‘It’s spectacular’: volunteer Dorset divers see summer of surging seahorses | Marine life

The divers came out of the water -smiling water. They found what they were looking for in submarine meadows on the southern coast of England.

Mark Fox, “the sea is difficult to identify,” he said. “Seagrass shakes and mixed quite well. If it is not sunny and too wavy, it helps, but you should take your eyes in. When you see them, bright.”

Fox is one of a volunteer group (a half -retired painter and decorator) that helps research creatures living in the Studland Bay.

In the last twenty years, the protectionists have worked hard to make the conditions in the Gulf of Dorset better for the sea bag – and therefore the seafarers – including introducing approximately 100 “eco anchoring olmayan that do not harm the habitat.

It was a rare event that encountered a sea base here, but this summer divers were counted in a survey 33 seaside.

“It is magnificent to see so many seaside here, Ken said Ken Collins, a member of Emeritus at the National Occupational Center in Southampton (NOC).

He worked on globally important projects such as Collins. Helping to protect the water around the Galápagos Islands However, now the volunteer team is a key member of the seahorse Trust who watches the seafare for philanthropy.

The Gulf of Studland is an important place for two species, prickly seaside and short -nose seafarers in England. Trust started Studland Seahorse Project To help increase numbers in 2008 and in 2019 Gulf called a sea protection zone.

However, a problem for sea grass and seafood is that the Gulf is a good area for the shelter of boats. “Growing back takes years.”

For years, Collins said that with “Anti-Korumacılar”, some of them thought that the champions of sailors intend to remove the boats with “Trump-like Landscapes”.

Relationships have developed since then Studland Bay Deniz Partnership Created In 2021, seaman trust, academics, boat organization organizations, community groups and local enterprises.

Funded from the United Kingdom Government and a Hampshire company operating Boatfolk Marinas. 87 Studland Bay Eco Moorings. Naked patches in Seagrass are starting to grow back. “This is a long process, but we arrive there, Coll Collins said.

This week, the survey team camp on a picnic counter in Joe’s Cafe in South Beach before dive. Volunteers, including a builder, a student, and generally, including the sea habitat project manager connected to the table, were drawn on Wetsuits and Tube toothed. Collins was not as young as he is, he was not proud to ask one of the young divers to help him squeeze him into his diving dress.

Jenny Mallinson running the aquarium National Oshinography Center It was informed to divers in Southampton: When you detect a seaside, do not take your eyes out or you will lose; Take a picture of the whole body to try to determine whether the team is a male or female later; Most importantly, do not worry the seaside – if the colors get dark or return, it is a sign that they are not happy and you should get away.

For the next three and a half hours, three pairs of divers scanned the sea grass, which was repaired to Mallinson, about 100 meters and 2 meters below. The total was not as dramatic as it was at the beginning of this month, but seven, they saw all the prickly seaside.

Neil Garrick-Maidment, General Manager and Founder of Seahorsse Trust, said they were pleased to detect one or two seaside and often found any of them. “Seven bright. It was great to start seeing Seahores in the Gulf of Studland. It was an incredible team of efforts.”