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We have just spent another fantastic weekend surveying and collecting DNA samples in St Ives Bay with some wonderful volunteers. This is the third year of collecting data and we are starting to understand the four distinct areas we are looking at. Each location has a different role within the ecosystem, from rich rocky reef habitats that serve as fish nurseries for numerous species, to sand and mud substrates that look desolate but have an incredible biodiversity.<\/p>

On top of that we had a real treat on the journey back to Newquay Harbour when a huge pod (estimate around 80) of Common Dolphins joining hundreds of Gannets feeding on a bait ball, and then two Minke Whales joined the party.<\/p>

Marine research in the UK doesn't get much better than this.<\/p>

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