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A student friend of mine is trying to get some base data about sporting outdoorsy peoples knowledge of seal and seal conservation through a simple survey. The problem is that people involved in seal conservation are replying but people in clubs not directly involved with seals are not bothering to help her.
Please can the great and the good help this struggling would-be marine biologist by completing this short (~5 minute) survey. It really doesn't matter if you know nothing about seals, in fact that would help. If you are not part of a formal club at the moment (doesn't have to be cycling) then I am now inducting you into the "WCA Outdoorsy Life Club" so use that at the top of the survey.
Thanks
Done, love seeing them whenever I'm at the coast.
Thanks
[i]love seeing them whenever I’m at the coast.[/i] - Grey ones or harbour ones?
And how can you tell?
🙂
Turns out I know absolutely nothing about seals. I feel proud I resisted the obvious seal clubbing joke though
Done WCA, another seal brother here, love them.
Harbour ones have a rounder face and are less common (in the SW anyway)
[i]Harbour ones have a rounder face and are less common (in the SW anyway)[/i]
If you are going to start giving the answers away....
Here were my last couple where I got a bit bored
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I thought you were asking the question!
It is for a micro-biology student as part of here final year research. Apparently they have to base line all data so they can't just ask experts what they know about seals. They have to ask other people who don't know much about seals and then compare their answers to people who do study seals. Then they can say that according to democratic principles, due to the larger number of non-experts, the experts are wrong and the best way to conserve seals is to kill all the fish - or what ever other idiocy the public come up with.
It is science apparently
I've reposted the link on a UK sea kayaking site. It's a pity is so specific to seals in the Solent, most of the kayakers won't know it.
I saw WCA and I read Seal Clubs and thought, what’s he doing now! 🔨⚒️😮
Thanks Greybeard - it is fine that they don't know the Solent. She is after people with a general interest in outdoorsy stuff but no detailed knowledge so Sea Kayakers from other waters are fine
You love a bit of wordplay WCA,well done 😃
On a more serious note,there is a massive decline in the seal numbers up here 😔 😟
Done but I've not been to the S. Coast of England for a long time so the reply of my usual place to see seals being Seal Sands near Hartlepool may not help so much, even though it is my usual seal spotting place.
Over 100 seals at Angel Bay (Little Orme) a few weeks back. We pop up a few times a year to see them.
MrsF swims in the sea off Prestatyn and they have two regular visitors, Steve and Sammy the seals (and yes that's their official names).
Not hugely appropriate for me but I have filled it in
Done
But I'm pretty sure Bass are the local seals meal of choice. You won't find a salmon or cod in the pollution rich environment of Langston harbour.
Lots of tampon and turd debris though
Not alot of people know about the seal conservation area, or even the voluntary code of conduct regarding seals hauled out on the mud.
There used to a lone seal who lived at the entrance to Langstone harbour who would approach you if out paddle boarding. Not seen it for a few months though.
I did wonder if there was an 'official' code of conduct. I just wrote 'Ignore them'
Conservation and what!?!!!!!
This one in the Beaulieu river wanted to join our paddle. Tried all the kayaks for comfort levels both front and rear decks.Bumped for Tuesday Seal Lovers
Bumped for those 'specialist' Thursday Night Seal Lovers
Seal conservation and Clubs
Irony in this title surely
I try to make you smile 🙂
Didn't Sean Lock do a little Seal clubbing joke on 8 of 10 cats do countdown, I think it was what he was most proud of.
*goes off to google Sean Lock Seal Clubbing*