MARINE LIFE NEWS 2019Reports of marine wildlife from all around the British Isles, with pollution incidents and conservation initiatives as they affect the fauna and flora of the NE Atlantic Ocean
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16 November 2019
Bearded Seal
Photograph by John Moncrief Photography facebookA Bearded Seal, Erignathus barbatus , made a visit to Bridge End, Burra, in the Shetland Isles. Bearded Seals are a non-migratory Arctic species that feed on molluscs including clams. Visits to the most northerly of the Scottish isles are rare and newsworthy.
BMLSS Bearded Seals30 October 2019
A Sperm Whale, Physeter macrocephalus, calf live stranded and died at Hell痴 Mouth, Gwynedd, north Wales. This is an unusual stranding, possibly only the second calf to be recorded stranded in the UK and also the first Sperm Whale found stranded in Wales since the routine recording of strandings began in 1913.
c. 3 September 2019
A deep water oceanic Tripletail, Lobotes surinamensis was caught in a net at Bridgwater Bay (mid Bristol Channel). It was only the second record of this tropical fish from around Britain.Illustrated Report by Martin Sharp facebook
August 2019
"Watching birds from Porthgwarra in Cornwall, I followed a pod of Risso痴 Dolphins, Grampus griseus , moving west. After they were lost to view, I was still searching through my scope when a large fish jumped out of the sea in the middle of my view. The view was for about a second but I noted the following: about two metres long and powerful looking, large rayed dorsal fin along its back, strikingly melon-shaped, with a blunt forehead. This looks like a Dolphinfish, Coryphaena hippurus ." This worldwide tropical fish has not been definitely recorded in British seas before.There was an unconfirmed previous sighting in the Camel estuary, Cornwall on 1 August 2000.Report by Rick Goater
on British Marine Life Study facebook16 July 2019
BMLSS Wrasse
The very first BMLSS record of the Scale-rayed Wrasse, Acantholabrus palloni , was video-photographed off the Isles of Scilly. Its prevalence in British seas is not known because of too few reports.8 July 2019
BMLSS Swordfish
A 2.5 metre long Swordfish, Xiphias gladius , was washed up dead on the extensive sandy west facing beach at Berrrow, between Brean and Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset. The early morning unusual discovery was made by Graham Parker.9 June 2019
Skipjack Tuna
Photograph by Ashley WrightA 50 cm long Skipjack Tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis (=Euthynnus), was discovered stranded up dead on Par Beach, Cornwall. This is a rarely caught species around the British Isles, with the nearest fishery in the Bay of Biscay.
BMLSS Tuna11 June 2019
A Pygmy Sperm Whale, (V) Kogia breviceps, was washed ashore dead at Ginst Point in Carmarthenshire, SW Wales. It was in good condition and will be examined in London. This whale is a rare vagrant around the British Isles.23 February 2019
Portuguese Man o' War at Maenpor th
Photograph by Austen OsborneColonies of juvenile Portuguese Man o' War, Physalia physalis , have been discovered at several locations between the tides on Cornish shores.
BMLSS Portuguese Man o'War8 February 2019
A vagrant adult Black-browed Albatross, Thalassarche melanophris , showed for six minutes flying above the rough sea off Lizard Point, Cornwall.
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