Archives: Survey Reports
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MARINElife survey report: MS Oldenburg Bideford-Lundy 12 September 2026
I travelled down to Bideford from the Midlands to help carry out this month’s survey aboard the MS Oldenburg, wondering if the trip would go ahead: the forecast was for a brisk south westerly breeze and maybe some rain later. The Oldenburg is made of stern stuff however, and in fact the conditions were moderate,…
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MARINElife Wildlife Ambassador report: MS Oldenburg Bideford-Lundy 12 September 2026
some of the passengers along with myself were treated to three Common Dolphin riding the wake from the ship
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CLdN Heysham to Dublin 8 September 2026
We managed to board the CLdN vessel ‘Power’ by about 01:00 early Tuesday morning in torrential rain and strong winds but we were on the bridge by 06:30 to begin the survey. It was just about bright enough to begin the survey, but the flat light made it difficult to discern some identification features of…
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MARINElife Survey Report: DFDS ‘Suecia Seaways’ Felixstowe-Vlaardingen 8 September 2026
I drove down to Felixstowe Monday evening, had my booking processed and was taken to the ship to bed down for the survey the following morning. I woke up to leaden skies, with patches of fog and rain reducing visibility at times. It took just over an hour to record my first bird of the…
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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.