Seaquest Southwest Programme

2021

Picnic with a Porpoise Public Seaquest Watches Seaquest Sundays Seaquest Trained Volunteer Watches Join the Seaquesters at different cliff top locations around the Cornish coast to look for some amazing marine wildlife, learn Effort based survey day (the first Sunday of every month) about the animals we share our coast with and about Seaquest and for our trained volunteers to record our marine wildlife meet other like-minded people while enjoying a cliff-top tea and from their favourite sea watching point. cake (COVID restrictions allowing!!). 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, drinks and some Trained Local Marine Groups support these events and snacks , and be prepared to potentially be socially distant from hold surveys that all can attend and join in with, please turn others there. over for more information on the reverse side of this programme. rd Every 3 Sunday of the month All from 11.00am to 1.00pm From 11.00am to 1.00pm Sunday 3rd January Sunday 4th July Sunday 17th January Polruan NCI Station Sunday 7th February Sunday 1st August Sunday 21st February , Sunday 7th March Sunday 5th September Sunday 21st March Pendennis Point, Falmouth Sunday 4th April Sunday 3rd October th nd th Sunday 18 April Sunday 2 May Sunday 7 November Sunday 16th May Widemouth, Sunday 6th June Sunday 5th December Sunday 20th June , Sunday 18th July Lizard NT Watchpoint Sunday 15th August , Sunday 19th September Porthgwarra, Lands End th Sunday 17 October St Agnes NCI Marine Recorders Evening Sunday 21st November The Rockpool Café, Sunday 19th December St Ives NCI An event to gather with fellow Sea Watchers and other marine recorders within the Living Seaquest Survey Training Seas Projects in , for an evening of talks to summarise the year’s wildlife A day course on how to conduct effort-based surveys and to improve sightings. marine wildlife ID skills. Places are restricted per course and booking is essential via Eventbrite, closer to the event. 25th November 2021 Venue TBC Saturday 24th April Time: 9.30am – 4.00pm 6.00pm – 9.30pm th Saturday 9 October Location: CWT Offices Doors open at 5.30pm Cost: £10

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Seaquest Online Seminars Seaquest will be continuing the successful online seminars in 2021, which allows us to engage with people from across not only Cornwall, but the south west and beyond.

Planned 2021 lectures include; Seminars will be organised monthly, and advertised via our social media platforms and newsletters; • The life of a gannet. • Recent research on our inshore south coast Facebook: www.facebook.com/CWTSeaquestSouthwest bottlenose dolphins. Instagram: @Seaquest_southwest • Summary seminar of 2020 Living Seas Mailchimp: http://eepurl.com/dx0YZD Twitter: @CWTSeaquestSW sightings.

• Southwest seals. Seminars cost £3 per person, with all funds raised going directly back into the Seaquest Southwest Project.

National Whale and Dolphin Watch 2020 Seaquest NWDW Locations 11.00am – 1.00pm th st Saturday 24 July – Sunday 1 August Sat 24th July Mayon Cliff, Sennen Seaquest Southwest will be taking part in the Sea Watch Foundation’s Mon 26th July St Anthony’s, Roseland NWDW by putting on public sea watches. Wed 28th July NCI Sat 31st July Boscastle NCI

Join dedicated recorders and other Seaquest volunteers at these sea watches, happening county wide for this national event organised by the Trained Seaquest volunteers and local groups will also be Sea Watch Foundation. The aim of this event is to give a general snapshot running surveys at their local spots, follow us on Facebook or of what is in UK coastal waters over a short period of time. As well as subscribe to the newsletter to keep up to date. gaining valuable research data, we hope this will draw attention to the For more information please contact 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 additional events. Please use the contact information below to 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 is of local residents working together The St Agnes Marine Conservation such a special environment that to create a marine community for Group is entirely run by volunteers to Mounts Bay was designated a Marine the town and surrounding areas - 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 path involved with any of our projects wildlife from this fantastic look out below the St Agnes Head NCI or would like to find out more point. station. 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, watch points Conservation Group St Austell Mayon Cliff Lookout With views from Cape Cornwall to A collaboration between the local and The Three Bays Wildlife Group is a Land’s End, this viewpoint is ideal for student communities in Falmouth voluntary community lead local wildlife watching. During the dedicated to protecting our marine wildlife group constituted since April summer there are volunteers at the environment, will be hosting public 2018 and are affiliated to CWT. The lookout to give information on sea watches on Seaquest Sundays at group has been running Seaquest wildlife in the area. the beautiful Pendennis Point. Surveys for several years from Support this new group by joining Dodman Point, near St Austell and Lizard Wildlife Watch Point locals at this brilliant location looking are aiming to venture to other At Britain’s most southerly point, over the harbour to spot wildlife. beautiful headlands of the Roseland the National Trust’s Wildlife to spot wonderful marine mega- Watchpoint is a fantastic place to For more information, visit fauna. get closer to nature. Volunteers are www.falmouthmarineconservation.org on hand every day, between April .uk or Facebook page For more information, visit and September, to point out and @FalMarineConservation Three Bays Wildlife Group share more about marine wildlife. Facebook Page @ThreeBaysWildlife For more information contact [email protected] or call 01326 291174