A leading marine conservationist has been appointed an MBE in the New Years Honours list for being a "driving force" in the study of a seal species.
Sue Sayer, founder of the Cornwall Seal Group Research Trust (CSGRT), received the honour for services to wildlife protection and conservation.
Ms Sayer, 60, has helped protect the globally-rare grey seal for 20 years.
Crediting a "huge team effort", Ms Sayer said she was "overwhelmed."
The CSGRT supports a large network of "active citizen scientists" across the South West, work which has made Cornwall's grey seals some of the best studied populations in the world.
Referencing "thousands of volunteers", Ms Sayer, from Hayle, Cornwall, said she was accepting the honour "on behalf of everyone".
Describing their "phenomenal efforts" in 2021, she said they had carried out more than 5,000 surveys, processed more than 120,000 photographs for in excess of 12,000 seals and identified 134 entangled seals.
Other honours recipients from Cornwall include:
- Pauline Anne Barker, 58, who has been appointed an MBE for Services to Swimming in South West England.
- Martin John Hamilton Dorey, from Bude, Cornwall, who has been appointed an MBE for services to recycling and the environment.
- David Geoffrey Hall-Davies, of St Just, Cornwall, who has been appointed an MBE for services to young people and to the community of Cornwall.
- Judith Rachel Backus, of Truro, Cornwall, who has been appointed an MBE for services to disadvantaged people in Cornwall.
- Ian Jones, of Truro, Cornwall, who has been appointed an MBE for services to volunteering in Cornwall.
- Rosalie Whitlock, 68, from Penzance, who has received the British Empire Medal for services to Maritime Safety.
- Floyd Steadman, from Ludgvan, Cornwall, who has been appointed an OBE for services to Rugby Union Football, to Education and to Charity.Michael Arthur Weeks, of Camborne, Cornwall, who has received the British Empire Medal for services to cricket in Cornwall.
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