The Cornwall Wildlife Trust Marine Strandings Network is the official recorder for all marine strandings in Cornwall.

The Marine Strandings Network consists of a team of over 120 volunteers who record all reported strandings of organic organisms on Cornwall's coastline.

Although this includes everything from jellyfish to nuts, the volunteers' main activity is recording and photographing all stranded dolphins, whales and porpoises (collectively known as cetaceans) as well as seals, basking sharks and turtles.

All marine records are welcomed by the network, which tries to ensure that all interested individuals and organisations are kept informed. The National Marine Aquarium is especially grateful to receive reports of unusual fishes.

Volunteer recording a stranded dolphin
photograph by Jeff Loverage

There are currently 152 marine strandings records held on our Internet database, covering roughly a twelve month period from 12 Apr 07 to 30 Mar 08. This data is viewable in summary format, by species group, individual species or calendar month.

Don't forget to send us your marine records.

Records by group:

Birds | Cetaceans | Fish | Hydrozoa | Seals | Sharks | Turtles |

Records of species:

Basking Shark | Bottlenose Dolphin | Common Dolphin | Dolphin Species | Fin Whale | Gannet | Grey Seal | Grey Seal Pup | Grey Triggerfish | Guillemot | Harbour Porpoise | Herring Gull | Lesser-spotted Dogfish | Loggerhead Turtle | Minke Whale | Pilot Whale | Portuguese Man-of-War | Striped Dolphin | Thresher Shark |

Records by calendar month:

April 2007 | May 2007 | June 2007 | July 2007 | August 2007 | September 2007 | October 2007 | November 2007 | December 2007 | January 2008 | February 2008 | March 2008 |

Common dolphin stranded at Reddymonney Cove
photograph by Joana Doyle

Information collated by Marine Strandings Network volunteers Jan and Jeff Loveridge.

Other pages on this web site that may be of interest:

• Marine Sightings in Cornwall
• Marine Conservation in Cornwall
• Marine Life Recording Form

Other web sites that may be of interest:

• Visit the Cornwall Wildlife Trust Marine Strandings Network web site.