From 1st March 2014, the VMR will no longer have a Ranger in post. Whilst this will likely affect some of the work that we are able to carry out, the VMR Committee are keen to continue with as many of the usual activities as possible, including celebrations for our 30th Anniversary and the Splash In. [...]
Issue 3 of the Dahlia Mail is out!
Posted: February 20, 2014
Your Marine Reserve Needs You!
Posted: July 25, 2013
The St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve(VMR) was set up in 1984 and since then has strived to conserve and raise awareness of the life of our coastal waters, promote responsible recreation and maintain a sustainable fishery. Now the VMR is sinking through lack of local support and needs your help! The St Abbs [...]
New online resource for primary school children and their teachers
Posted: April 20, 2013
Over the winter we have been putting together a new resource that can be used by teaches with their primary school classes. It looks at the different plants and creatures that live in the St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve (VMR) and the different people involved in looking after the VMR. There are 3 short [...]
Nudibranch report now available to download!
Posted: September 2, 2012
VMR wolf fish take a starring role on BBC1′s The One Show
Posted: August 7, 2012
A BBC film crew have been in town for the last couple of days making a short documentary about the Marine Reserve’s most famous inhabitant, the wolf fish. The crew and presenter Miranda Krestovnikoff have been investigating the factors that combine to mean the wolf fish can be found so easily in the relatively shallow waters off [...]
Divers discover rare and colourful sea slugs off St Abbs and Eyemouth
Posted: July 18, 2012
Colourful, interesting, pretty – not words you would usually associate with slugs. But these types of slugs are very special. They are sea slugs, or ‘nudibranchs’ and they were a topic of an identification course run by the St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve recently. Georgia Conolly, Marine Ranger at the Reserve said: “nudibranchs [...]
The VMR’s Response to a Marine Protected Area at St Abbs
Posted: February 2, 2012
This statement is about the third party proposal for the St Abbs are Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve (VMR) to become a Marine Protected Area (MPA) under the Marine (Scotland) Act. Firstly a bit of background information will be useful in explaining some of the history of the topic. The Marine Conservation Society is one of [...]
Science Group meets for the first time
Posted: December 13, 2011
On 6th December we were joined by scientists for the first meeting of the VMR’s Scientific Study Group. Staff from the Dove Marine Laboratory, Heriot-Watt University, The Wildlife Information Centre, the Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast European Marine Site, the National Trust for Scotland and the Marine Conservation Society for the first meeting of the [...]
Basking shark is back!
Posted: September 19, 2011
Last month there was sighting of a basking shark off St Abbs head and yesterday another shark was spotted at the entrance to St Abbs harbour!! The shark was spotted about half 3/4 o’clock yesterday afternoon feeding around seagull rock and the harbour entrance. After being spotted by some dive boats, the lucky divers got [...]
