Archives: Survey Reports
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MARINElife survey report: DFDS Levante Jet Poole-Jersey 5 September 2026
a feeding frenzy, as both huge Blue-fin Tuna and a couple of Common Dolphin breached in the foaming seas
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MARINElife Wildlife Ambassador Report: ‘MS Oldenburg’ Ilfracombe-Lundy 5 September 2026
Two sharp-eyed little boys sitting near the bridge spotted a dolphin and this was confirmed by one of the crew
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CLdN Heysham to Warrenpoint 3-4 September 2026
The bustle of Heysham port was running at the usual pace, with the tugmaster tractors busily taking freight trailers to the ship as we were escorted through the port to the Progress. Once on board, we were escorted to the bridge where we set up our survey position ready to commence our survey. This was…
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MARINElife WLA report: Bideford-Lundy 29 August
The only mammals seen on this trip were the Grey Seals in Landing Bay
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Purfleet-Rotterdam-Leixões survey 25th August to 3rd September
After much planning and negotiating, MARINElife and shipping partner CLdN have reopened the exciting survey route from Purfleet to Leixões via Rotterdam and back. It was a privilege to be the first surveyors on this re-established route. On arrival at Purfleet, our hosts gave us a warm welcome and escorted us to the MV Catherine.…
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MARINElife WLA report: Ilfracombe-Lundy 22 August
I met two people and we were treated to a male Peregrine Falcon zooming past as we talked.
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MARINElife Wildlife Ambassador report: Bideford-Lundy 15 August
I went down to the tide edge to search amongst the Furbelows (a species of kelp) for Blue-rayed Limpet and was delighted to find some of the seaweed had many small groups grazing on them
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CLdN Heysham to Dublin 11 August 2026
Another exceptional Irish Sea survey with numerous encounters with Common Dolphin and Harbour Porpoise, together with many migrating Manx Shearwater and a several Storm Petrel, much to the astonishment of James Nock on his first survey with MARINElife!
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MARINElife survey report: Ilfracombe-Lundy 8 August
In the Landing Bay, we were just preparing to end the survey when a member of the crew drew our attention to two Bottlenose Dolphin which had just appeared close to the island
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CLdN Heysham to Warrenpoint 6-7 August 2026
An active sea precluded any sightings of Harbour Porpoise, but very active groups of Common Dolphin were clearly enjoying the waves! Migrating Storm Petrel and fledged Puffin added to the excitement of this survey.