Mounts Bay Marine Group

Home
United Kingdom
Penzance
Mounts Bay Marine Group

Directions Website

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 biodiversity 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].

01/11/2026

Newcomers are very welcome. Come along to join us for an informal chat and an update on our many projects. 😊

29/10/2026

Our next Winter Talks. Fascinating topic. More information coming soon including our project with Chelonia here in Mount's Bay as well as a more global picture..

16/10/2026

Tying in with the topic of the Talk we will say a few words about our Water Quality Project involving Surfers Against Sewage. There will be a chance to ask questions on this at the end of this Monday's event.

13/10/2026

We hope to see you there 🙂

11/10/2026

As part of our studies into the flora, fauna, and climate of Mount's Bay we have recently started looking into Water Quality.

We have looked at incoming freshwater for chemical indicators and since May taken weekly samples of Seawater at Long Rock for bacteriological testing. We hope to extend our work as these studies inform our work on Marine and Coastal Conservation.

The data from bacteriological data from Long Rock may be of interest to water users, so we have posted the link here for easy access to that and similar data from around the coast. The intention is to study samples weekly for a full year. The Environment Agency does test at Long Rock and other locations in the Bay but only 10 times from May to September - their results are also available online at Swimfo. https://environment.data.gov.uk/bwq/profiles/

If you have any comments or queries, and/or would like to get involved in any of our many projects please drop us a line or two at [email protected]

Many thanks, 😊

08/10/2026

Looking forward to this social end of season event. Why not join us. 😊

30/09/2026

Hope to see you there for the first event of the season 🙂

29/09/2026

Join us for an informal get together after the busy summer. Updates on all the many projects including Water Quality Monitoring in the Bay, Dunes Restoration in Marazion, Seagrass and Kelp Surveys and much more.

16/09/2026

MBMG Winter Talks are back for a new season, running each month from October to March. All to be held at The Lugger once again and starting on the 19th October at 7:15 pm - doors open at 6:45.

https://www.cornishkelpie.co.uk/ for more information on the speaker Sarah Walsh and open water swimming.

Hoping to see you there 🙂

10/08/2026

Photos of one of the results, some of the materials and the "supervisors" from last week's Art in the Park with Penlee House Gallery and Mount's Bay Marine Group. Great participation from both youngsters and accompanying adults. Moving on from the theme of Seagrass the subject this Thursday is Sand Dunes.

For the last 18 months MBMG volunteers have been engaged in a conservation project at Marazion Dunes. Collaboration between St Aubyn Estates and Cornwall Wildlife Trust's Making Space for Sands Project has ensured good early progress in this long term work. Two Information Boards have recently been installed in the Dunes giving more information.

Address

Penzance
TR18

Website

https://mountsbaymarinegroup.com/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Mounts Bay Marine Group posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.