Marine sightings and strandings
What to do if you find a dead or live stranded marine animal
View marine sightings and marine strandings around Devon's coastline
Useful links
Local wildlife and geology groups
- Devon Wildlife Trust
- Devon Mammal Group
- Devon Moth Group
- Devon Bat Group
- Devon RIGS Group (Regionally Important Geological Sites)
- Peninsula Invertebrate Forum
- Devon Bird Watching and Preservation Society
- South West Lakes Trust
- SeaQuest South West
National wildlife and geology groups
• UKRIGS (Regionally Important Geological Sites)
• The Mammal Society
• Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
• Butterfly Conservation
• Botanical Society of the British Isles
• SeaWatch Foundation
• Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society
• Marine Conservation Society
• MarLIN (Marine Life Information Network)
• Seasearch
• National Amphibian and Reptile Recording Scheme (NARRS)
• British Dragonfly Society
Local authorities
• Devon County Council
• Dartmoor National Park Authority
• Exmoor National Park Authority
• East Devon District Council
• Exeter City Council
• Mid Devon District Council
• North Devon District Council
• Plymouth Unitary Authority
• South Hams District Council
• Teignbridge District Council
• Torbay Unitary Authority
• Torridge District Council
• West Devon Borough Council
• Blackdown Hills AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty)
• East Devon AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty)
• North Devon AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty)
• South Devon AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty)
• Tamar Valley AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty)
• Northern Devon Coast and Countryside Service
• Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust
Government agencies for wildlife
• Natural England
• Environment Agency
Wildlife images and wildlife identification
• The Mammal Society
• Butterfly Conservation
• Botanical Society of the British Isles
• Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
• National Amphibian and Reptile Recording Scheme (NARRS)
• British Dragonfly Society
Records Centres and recording in the UK
- Association of Local Environmental Records Centres (ALERC)
- National Federation of Biological Recorders
- National Biodiversity Network
- Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (ERCCIS)
- Somerset Environmental Records Centre (SERC)
- Dorset Environmental Records Centre (DERC)
- Bristol Region Environmental Records Centre (BRERC)
- Wiltshire and Swindon Biological Records Centre (WSBRC)
- Gloucestershire Centre for Environmental Records (GCER)
- South West LRCs