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[Dan Jarvis]

I will post up some photos later when I get back from night feeds so you can see how great they look compared to when they were rescued (especially Nemo).
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Dan Jarvis
Advanced Marine Mammal Medic
British Divers Marine Life Rescue

www.sealsanctuary.co.uk/corn1.html

www.cornwallsealgroup.co.uk/

www.cornishseals.co.uk/

www.cwtstrandings.org/

[Alex]

thanks for that Dan, great to hear the news.
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South Kent Co-ordinator
Solitary Social Dolphin Co-ordinator
MMM Kent

[Dan Jarvis]

Photos are now up in the Miscellaneous section of the Image Gallery.
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Dan Jarvis
Advanced Marine Mammal Medic
British Divers Marine Life Rescue

www.sealsanctuary.co.uk/corn1.html

www.cornwallsealgroup.co.uk/

www.cornishseals.co.uk/

www.cwtstrandings.org/

[Dan Jarvis]

Forgot to post that a loggerhead turtle was relayed from Dingle Oceanworld in Ireland to the Blue Reef Aquarium, Newquay, last week to join the other two in preparation for release to the wild.
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Dan Jarvis
Advanced Marine Mammal Medic
British Divers Marine Life Rescue

www.sealsanctuary.co.uk/corn1.html

www.cornwallsealgroup.co.uk/

www.cornishseals.co.uk/

www.cwtstrandings.org/

[Nikki]

Dan

Does this mean that Newquay has overtaken as rehab destination of choice over Weymouth?

Having never been to Blue Reef myself, why do you think this is, could it really just be as simple as transportation, or do Newquay has a much better track record.

Cheers Nikki
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Nicola Cheeseman
Marine Mammal Medic - Dorset

[Dan Jarvis]

Hi Nikki,

As I understand it, Rod Penrose, who coordinates turtle strandings in the UK, wanted all of the loggerheads to be in one place when the release takes place so the logistics are much easier. I think Newquay is going to focus on rehabilitation of loggerheads and Weymouth on Kemp's ridleys in the future.

Cheers,
Dan
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Dan Jarvis
Advanced Marine Mammal Medic
British Divers Marine Life Rescue

www.sealsanctuary.co.uk/corn1.html

www.cornwallsealgroup.co.uk/

www.cornishseals.co.uk/

www.cwtstrandings.org/

[kelly]

Hey i went to the blue reef aquarium about 3 weeks ago and saw a loggerhead turtle is it the same one you rescued or is that one a resident?
kelly
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BDMLR MMM - Essex

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[Dan Jarvis]

That would be one of the rescued turtles, there are no resident loggerheads at Blue Reef.
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Dan Jarvis
Advanced Marine Mammal Medic
British Divers Marine Life Rescue

www.sealsanctuary.co.uk/corn1.html

www.cornwallsealgroup.co.uk/

www.cornishseals.co.uk/

www.cwtstrandings.org/

[Dan Jarvis]

A very small loggerhead turtle was found alive at Loe Bar near Porthleven, Cornwall, yesterday and was taken to the Blue Reef Aquarium by a member of the public. It's still alive today so hopefully it will improve and be released like all the others last year.

Historically these hard-shell turtle species mainly strand along the North coast of Cornwall and along the west UK and Ireland coastlines. However, this one came up on the south coast which is relatively unusual, so if there are more out there then it is a possibility that there could be calls from further along the south coast of England.

Make sure you know your turtle rescue procedures from your Medic handbook just in case!
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Dan Jarvis
Advanced Marine Mammal Medic
British Divers Marine Life Rescue

www.sealsanctuary.co.uk/corn1.html

www.cornwallsealgroup.co.uk/

www.cornishseals.co.uk/

www.cwtstrandings.org/

[Dan Jarvis]

Another small loggerhead turtle has been rescued earlier today by BDMLR Medics from Trebarwith Strand, North Cornwall. Michelle Robinson and Faye Archell attended the callout, picked up the animal and took it the Blue Reef Aquarium at Newquay to join the other turtle, which was rescued from near Helston last month and is doing very well.

This latest turtle is apparently quite active (which is great news), has a couple of leisions and a slight shell deformity.
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Dan Jarvis
Advanced Marine Mammal Medic
British Divers Marine Life Rescue

www.sealsanctuary.co.uk/corn1.html

www.cornwallsealgroup.co.uk/

www.cornishseals.co.uk/

www.cwtstrandings.org/

[lauricedeephd]

This is definitely good news! Thanks for sharing about the rescue of the loggerhead sea turtles. I do hope these little ones will continue to do well and will have the opportunity to be released to their natural habitat in the near future. Please do keep us posted on the little ones!

LAURICE

[Faye]

Steve (as he's now been called!) is a really good weight and very active. He's managing to lift his head and was speeding around in the shallow water in his tank. The vet was going to give him the once over last night and start tube feeding him.

Squirt is also doing really well and had some live prawns in his tank to get him used to hunting again.

I'll pop down to Blue Reef tomorrow so will update you on how Steve and Squirt are both doing.
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Faye Archell
Director BDMLR
& lover of Creme Eggs

Certe, Toto, sentio nos in Kansate non iam adesse.

[Faye]

Went to visit Steve and Squirt today. Both doing really well. After his arrival only two days ago, Steve is now swimming and eating lots of sand eel. The aquarium staff are amazed at his progress
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Faye Archell
Director BDMLR
& lover of Creme Eggs

Certe, Toto, sentio nos in Kansate non iam adesse.

[lauricedeephd]

This is definitely great news! I do hope both Steve and Squirt will continue to make significant progress as part of their recovery!



LAURICE