Resources - British Divers Marine Life Rescue

Advice and posters

Links to our colleagues, campaigns and projects

Marine Animal Rescue Coalition (MARC) – nationwide forum of key organisations set up to review and respond to issues in marine animal rescue and rehabilitation.
Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme (CSIP) – official recorder of all stranded cetaceans, marine turtles and basking sharks in England and Wales.
Scottish Marine Animal Strandings Scheme (SMASS) – official recorder of all stranded cetaceans, seals and marine turtles in Scotland.
BDMLR Orca Aware – a project sponsored by BDMLR to raise awareness of the issues with cetacean captivity and welfare.
Dolphinaria-Free Europe (DFE) – a coalition of NGOs and professionals from around the world, including BDMLR, who campaign against cetacean captivity and work to improve their welfare.
Scottish Entanglement Alliance (SEA) – a partnership project working with the creel fishing industry on large whale entanglement issues in Scotland.
Large whale disentanglement information booklet for creel fishers – produced by the Scottish Entanglement Alliance for fishers to have on board.

Scientific publications

Barnett, J. and Robinson, I. (2003). Marine Mammals. In: BSAVA Manual of Wildlife Casualties. pp.182-201. Edited by E. Mullineaux, R. Best and J.E. Cooper. British Small Animal Veterinary Association, Quedgeley, Glos. (A reference specific to the UK strandings situation)
Dierauf, L.A. and Gulland, F.M.D. (2001). CRC Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine. 2nd Edition. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. (A more internationally orientated and extensive reference)

