Tel: 086 3850568. West Coast. For advice and on-site assistance (where possible). Also Rescue Pontoons. Dr. Simon Berrow. Tel: 086 8545450.  .................................................  The IWDG also has a network of Local Contacts who will offer help and advice and (where possible) assist on site.  Finally you should also contact your local wildlife/heritage officer.  Dúchas. Tel: (01) 647 2404.   Jersey the JSPCA deal with live strandings Tel 01534 724331   The next numbers are the ones to use if the previous numbers are unavailable for some reason: Environment Agency Emergency Number - 0800 807 060 Sea Watch Foundation, instruction and telephone numbers: http://www.seawatchfoundation.org.uk/strandings.htm Most of the cetaceans washed up are already dead. Some are on amenity beaches and the Local Authority soon gets informed. However, others are on remote beaches, sometimes in inaccessible coves. The urgency is not important in these cases, but records are being kept of all cetaceans washed up. If you have a digital camera, take a photograph and note the following information:  • Please give your name and number.  • An accurate description of where the animal is.  • What you think the animal is.  • An approximate length of the animal.  • Condition of the carcass: i.e. freshly dead, slight decomposition, moderate decomposition, advanced decomposition and report the find on the following telephone numbers:     TELEPHONE NUMBERS FOR DEAD CETACEAN STRANDINGS ENGLAND WALES SCOTLAND IRELAND 0207 942 5155  01348 875000  01463 243030 See Below CORNWALL JERSEY GUERNSEY SHETLANDS    01534 724331 00 44 1481 727967   England and Wales Natural History Museum   0207 942 5155 9 (Mondays to Fridays only) Scotland Deceased cetaceans should be reported to the Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) on 01463 243030 Ireland Irish Whale and Dolphin Strandings Scheme E-mail: strandings@iwdg.ie  Dave Wall Irish Whale and Dolphin Group ICSS Online Strandings Database Tel: 087 2977931  Dr. Simon Berrow Merchants Quay, Kilrush, Co Clare. Tel: 086 8545450  Dr. Emer Rogan Dept. of Zoology & Animal Ecology, UCC, Lee Maltings, Prospect Row, Cork, Ireland. Tel: 087-6995314 or 021 4904197     As the Natural History Museum have an answerphone system in operation, you may also wish to inform the following groups who will be interested in your discoveries: Seaquest SW now coordinates responses to strandings (and welcomes records of sightings ) of marine life in the south west. Cornwall now has a dedicated 24 hour hotline for reporting cetacean strandings which is  0845 201 2626.  Seals alive or dead should be reported to the  National Seal Sanctuary 01326 221 361. For Devon strandings should be reported to Gavin Black at the Devon Biodiversity Records Centre at Devon WT 01392 279244, but if you cannot get through then contact Lindy Hingley on 01803 771092 or the National Marine Aquarium 01752 600301, where my colleague Rolf Williams or myself will deal with it.   Regional groups keep their own records, so they will appreciate it if they are informed.    The British Marine Life Study Society are interested for our news pages where the most unusual and interesting of whale and dolphin strandings and other aspects of marine life: turtles, swarms of jellyfish, unusual angling captures, sharks and whales seen at sea, as well as anything that lives one the shore and beneath the waves. The contact telephone number for reports is: 01273 465433 The Email address which is often better for the general (less newsworthy) discoveries is: Glaucus@hotmail.com The following eforums can be used to report marine life including cetaceans: Marine Wildlife of the North-east Atlantic Ocean Group Group Home:  http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/Glaucus UK Cetnet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UKCetnet Marine Mammals of the English Channel http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/mammal Cornish Wildlife http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CornishWildlife

Channel Islands and Normandy Strandings

In Jersey the JSPCA deal with live strandings Tel 01534 724331
and, or e mail jspcaed@itl.net. Dead mammals should be reported to the Societe Jersiaise "Marine Mammal Group" 01534 743740 (Keith Pyman) or 01534 758314 (Office).

We do have a list of strandings over the years, this should be on line shortly, The local Marine Conservation Society are trained marine mammal medics.
I know Gérard Mauger of GECC was trying some time ago to collate all information on the Baie de Mont St. Michel and Normandy strandings for a paper or publication, I forwarded all our current Jersey information to him.
Regards Nicolas Jouault
Normandy strandings should be reported to:
Centre d'Innovation Technologique
Rue Louis Aragon / 50130 CHERBOURG-OCTEVILLE
Tél : 02.33.01.40.60 / Fax : 02.33.01.40.30
Portable : 06.62.18.40.60
Visit GECC allied in research with the Societe Jersiaise
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/gecc/english/welcome.html

Guernsey

Marine Mammal Casualty Guidance Notes
Emergency Call-outs
The call-out procedure is simplified and defined in the enclosed flow-chart.
However, in the event of a live stranding the following persons/organisations should always be notified, in this order:
1. Call the GSPCA
The GSPCA is the first point of contact for Emergency First Aid (Tel: 257261).  The GSPCA carries a special whale and dolphin rescue pontoon and also has qualified marine mammal medics.  If for any reason you cannot get through on this line then call the Director of Operations, Jayne Le Cras on Mobile: 07781 100081.
A veterinary surgeon should also be in attendance.
Suggested contacts:
John A Knight, B.Vet.Med, MRCVS - Tel: 252943 (Vetcare Centres)
or
David Chamberlain - Tel: 723863 (Route Isabelle Veterinary Practice)
2. If you are unable to contact the GSPCA then please try:
La Société Guernesiaise
Martin Gavet, Marine Mammal Recorder and qualified marine mammal medic (Tel: 727967).
 

