Blasting occurred at DND Rocky Point today. Numerous blasts were heard throughout the day including several spaced at intervals less than 10 minutes apart. Some sets of detonations also occurred in series of three. This activity does not conform to … Continue reading
14 Harlequin Ducks have arrived at Race Rocks and are making good use of the fine weather this past week. Unfortunately, these shy birds have been scared away today by bomb blasts on Bentinck Island. Blasting by CFAD Rocky Point … Continue reading
PART 35.2.2.6 Disturbance by Pedestrians and Domestic Animals Observed pedestrian effects were confined to monitoring areas on Great Race Rock. Pedestrian traffic was fairly constant throughout the year with a daily average of nearly three events (Table 9). The Reserve’s … Continue reading
Two videos are presented here showing the effect of DND blasting on Bentinck Island on the sea lions at Race Rocks. The first is from October 7 and the second was done by student s on the project week on … Continue reading
On November 7, 2002, the DND were still doing their demolition blasting exercises at Bentinck Island. (not Oct 7 as stated in this draft version of the video) The students from Lester Pearson College who were out for a project … Continue reading
The following pictures were taken on November 7,2002 from the site zap camera at Race Rocks. The top picture was taken at 9:30 AM . The DND started blasting at 11:00 . The bottom set of pictures were taken at … Continue reading
Good Evening TEMPERATURE: Max. 8.0 ºC »» Min. 4.9 ºC »» Reset 7.1 ºC MARINE LIFE: Still large numbers of sea birds but the fish balls are fewer and less frequent. Did see a Harbour seal catch a fairly large … Continue reading
-2002-10-24′, ’23:34:55′, ‘MARINE LIFE: -Reported by Garry Fletcher) I had the opportunity to be at Race Rocks twice today. On first arriving at 11:45 AM it was obvious that the DND had been conducting their explosions on Bentick island. We … Continue reading
Good Evening TEMPERATURE: Max. 10.7 ºC »» Min. 8.3 ºC »» Reset 9.7 ºC »» Rain 0.6 mm MARINE LIFE: Another unsettled day for the wildlife with another day of blasts at DND. The fog rolled in very thick last … Continue reading
This video was made on October 7, 2002 in order to document the effect of the Department of National Defence demolition exercises on Bentinck Island on the behaviour of birds and marine mammals at Race Rocks MPA. In previous years … Continue reading