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Orkney based with @whalesorg working on #WDCShorewatch 🐬🐳 Council member @ScotWildlife 🐞🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (she/her)

Scotland, United Kingdom
Joined March 2009
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Delighted to share our research on Risso's dolphins in northeast Scotland, Orkney and Shetland - published in Frontiers in Conservation Science - you can access and read for free here frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
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#WDCShorewatch volunteers recently hit the incredible milestone of 100,000 Shorewatch surveys - or 1 MILLION MINUTES of survey effort πŸ₯³πŸΎ Cheers to #CitizenScience
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3 days of thick haar in Shetland & then BOOM πŸ’₯ Pod of orca passing Eshaness Lighthouse right below our feet! #WDCShorewatch
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The Scottish Vessel Project has made it to TV 😁 Yesterday Arlene, Susan, Fiona + Steven from BBC Landward came to one of our study sites to paddleboard and talk about how to boat/paddle responsibly around seals and other marine life. Catch us on TV in the next series! πŸ€©πŸ˜ŠπŸš€πŸ›ΆπŸŽ₯
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Bottlenose breaching on our way out of Aberdeen harbour this evening, data recorded with @ORCA_web 🐬 @NLFerries
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We're working with @nature_scot, Marine Scotland, @whalesorg and Ythan Seal Watch to keep Scotland's marine life safe this summer. PC Sutherland from the Wildlife Crime Unit shares how we can respect and protect dolphins, whales and seals πŸ‘‡ #OpSeabird #RespectProtectEnjoy
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Brilliant @ScotWildlife Loch of Lintrathen reserve! Full of native trees and fabulous birdlife. Oh and a stack of used disposable BBQs stuffed under a fallen tree πŸ™ƒ
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A great trip out with @ScotWildlife trustees today to reserves in Ayrshire and very successful Nectar Network sites πŸͺ»πŸ at least 7 species of butterfly recorded πŸ¦‹
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Hopefully this is the Icelandic whaling door firmly shut, locked and bolted for good πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™uk.whales.org/2023/06/20/suc…
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Swimming wild and free, as they should be #EndCaptivity
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Long summer evenings watching Risso's dolphins (from Holborn Head, Scrabster) @whalesorg
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On Haar watch at Strathy Point today!
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A whirlwind trip to Orkney to work (and play🀩), including chatting port developments with Orkney Islands Council, WDC Shorewatches + steering groups, trialing the Scottish Vessel Projects new handheld hydrophone with marine queen assistant Anna Moscrop πŸ€— A brilliant few days!πŸ’™ – at Scotland, United Kingdom
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Risso's dolphin mother and calf passing by the cliffs at Yesnaby, Orkney today. Dreamy #WDCShorewatch conditions @whalesorg
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Set up at Ness bunker with Rita the Risso’s this evening! Come join us to watch out for 🐳 & 🐬 as part of #OrkneyNatureFestival
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Want to hear more (and most of all, see some awesome footage) of killer whale and other marine mammal foraging behaviours in an increasingly humanised ocean? Then sign up below to hear me and others talk all things orcas, this Thursday, 6pm UK time! 🐳 crowdcast.io/c/cetacean-sess…
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Often the reality of Shorewatch πŸ³β˜•οΈ
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Risso's Dolphin swimming in crystal clear Atlantic water off the west coast of Shetland this week.
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