Seaquest Southwest Programme

2020

Picnic with a Porpoise Seaquest Sundays Public Seaquest Watches Seaquest Trained Volunteer Watches

Join the Seaquesters at different cliff top locations around the Effort based survey day for our trained volunteers to Cornish coast to look for some amazing marine wildlife, learn record our marine wildlife from their favourite sea about these animals and about Seaquest, and meet other like- watching point. minded people while enjoying a cliff-top tea and cake!

You must be a trained volunteer to conduct these Please note – some sea watches are located close to an NCI surveys station, and all will be clearly marked with flag or logo-ed

volunteers. Please bring appropriate clothing, water, flasks of Trained Local Marine Groups support these events and warm drinks and some snacks to share. hold surveys that all can attend and join in with, please

turn over for more information on the reverse side. rd Every 3 Sunday of the month

All from 11.00am to 1.00pm From 11.00am to 1.00pm

st Sunday 19 January St Agnes NCI Sunday 5th January Sunday 5th July th Sunday 16 February , Sunday 2rd February Sunday 2nd August th Sunday 15 March Pendennis Point, Falmouth Sunday 1st March Sunday 6th September th Sunday 19 April Sunday 5th April Sunday 4th October th Sunday 17 May Widemouth, Sunday 3rd May Sunday 1st November st Sunday 21 June Dodman point, Sunday 7th June Sunday 6th December Sunday 19st July Lizard NT Watchpoint Sunday 16th August , Polzeath th Sunday 20 September Porthgwarra, Lands End Sunday 18st October Polruan NCI Station Sunday 15th November The Rockpool Café, Mousehole Marine Recorders Evening th Sunday 20 December St Ives NCI A chance to gather our marine recorders within the Living Seas Projects in , join fellow Seaquest Survey Training sea watchers and volunteers for an evening of talks to summarise the year’s wildlife sightings.

Day course on how to conduct effort based surveys and to improve 27th November 2020 marine wildlife ID skills. Places restricted per course, and booking is TBC essential . 6.00pm – 9.30pm Saturday 25th April Time: 9.30am – 4.00pm Doors open at 5.30pm Saturday 10th October Location: CWT Offices Cost: £10

There may be other opportunities to train, please sign up for the newsletter to keep up to date with news and events

Seaquest Lectures Each year we run a series of talks and specialist training for our volunteers, supporters and members of the public. All start at 7.00pm, doors from 6:30pm.

18th February Cornish Tuna Location: Venue varies Cost: £5 by Tom Horton Booking is essential via EventBrite for all lectures

Spring 2020 Marine plastics Pop Up Lectures! by Sarah Nehlms In the second half of the year, Seaquest will be operating pop up lectures when relevant researchers can be grabbed! We will advertise them via our Facebook page and newsletters. Follow us on…. www.facebook.com/CWTSeaquestSouthwest or sign up to our monthly newsletter http://eepurl.com/dx0YZD Contact Seaquest Email [email protected] | Follow us on Facebook @CornwallWildlifeTrustSeaquestSouthwest

National Whale and Dolphin Watch 2020 Seaquest NWDW Locations 11.00am – 1.00pm th nd 25 July – 2 August Sat 25th July Mayon Cliff, Sennen Seaquest Southwest will be taking part in the Sea Watch Foundation’s Mon 27th July St Agnes NCI NWDW by putting on public sea watches. Wed 29th July NCI Sat 1st August Boscastle NCI

Join dedicated recorders and other Seaquest volunteers at these sea watches , happening county wide, throughout this national event for the Trained Seaquest volunteers and local groups will also be Sea Watch Foundation. The aim of this event is to give a general running surveys at their local spots, follow us on Facebook or “snapshot” of what is in UK coastal waters over a short period of time. subscribe to the newsletter to keep up to date.

As well as gaining valuable research data, we hope this will draw For more information please contact attention to the conservation of our marine environment. [email protected] www.seawatchfoundation.org.uk/nwdw

Associated Local Marine Groups

Seaquest Southwest collaborates with our marine and coastal wildlife groups around the county to set up local sea watching sites supported by the local community. This enables us to gather more information about the marine wildlife that resides around Cornwall. These groups are part of the Your Shore Network and they run surveys at their local sites during Seaquest Sundays when volunteers are available and the conditions are suitable. Why not join them on the cliffs for a more social sea watch!

PLEASE NOTE:  These groups are run by volunteers who might not be available during the Seaquest Sunday dates, or might run addition events. Please check with the group for details and updates.  These local surveys may be cancelled in rain, fog, mist or any winds above force 4. Check the weather and local group Facebook pages before you leave the house.

Mounts Bay Marine Group Newquay Marine Group St Agnes Marine Conservation Group The waters around Mounts Bay are Newquay Marine Group are a group home to an amazing spread of life. It of local residents working together The St Agnes Marine Conservation is such a special environment that to create a marine community for Group is entirely run by volunteers Mounts Bay was designated a Marine the town and surrounding areas - to promote the St Agnes Voluntary Conservation Zone in January 2016. from Crantock to Watergate Bay. Marine Conservation Area (VMCA) The Mounts Bay Marine Group aims The Group will be supporting and help everyone to enjoy and to protect and conserve our marine Seaquest Sundays by running sea appreciate the fantastic wildlife and environment and to promote the watches from Towan Headland wild places St Agnes has to offer. fantastic marine wildlife found here. throughout the year and would be The Group will be supporting delighted to welcome people to join Seaquest Sundays and running a sea If you would like to get more local volunteers to survey marine watch and survey from the coast involved with any of our wildlife from this fantastic look out path below the St Agnes Head projects or would like to find point. NCI station. out more about joining our meetings then please contact For more information contact For more information contact [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Falmouth Marine Three Bays Wildlife Group National Trust watch points Conservation Group Mayon Cliff Lookout The Three Bays Wildlife Group is a With views from Cape Cornwall to A collaboration between the local voluntary community lead local Land’s End, this viewpoint is ideal for and student community in Falmouth wildlife group constituted since April wildlife watching. During the dedicated to protecting our marine 2018 and are affiliated to CWT. The summer there are National Trust environment will be hosting public group has been running Seaquest Rangers at the lookout to give sea watches on Seaquest Sundays at Surveys for several years from information on wildlife in the area. the beautiful Pendennis Point. Dodman Point, near St Austell and Support this new group by joining are aiming to venture to other Lizard Wildlife Watch Point locals at this brilliant location beautiful headlands of the Roseland At Britain’s Most Southerly Point, looking over the harbour to spot to spot wonderful marine mega- the National Trust’s Wildlife wildlife. fauna. Watchpoint is a fantastic place to get closer to nature. Volunteers are For more information, visit For more information, visit on hand every day, between April www.falmouthmarineconservation.o Three Bays Wildlife Group and September, to point out and rg.uk or Facebook page Facebook Page @ThreeBaysWildlife share more about marine wildlife. @FalMarineConservation For more information contact [email protected] or call 01326 291174