3. If you are unable to contact any of the above then please try:
Guernsey Fire Brigade
The Guernsey Fire Brigade also has qualified marine mammal medics and has appropriate equipment.  You should ask them to ensure that a qualified marine mammal medic is in attendance.
Tel: 724491.
States Works Department
Please ask them to ensure that a qualified marine mammal medic is in attendance.
Tel: 246263
 

Cetacean Research & Rescue Unit
http://www.crru.org.uk/
 
 

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.

Telephone for help as soon as possible, making sure the caller can give an accurate location and description of the animal. Preferably, telephone BDMLR on 01825 767688 or the CRRU on 01261 851696. Alternatively, you can contact your nearest Police station or local SSPCA (Scotland) / RSPCA (England & Wales) office with details. They should know what to do.

Link for Further Information on Strandings (click on this text)
 

BRITISH DIVERS MARINE LIFE RESCUE REPORT NUMBER FOR LIVE MARINE MAMMALS:

01825  765546
 
 

Charlie Phillips
Interpretation Officer
Dolphin & Seal Research & Visitor Centre
North Kessock
Inverness.

EMail:dolphincentre@lineone.net

ORCA   Organisation Cetacea

UK & Celtic Marine Mammal Project

http://www.strandings.com/index1.html
 
 

Cetacean Research (& Rescue) Unit (CRRU)
P.O. Box 11307 Banff  AB45 3WB SCOTLAND
TEL/FAX  (44) 1261 851696
EMERG (44) 7786 925401
EMAIL mailbox@crru.org.uk, WEB http://www.crru.org.uk/
 

EUROPEAN CONTACT ADDRESSES & TELEPHONE NUMBERS
FOR REPORTING CETACEAN SIGHTINGS & STRANDINGS

(These are probably out of date)

Germany

Please find the web page (in German):
http://www.cetacea.de/science/sightings/index.htm

Norway: Norsk Institut for Naturforskning - MNA, University of Oslo, P0 Box 1037,

 Blindern, 0315 Oslo 3 (Tel. No.47-2-854515) (strandings & sightings)

Sweden: Zoological Instituut, University of Stockholm, 10691 Stockholm (strandings & sightings)

Denmark: Zoologisk Museum, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Kobenhavo (Tel. No.45-35-321000)

(strandings & sightings)

United Kingdom: Sea Watch Foundation, Dr PGH Evans, Zoology Dept.,

 University of Oxford, Soutn Parks Road, Oxford OX! 3P5 (Tel. No.01865-727984) (sightings)

England & Wales: Institute of Zoology, Regent's Park, London NW! 4RY

(Tel. No.44-71 -581457 or 071-722-3333, extn. 891) or

Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London 5W7 5BD

(Tel. No.44-171-938-8861/ 9431) (strandings)

Scotland:  Scottish Agricultural College Veterinary Investigation Centre, Drummondhill,

Inverness (Tel. No.01463-243030) (strandings)

Northern Ireland: The Ulster Museum, Botanic Gardens, Belfast (Tel. No.01232-381251) (strandings)

Republic of Ireland: Irish Whale & Dolphin Group, Zoology Dept., University College Cork,

Lee Maltings, Cork (Tel. No.351-21-276871) (strandings & sightings)

Netherlands: Natural History Museum, Postbus 9517,2300 RA Leiden (31-71 - 175006) (strandings)

Belgium:

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Management Unit of the North 
Sea Mathematical Models (MUMM)
3e en 23e Linieregimentsplein
B-8400 Ostend, Belgium
tel.: +32 (0)59.70.01.31

fax: +32 (0)59.70.49.35
or mobile phone: +32 (0)477.25.90.06 or +32 (0)475.46.60.68
email: J.Haelters@mumm.ac.be

Jan Haelters

Previously:  Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laboratorium voor Ecotoxicologie, Pleinlaan 2,

1050 Brussels (Tel. No.32-2-641-3414) (strandings)  

France: Musee Oceanographique, Port des Minimes, 17000 La Rochelle

(Tel. No.33-46-45-1787) (strandings & sightings)

Portugal: Servico Nacional de Parques, Reservas e Conservacao da Natureza,

Rua Filipe Folque 46~3o, 1000 Lisboa (Tel. No.351-1-3523018) (strandings & sightings)

Spain: Dept. de Biologfa Animal (Vertebrats), Facultad de Biologia, Universidat de Barcelona,

 Diagonal 645, 08071 Barcelona (Tel. No.34-3-4021453) (strandings & sightings)

Italy:  Museo Historia Naturale, Corso Venezia 55, Milano 20121 (Tel. No.39-2-6208-5405)

(strandings)

Instituto Tethys, Via Giusti 5, 20154 Milano (Tel. No.39-2-314403) (sightings)

















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Information about carcasses and live specimens wanted:

1)  Species (a photograph is always helpful).
2)  Length
3)  Location, including grid ref. if possible. Also, information about access to the site.
4)  State of the tide (important).
5)  Date found.

Information from the Autumn 1993 issue of Glaucus.
Strandings telephone number update for turtles and seahorses scheduled

from the Vernal/Summer 1997 issue of Glaucus.

Sea Watch Foundation (UK Mammal Society Cetacean Group)

Enquiries should be sent ot the Sea Watch Foundation.

Cape Cod Stranding Network Training Manual