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Large numbers of Manx Shearwaters & Gannets
South West Marine Ecosystems Conference 2014
Welcome to the conference and
PML
Thanks for all your support
Photo: Tom Brereton MARINElife
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The Southwest Marine Ecosystems Conferences The objectives of
the meetings include:
1. Networking professionals and volunteers
2. To assess the annual events ecological and oceanographic - of
the previous year
3. Ecology of mainly mobile species
4. Management and southwest marine ecosystems
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The links between people networking professionals volunteers
Events - Observations - Science Policy - Management -
Conservation
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Events Observations in 2013 last year Objective 2.To assess the
annual events ecological and oceanographic - of the previous year
that have affected the south west marine ecosystems ... What stood
out for you last year? Please use the following categories at the
start of what you write: Weather - Oceanography (including
plankton) benthos fish birds seals cetaceans Management issues -
Events eg. PIB The winter 2013/14 storms We will ask you to leave
these behind after the event and we will collate the responses and
return these to you. Your Name___________________________ Category
_______________________ Observation _________
Objective 1. Networking ..... Discuss this with to someone you
dont know
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The effects of this winters storms ...........
Photo : Dave Jenkins
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Lots of people produce reports Relative abundance Interesting
stories where to read about these The whole story .... Seals in the
south-west, gannets in the south-west Relative abundance: Cliff
Site observations in 2011 - 24 in total 25 hours 17 in south Devon,
4 in North Devon 3 in Cornwall Species Frequency Note Herring gulls
24/24 Gannets 20/24 Virtually always present Seals 1 /24 Only North
Devon Harbour Porpoise 4 / 24 All North Devon with Dave Jenkins
Basking Shark 1 / 24 Gwennap Head No other cetaceans 0 /24 Scoter'
3/24 South Devon: spring Shearwaters' 6 / 24 South Devon and
Gwennap head Peregrines 2 /24 N.Devon and Gwennap Head Fishing boat
flocks 2 /24 South Devon
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The story of the year .....
South-west Marine Ecosystems What would it look like? Todays
programme with collective input from delegates ... If youd like to
get involved contact me in the break
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Observations on the behaviour of marine birds and mammals on the
North Coast of Devon Dave Jenkins Observations ... I have been
observing marine life on the North Devon coast for many years, but
more systematically for the last 20 years. Behaviours ...This
series of photographs illustrates some of the interesting
behaviours I have observed in that time. Frequency: I visit
headlands in North Devon three or four times a week throughout the
year. Locations: The main locations I watch from are the headlands
of Bull Point, Morte Point and Baggy Point, in the Morte Bay,
Woolacombe area. Most of the photographs were taken with a Nikon
5000 with a 70/300mm telephoto lens.
Email: [email protected] Phone: 07970 0115542
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Ocean sunfish 2-3x a year from the cliff top it can look
remarkably like plastic sheeting except it dives out of sight
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Grey seal feeding at the surface with a large conger eel
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From head to tail ... And different animals do this at least
four Frequency once a year
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This sequence of shots was taken with a motor drive ....
Consecutive images ... All over very quickly and its the only time
Ive ever seen it .... Is this mating behaviour?
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Evaluation - Key lessons your comments helpful EVENTS form
Outputs: Key points via email Alert PowerPoint presentations on the
CMS server Valuables / Take things with you including leaflets
Refreshments outside Thank you to the speakers, chairmen, sponsors
and all of you Feedback forms & Events forms
