Netgain <\/a>regional hub meeting.\u00a0 It’s been incredibly educational to listen to the views and concerns of other stakeholders, who don’t necessarily approach things from a conservation point of view.\u00a0 Equally, it was impressive to see such wide and varied viewpoints coalescing into a concensus by the end of the meeting.\u00a0 Although I have an interest in the project from a nature tourism angle, my main input was on the distribution and seasonality of cetaceans and seabirds off the Northumberland coast.\u00a0 The protection of the marine habitat is so important to us that, as a business, we’ll keep making my time available for Netgain meetings until the conclusion of the project.<\/p>\nAfter the meeting I drove to Seahouses and collected\u00a0a journalist\u00a0from the Edinburgh Evening News, for a trip across to the Farne Islands<\/strong>.\u00a0 We occasionally run press trips where the journalist will be accompanied by wife\/husband\/partner, but 2 adults, a 6-year old, a 3-year old and a baby was pretty much a first (apart from a guy from a local paper in Cumbria who managed to blag a free holiday, for himself and his family, from accommodation providers, activity providers and attractions in Northumberland in 2008…and then never wrote the article that was used as the hook for getting all the freebies – ah well, live and learn).\u00a0 The trip across to the Farnes was everything I would expect in late October; breezy, cold and a fantastic wildlife experience.\u00a0 The Grey Seal<\/em><\/strong> pups were predictably cute, and at least 3 Peregrines<\/em><\/strong> were hunting the Feral Pigeons<\/em><\/strong> that live\u00a0on the islands.\u00a0 We’ve got a Seal Safari<\/strong> next Friday, which includes a trip around the Farne Islands<\/strong> (weather permitting), a Landrover safari and picnic so give us a call on 01670 827465 for more details or to book (especially\u00a0if you are a family – it’s 1\/2 term week so we’re offering generous discounts on family bookings).\u00a0 With 5 trips out with clients over the next\u00a05 days (including 2 days where we’re fully booked already) it’s going to be\u00a0 a busy week.<\/p>\nAll of that would have a been a busy day…but there was one thing left, and it was something that I was really looking forward to.\u00a0 As Newcastle University graduates, myself and Sarah both have an emotional attachment to the Hancock Museum (or Great North Museum:Hancock as it’s now named…but you won’t find either of us, or many other local naturalists, calling it that).\u00a0 So, yesterday evening I felt quite honoured to be standing in the Clore Learning Centre at the museum giving a lecture about the Northeast Cetacean Project to the Natural History Society of Northumbria.\u00a0 With an attendance of over 100 at the lecture it’s a subject that people are really interested by.\u00a0 One of the question asked at the end of the talk was “how will the data be used?\u00a0 what value does it have?”.\u00a0 Which took us nicely back round the loop to the day and a half of Netgain meetings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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