Divers Information

This page contains information specific to divers and their activities. Please take this opportunity to read the below PDF statement from "Natural England".

Divers are valuable to the work of The Seahorse Trust in its quest for information about Seahorses in the wild and we value your amazing input, without you we would never have got both native species protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981).

If you see Seahorses in the wild, please let us know, we need to know everything you can tell us about them such as size, distinguishing marks, species, the habitat it was found in, was it male or female, weather conditions and depth, in fact everything you can think of.

We ask that when you see a seahorse please look but don't touch and follow Natural England's guidelines on taking pictures; with modern cameras most pictures can be taken without a flash and we ask that you do not use flash at all but if you have to, restrict your pictures to one or two and if the seahorse moves away please don't chase them they are easily stressed. Thanks you.

Downloads

Statement from Natural England

Seahorse Tagging Project at Studland Bay

Diving Protocols for Seagrass Surveys

British Seahorse Survey Report 2007

North Sea Seahorses

Download Survey Form

Links

The British Seahorse Survey

Studland Tagging Project

Online Survey Form