Mounts Bay Marine Group

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We want to protect the marine life of Mount's Bay and help the communities of the bay to learn more

The waters around Mounts Bay give home to an amazing diversity of marine life. It is such a special coastal environment that Mounts Bay was designated a Marine Conservation Zone in January 2016. The Mounts Bay Marine Group aims to protect and conserve our local marine environment as well as shout out about all the amazing marine wildlife that can be found here. We aim to:

1.Promote marine biodiv

ersity in the Mounts Bay area
2.Collate and record marine wildlife information that could be used to support conservation efforts
3.Encourage awareness of both the challenges and threats to all marine life
4.Gather more information on all marine activities occurring in the local area

If you want to get more involved please join the page or email [email protected].

29/05/2026

Saturday 30th May 10:00 to 12:00 Battery Rocks, Penzance. Please see our earlier post for more details.

27/05/2026

Come along to hear what has been happening and what's about to happen. Lots going on!!

Artwork featured above courtesy of Lucy Luck - all made from beach clean collected materials. 😃

25/05/2026

Ahhhhhh!!! Found today at Praa Sands. Please spread the word to help get these killers off our beaches. This one is now cut up and in the bin.

24/05/2026

Last weekend the season kicked off for the 4th successive year of Mount's Bay Marine Group's Seagrass Surveys. A detailed map of the Seagrass beds in the bay continues to build up and return visits to key areas to monitor change are underway. This information is proving invaluable in planning onward conservation of this precious resource. Similar work is being carried out in St Austell Bay and some of our colleagues from there took a trip out west to join us for this first event of the season.

If you want to learn more about our work and the importance of Seagrass you can contact us via our website. Also we will be at the Penzance Community Day in Morrab Gardens in Penzance tomorrow from 11:00 until 15:00, why not drop in to say hello 😊

23/05/2026

Mount's Bay Marine Group will be one of the local organisations with an information stall at Morrab Gardens on Monday. Why not drop by to see us and hear about our latest conservation and citizen science projects on the go in 2026. We're also keen to hear your views on nature and wildlife in the Bay.

10/05/2026

We hope to see you at our next Rockpool Ramble for more exploration of this wonderful habitat.

03/04/2026

Unfortunately we have needed to cancel this particular event in view of the consistent forecast over recent days for high winds at exactly the same time as the Rockpool Ramble. Winds that are strong enough and coming from an adverse direction to cause safety concerns. As great as these rambles are, safety has to come first.

We will be organising more events during the season and hope we hit better weather windows.

29/03/2026

Even though it's a Bank Holiday we are sticking to the first Monday of the month for our open gathering. Newcomers are very much welcome. Come along to find out more about our many varied activities.

Next month however we will not meet on the 4th May but will be holding our Annual General Meeting on May 11th.

20/03/2026

Come along and join us for some guided discovery of the wonders of Rockpool inhabitants 😊

19/03/2026

Exactly one year into the project, and after a short break with work hampered by bad weather, we're glad to be back for the Spring. Hope you find these few photos and comments interesting. Please get in touch if you want to know more about this work or any of our other projects.

Address

Penzance
TR18

Website

https://mountsbaymarinegroup.com/

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