– 25th Anniversary of the MHWESG

– 25th Anniversary of the MHWESG

The Milford Haven Waterway Environmental Surveillance Group celebrated 25 years of successful collaborative working in April 2018. The Port of Milford Haven hosted a celebratory event to mark the occasion with group members and their senior representatives, Welsh...
– Tim Birkhead: The Value of Long-Term Monitoring and Surveillance

– Tim Birkhead: The Value of Long-Term Monitoring and Surveillance

Professor Tim Birkhead of Sheffield University has studied the long-term population of guillemots on Skomer Island since 1972. This work has generated the necessary data to understand the population dynamics of this species. Guillemots across much of their geographic...
– Project Manager Retires

– Project Manager Retires

2018 marked the 25th anniversary year of the Milford Haven Waterway Environmental Surveillance Group (MHWESG). Regrettably 2018 also marked the year Blaise Bullimore retired from the role as the Group’s project manager. Around these parts, the name ‘Blaise Bullimore’...
– Start of a New Routine New Contaminant Survey in 2018

– Start of a New Routine New Contaminant Survey in 2018

The MHWESG has commissioned numerous reviews relating to sediment contaminants in the Milford Haven Waterway over the years. A consistent recommendation has been the need to establish surveillance of sediment contamination in the waterway as a core component of the...
– MHWESG Presentation at Coastal Futures 2019

– MHWESG Presentation at Coastal Futures 2019

Long-term monitoring and surveillance programmes vary in their purpose, cost and complexity. But one thing they all have in common is the need to ensure comparability of data over time. This basic, but often overlooked component to long-term studies, was the subject...