investigation into the status quo of the harbour seals of Co. Down Northern Ireland

Investigation into the status quo of the harbour seals of Co. Down Northern Ireland by Susan C. Wilson Download PDF EPUB FB2

Common Seal Phoca vitulina Rón beag The 'Common', or Harbour seal, as it is also known, is mainly an inshore animal, frequenting inlets, estuaries and unpolluted harbours. This seal is less numerous than the Grey seal over much of the western and northern coastlines.

There is considerable variation in the colour and pattern in this sealís coat. A harbour in Co Down has been sealed off after male human remains were found. Police are at the scene at Portavogie Harbour on Tuesday morning. Harbour seals are the most common seal species in the northern hemisphere When compared with figures fromcounts in showed drops of 56% in Orkney, 42% in Shetland and 30% in Strathclyde.

Researchers have seen similarly worrying declines along the Scottish east coast, and along the North-East coast of England. The common seal, or harbour seal as it is also known, is found all around the coastline of Northern Ireland and is seen regularly hauled out on rocky shores and sandbanks.

In the European common seal population was decimated by a viral disease, phocine distemper virus (PDV) – it is estimated that aro seals died, about 50% of the total population. About the Harbour Seal. Once considered by the Irish to be a human being under a spell, the Harbour Seal’s short, sleek body and flippers are purpose-built for life in the water.

A unique pattern of fine, dark spots mean the species varies in colour from brownish-black to tan or grey, while their large eyes and nostrils help to make them one of the sea’s top predators.

Harbour seal population assessment in the Republic of Ireland August Michelle Cronin 1, Callan Duck 2, Oliver Ó Cadhla 1, Richard Nairn 3, Denis Strong 4, Ciarán O’ Keeffe 5 1.

COASTAL AND MARINE RESOURCES CENTRE ERI, University College Cork, Naval Base, Haulbowline, Cobh, Co. Cork. IRELAND 2. SEA MAMMAL RESEARCH UNIT. The Ungava seal (P.v. mellonae), also known as the Lacs des Loups Marins harbour seal, lives in a series of land-locked, inter-connected freshwater 'seal' lakes of the Ungava peninsula of northern Quebec, although it is thought that the distribution is now limited to only three lakes (DFO, ).The number of Ungava seals is unknown but is probably a few hundred at most (COSEWIC, ; DFO.

The preferred prey items of common seals in Irish waters are fish species including herring, hake, sole and sculpin. They will also hunt for shrimp, octopus and squid in deeper waters while they will catch mollusks and crustaceans when the opportunity arises. Reproduction and Life Cycle.

Scottish Natural Heritage has launched an investigation into a mysterious fall in seal numbers on the east coast of government countryside protection agency said that although overall. Malin Head in Co Donegal is renowned for its basking sharks, which migrate huge distances across the oceans in search of plankton, but they can show up anywhere along the north coast.

The best. A Co Down harbour has been sealed off after human remains were found at sea this morning. It is understood the remains were discovered by a fishing boat. Seals in Ireland comprise the two species, the Atlantic Grey Seal and the Common or Harbour Seal. Resident populations of both morphs of the Common or Harbour Seal and Atlantic Grey Seals occur along the West Cork coast and may be seen at any time during the year.

Grey Seal pups are born during the later part of the year during September and. Seals say goodbye in County Down after beach release. com/news/uk-northern-ireland when seal biologist Sue Wilson attempted to release two abandoned seal pups back into the wild.

New book records colourful history of Cork Harbour Board. might have been regarded as merchant princes down the years, they succeeded, in the words of former chairman, Mr Frank J Boland, in. J Onoufriou, E Jones, G Hastie and D Thompson. Investigations into the interactions between harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) and vessels in the inner Moray Firth.

Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 7 No 24, 40pp. DOI: / Walk any of the harbor walls, and on most days you’ll bump into a handful bobbing around.

There’s also a spectacular cliff walk, lots of top seafood restaurants serving food straight from the boats and a number of themed boat trips running from the : James Hendicott. A seal off the Copeland Islands in Northern Ireland found a perfect spot for lounging. Transcript for Seal caught chilling out on rubber boat off "A seal off the Copeland Islands in.

“The situation arose in when our Supreme Court struck down the provisions which allowed us to give access to Northern Ireland vessels within our six-mile limit. “We need to change that law, we are going to change that law to restore the status quo to what it was before ”Author: By Aoife Moore, Press Association.

Harbour Seal Decline Project: Investigating the decline in harbour seal numbers around regions of Scotland UK Mammal Society Symposium 3rd November M. Arso Civil, S. Smout, D. Thompson, A. Brownlow, N. Davison, M.

Doeschate,File Size: 6MB. Human remains have been discovered at sea near a Co Down harbour. P olice are currently at the scene at Portavogie Harbour.

Efforts are underway to establish the identity and a cause of death of. The crime that still haunts Don Browne took place on a cold, damp evening in February outside a housing development in a working-class neighborhood of Derry, Northern : Joshua Hammer.The Great Seal of Ireland was the seal used until by the Dublin Castle administration to authenticate important state documents in Ireland, in the same manner as the Great Seal of the Realm in England.

The Great Seal of Ireland was used from at least the s in the Lordship of Ireland and the ensuing Kingdom of Ireland, and remained in use when the island became part of the United. Inthe Troubles in Belfast and the rest of Northern Ireland were in full cry.

Three British soldiers, two armed with automatic rifles, and man at left with a Stirling sub-machinegun, shelter behind a wall in the Andersonstown area of Belfast, Northern Ireland on Nov. 1,during riots which followed the shooting of two policemen.