The Prince Madog has now returned to Menai Bridge following 4 weeks of surveying in the Celtic Sea and Western Approaches. All 20 benthic stations were successfully visited, with hundreds of containers containing samples now ready for analysis. Dr Leigh Howarth and his students will s
Not since 1949 has the near-mythical narwhal been seen in Western Europe and today we can report that a dead individual has washed ashore on the banks of the River Schelde in Belgium. It is the first record for the country. Narwhals are sometimes called the “unicorn of the sea”, thank
Sea Watch has once again been granted funding from Sea-Changers to fund surveys off the Welsh coast. This year, we used the opportunity to train up some of our volunteers on vessel-based data collection. Weather conditions meant that both trips got pushed to April, but they were a gre