Evaluation of rehabilitation as an option for stranded dolphins, porpoises and whales in the UK. James Barnett BSc BVSc MRCVS
Seal – fisheries interactions: problems, science and solutions. Susan C Wilson PhD, LLM
Abundance monitoring and photo identification at a seasonally changing grey seal site in Cornwall, UK (2008). S. Sayer, D. Jarvis. European Cetacean Society conference poster
Meningoencephalitis associated with Brucella species in a live stranded striped dolphin in south west England (2009). N. Davison, M Cranwell, L. Perrett, C. Dawson, E Stubberfield, R. Deaville, P. Jepson, D. Jarvis. Vet Record
Report on the common dolphin mass stranding incident in the Fal Estuary, Cornwall, June 2008 (2009). Cornwall Wildlife Trust Marine Strandings Network, British Divers Marine Life Rescue
Movements of grey seals in South West England using photo-identification (2010). S. Sayer, D. Jarvis, R. Allen, T. Hocking, K. Hockley, D. Jarvis, L. Jarvis, D. McBride. European Cetacean Society Conference poster
A transferable, scalable model of research empowerment – engaging local people in a long term, cost-effective, sustainable and systematic research into grey seals in south west England to inform their conservation (2011). S. Sayer, R. Allen, A. Crosby, K. Hockley, D. Jarvis, D. Spooner. European Cetacean Society conference poster
Investigation into the long-finned pilot whale mass stranding event, Kyle of Durness, July 2011. Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme, Scottish Marine Animal Strandings Scheme
Investigation into the long-finned pilot whale mass strandings event, Pittenweem, September 2012. Scottish Marine Animal Strandings Scheme
Grey seal mortality in Cornwall – an insight from post mortem data (2012). J. Barnett, V. Simpson, B. Monies, A. Colloff, N. Davison, T. Cooper, J. Loveridge, S. Sayer, D. Jarvis, R. Deaville, P. Jepson, P. Duff. European Cetacean Society conference poster
From birth to death: how sharing sightings and strandings data is revealing grey seal ecology (2012). J. Loveridge, S. Sayer, D. Boyle, D. Jarvis, K. Hockley. European Cetacean Society conference poster
Regional collaboration in grey seal photo identification informs species level conservation (2012). S. Sayer, A. Crosby, K. Hockley, D. Jarvis, D. McBride, M. Witt, D. Boyle, R. Allen, F. Archell, D. Spooner. European Cetacean Society conference poster
Marine megavertebrates of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly: relative abundance and distribution (2012). R. Leeney, M. Witt, A. Broderick, J. Buchanan, D. Jarvis, P. Richardson. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Entanglement as a welfare issue for grey seals in North Cornwall, UK (2012). R. Allen, D. Jarvis, S. Sayer, C. Mills. Marine Pollution Bulletin
Proceedings of the European Cetacean Society: best practice in rescue (2014). J. Barnett, S. Dolman, M. Simmonds, A. Wright. ECS special publication series
An overview of current issues in seal rescue and rehabilitation in the UK (2018). D. Jarvis, S. Marsh. European Cetacean Society conference poster
Investigating microplastic trophic transfer in marine top predators (2018). S. Nelms, T. Galloway, B. Godley, D. Jarvis, P. Lindeque. Environmental Pollution
Pinnipeds, people and photo-identification: the implications of grey seal movements for effective management of the species (2019). S. Sayer, R. Allen, L. Hawkes, K. Hockley, D. Jarvis, M. Witt. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Lone Rangers: a report on social solitary dolphins and whales and recommendations for their protection (2019). L. Goodwin, M. Dodds. Marine Connection
Estimates of humpback and minke whale entanglements in Scotland (2020). E. McLennan, R. Leaper, A. Brownlow, S. Calderan, D. Jarvis, L. Hartney-Mills, C. Ryan. International Whaling Commission Scientific Report
2021 G7 summit marine wildlife mitigation summary. British Divers Marine Life Rescue, Devon and Cornwall Police, Cornwall Seal Group Research Trust, Cornwall Wildlife Trust
Post release monitoring of rehabilitated grey seal pups over large temporal and spatial scales (2021). S. Sayer, R. Allen, K. Bellman, M. Beaulieu, T. Cooper, N. Dyer, K. Hockin, K. Hockley, D. Jarvis, G. Jones, P. Oaten, N. Waddington, M. Witt, L. Hawkes. Marine Mammal Science
The role of citizen science in addressing plastic pollution: challenges and opportunities (2021). S. Nelms, E. Easman, N. Anderson, M. Berg, S. Coates, A. Crosby, S. Eisfeld-Pierantonio, L. Eyles, T. Flux, E. Gilford, C. Giner, J. Hamlet, N. Hembrow, J. Hickie, P. Hopkinson, D. Jarvis, J. Kearsley, J. Millard, F. Nunn, E. Pollitt, A. Sainsbury, S. Sayer, R. Sinclair, A. Slack, P. Smith, R. Thomas, J. Tyler, R. Walker, C. Wallerstein, M. Ward, B. Godley. Environmental Science and Policy
Out of habitat marine mammals workshop report 1 (2021). Marine Animal Rescue Coalition
Hepatic amyloidosis in a chronically entangled grey seal (2022). J. Barnett, J. Gilbertson, N. Arrow, J. Gillmore, P. Hawkins, L. Larbalestier, D. Jarvis, S. Sayer, M. Wessels. Journal of Comparative Pathology
Estimates of humpback whale and minke whale entanglements in the Scottish static pot (creel) fishery (2022). R. Leaper, E. McLennan, A. Brownlow, S. Calderan, K. Dyke, P. Evans, L. Hartny-Mills, D. Jarvis, L. McWhinnie, A. Philp, F. Read, K. Robinson, C. Ryan. Endangered Species Research
Out of habitat marine mammals workshop report 2 (2023). Marine Animal Rescue Coalition
Successful management of a wild wandering walrus in western Europe (2023). D. Jarvis, S. Sayer, L. Larbalestier, M. Croce. European Cetacean Society conference poster
The Scottish Entanglement Alliance: a collaborative search for solutions (2023). A. Philp, E. MacLennan, A. Brownlow, F. Read, L. Hartny-Mills, S. Dolman, K. Dearing, D. Jarvis. European Cetacean Society conference poster
Assessing the welfare challenges posed by climate change to European marine mammals, with a focus on seals (2024). M. Simmonds, N. Arrow, D. Jarvis, L. Nunny. European Cetacean Society conference poster
Chronic discospondylitis in a live stranded minke whale (2024). M. Perkins, J. Cable, R. Deaville, T. Dolensek, S. John, S. Macgregor, J. Mehat, A. Skarkbek, E. Wrigglesworth, S. Spiro. European Cetacean Society poster

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