WHALES AND WATERSPORTS

Do you love being out on the water? Do you SUP, kayak or wild swim? Ever seen a whale or dolphin while out exploring?

During the training, we will cover some top tips on how to watch safely when around whales, dolphins and porpoises on a paddle craft, and how you can report your sightings through Whale Track.

Whale Track is a community of citizen scientist who report their sightings of whales, dolphins and porpoises across Scotland, the long-term data collected provides the evidence needed to protect and restore the marine environment, and better understand the wide-scale impacts of the climate and biodiversity crises.

During the session we will cover:

• how to report your sightings

• what makes a good report

• how to submit photographs

• why your reports are important

• top tips on wildlife watching while on the wate

• ours and your whaley cool watersport encounters

• a chance to ask questions and share your encounters

This training is funded by Baillie Gifford.