The Wrack

Last Tuesday, June 7, the Reserve's education team made a morning low tide visit to Laudholm Beach as part of new staff training. They were treated to a most amazing sighting of a bright red, approximately 15 inch long Sea Raven! David Word, a Wells Reserve visitor from Kentucky, was nearby and had his camera. Below are two images of the fish that David so generously emailed today.

In the Gulf of Maine, sea ravens are normally found in 6-300 feet of water--not the 1-2 feet of water in the Laudholm Beach tide pool where this one was spotted. It is a mystery as to why this fish ventured so far from its preferred habitat. The hope is that it was brought "home" several hours after this sighting, with the next high tide.