Best
year yet for marine wildlife sightings off the Scillonian!
November
2012. During the 2012 summer season, Cornwall
Wildlife Trust and The Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust have had a
marine wildlife guide, Paul Semmens, onboard the Scillonian III. Paul is
onboard at least once a week between April and the end of October 2012. He
surveys the route from Penzance to the Isles of Scilly, looking for the
wonderful sharks, dolphins and whales that visit our Cornish waters, as well as
showing the passengers these brilliant creatures
As part of the Cornwall Wildlife Trust's marine conservation programme, Living Seas, Paul has been recording wildlife spotted as part of an on-going survey of what occurs in Cornish and Scillonian waters.
As part of the Cornwall Wildlife Trust's marine conservation programme, Living Seas, Paul has been recording wildlife spotted as part of an on-going survey of what occurs in Cornish and Scillonian waters.
During
the 2012 season there was so much to see! 1554 animals were recorded, a record
year so far. These records consisted of;
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379
harbour porpoise
1064
common dolphin
19
bottlenose dolphin
23
Risso's dolphin
19
Minke whale
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2
unidentified cetacean species
3
leatherback turtle
24
basking shark
21
ocean sunfish
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