sandeels dead and dying

[conoflexman]

just took the dog on redcar beach sandeels inches thick dead all along the beach and more getting washed up is this nature normal etc sea isent rough dead flat never seen so many gulls

 

[Uk BfG]

free bait time to fill the freezer

 

[lumpsucker]

Be dead gulls washed up next

 

[lumpsucker]

http://www.thisisjersey.com/news/2012/05/11/the-mystery-of-the-dead-sand-eels/

Natural phenomena?

A passage in the ebook below describes how diving terns can kill and stun more than they eat in thick shoals. If theres that many about they are going to be the top bait

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=aKX90Ef6f5cC&pg=PA144&lpg=PA144

 

[dabcatcher]

we used to get then on the north side of the tees, sometimes a couple of feet deep.

appartently they get pushed up into fresh water whick knocks them out.

 

[BassBassBass]

If there's a may weed bloom out at sea it could be lack of oxygen in the water

 

[Thunderpants]

If they are not too minging then fill your bags dude!

 

[big phil 123]

Supris people aint blaming the foreign boats lol so much for non being in the sea

 

[Wee Ver]

Prob sumit to do with aliens?

 

[northeast1]

I blame Sunderland fan's no idea why just i am bored

Seen it before but not for many years and if i remmber right it is to do with lack of CO2 in the water causing them to drift and be carried onto the beaches.

Are they sandeel or Launce??

 

[Triton]

Illeagal discharge at sea.

Illeagal discharge at sea.

Could be that oil additive they are using in ships and flushing out at sea,its what got those sea birds last month.

 

[conoflexman]

talking to a few lads being told sandeels are washing up on the beach as far down as sandsend about 20 miles south ov redcar not sure how far north

 

[lumpsucker]

Owt on the news? If it was pollution it would he reasonable to expect to see a mixture of species washed up. Perhaps its something theyre particularly sensitive to? Do they die after spawning?