Seal disturbances are very concerning,
please the recent news item at the end of this page
There is a colony of Seals that are resident at Godrevy, about 30 of them
stay all all year round. There are about 30 more that visit quite regularly and
an estimated 200 other seals that visit during the year, its not surprising that
we see them quite often and those who walk the rocks and cliffs past the island
can see the regulars on most days. Viewing at low tide from above the car park
on Godrevy head is possible and small binoculars will help to study them as
individuals.
Less is known about the Dolphin population that can be seen playing in the
bay, often in groups of 6 or 8. These magnificent creatures are thought to be
simply passing groups.
For information on the local Marine Mammal emergency services and the
very active Godrevy seal Group visit there website by clicking the link below.
News flash
Hi there.
You may have seen that there has been a lot of
disturbance of the seals at Godrevy, which is
extremely concerning. Encouraged by calm seas and hot
weather the seals were disturbed 7 times in 3 hours
and 7 times in 1 hour on Saturday and Sunday
respectively last weekend.
We are wondering if you can help with reducing this in
any way?
In short we'd like all leisure and pleasure craft to
pass behind the island (mainly because of the huge
dangers of the rip current at rising and receding
tides) or stay at least 100m away from the front of
the island rock ledges. We are keen to discourage
people from crossing from the mainland to the island
at all. This includes surfboards, surf canoes, canoes,
kayaks, inflatables with or without outboards, speed
boats, dive boats, jetskis etc. The seals are rarely
disturbed by the local fishing boats who lead the way
with good practice in this respect!
If people want to see the seals close up they could
look at a friend's website
www.godrevyseals.co.uk
(Simon has a disturbance message on his front page!)
or use binoculars or a telescope.
We are looking to hold meetings with as many local
water based leisure groups as possible to spread the
message.
We had our first common seal visit Godrevy last
Saturday only for it to be disturbed within 10 minutes
of hauling out by 4 people who had paddled over on
long surf boards. :(
Sue Sayer
Godrevy Seal Group
www.suesseals.eclipse.co.uk
