Survey Reports
MARINElife protects key marine species by gathering and distributing relevant, robust and up-to-date information to those working for the sustainable future of our oceans.
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MARINElife survey report: Portsmouth-Jersey 17 January
17 January 2026
View reportIt was also satisfying to have excellent views of two diver species - Red-throated and Black-throated...
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CLdN Heysham to Warrenpoint 8-9 January 2026
8 January 2026
View reportThe survey avoided the worst of Storm Goretti and recorded the usual species found in the Irish Sea during the winter...
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MARINElife survey report: Dover-Calais 13 December
13 December 2025
View reportAs we approached France, a Harbour Seal was spotted among a raft of Herring Gull...
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CLdN Heysham to Warrenpoint 4 December 2025
4 December 2025
View reportThere were a few firsts on this trip, one of them was probably a first for any MARINElife trip! I...
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MARINElife VSAS survey report: Newhaven-Dieppe 30 November
30 November 2025
View reportA highlight of the morning was a close encounter with a Bottlenose Dolphin making towards us and across the bow...
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MARINElife survey report: Dover-Dunkirk 22 November
22 November 2025
View reporta brief glimpse of the very tops of some small grey fins among the large grey waves, but then seen again, several more glimpses as they passed us by – two Harbour Porpoise swimming together...
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MARINElife survey report: Dover-Calais 15 November
15 November 2025
View reportDuring this time a Grey Seal was seen, swimming slowly ahead of the ship a better sighting than the brief splash of a seal Pat had seen earlier...
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MARINElife survey report: Portsmouth-Jersey 15 November
15 November 2025
View reportA very energetic pod of 8 Common Dolphin approached the ship to bow ride, we had lovely views of them leaping and splashing on both sides of the ship...
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MARINElife survey report: Felixstowe-Vlaardingen 6 November
6 November 2025
View reportThe sea was calm, and I was hopeful in seeing a marine mammal or two. I was not to be disappointed. Before the first hour was up, a single Harbour Porpoise was recorded...
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