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Join us online as we share some of our top tips on watching marine wildlife. Whether you're on land or at sea, discover more about some of the amazing species we see in the Hebrides and find out how you can enjoy that special encounter whilst minimising any potential disturbance to the animal.
Do you love being out on the water? Do you SUP, kayak or wild swim? Ever seen a whale or dolphin while out exploring? Then join us as we talk about how you can get involved by reporting your sightings and share some top tips on how to watch safely when around whales, dolphins and porpoises.
Join Amelie as she shares the results of her recent publication using the Covid pandemic to listen to whale calls & vessel sounds in Iceland.
For the final webinar of the series, we are joined by Whale Wise! Whale Wise aim to promote a harmonious relationship between humans and whales through scientific research and public engagement. This week Amelie shares the results of their recent research paper: Impact of whale-watching vessels on humpback whale calling behavior on an Icelandic foraging ground during the Covid-19 pandemic.
This study, led by Amelie, compared pre-pandemic summer months (2018) with pandemic (2020) conditions to determine the reductions in vessel activity and changes in calling behaviour of humpback whales in North Iceland.
One of Whale Wise's key projects is to find out how humpback whales may change their behavior in response to whale-watching vessels, particularly in Skjálfandi Bay. One way they might react is acoustically, changing their calling behavior, since whale-watching vessels make sounds underwater that can be heard by the whales. Discovering if whales do actually change their calls due to whale-watching vessels, is usually difficult to answer, due to a lack of comparable time without whale-watching (in science this comparable time is called a control). You could compare the calling behavior of the whales during whale-watching with nighttime, winter, or times when there is a storm, and no whale-watching is happening. However, one must consider that the whales might just call differently because their behavior could be different at night, or in winter. And storms themselves make a lot of noise, so these occasions are still not truly comparable to periods in which whale-watching would occur.
However, Whale Wise recently had the opportunity to have a suitable control: during the Covid-19 pandemic the vessel traffic was reduced drastically, and they used this time to find out how the whales react to the vessel noise. They deployed a hydrophone (underwater recording device) during the pandemic in 2020 and used recordings of 2018 as a non-pandemic comparison.
We want our talks to be accessible for everyone so optional subtitles will be generated during the webinar and we are asking you to pay what you can. Your donation will support marine conservation in Scotland. Thank you.
Scale, impact and potential mitigation of marine mammal entanglement in Scottish waters with Ellie MacLennan.
Join us to learn more about how to report your sightings of cetaceans in Scotland, and how your photographs can support conservation efforts
Established in 2022, join the Clyde Whale and Dolphin Watch group and have the opportunity to ask all of your questions!
Join Dr Frazer Coomber for a species spotlight webinar, as he dives into the world of beaked whales!
Listen to the spirit of adventure from Stephen's Antipodean adventures! Marvel at his wildlife stories and photography of his travels.
Join our science manager, Jenny, as she sails us down memory lane and celebrates what has been achieved on board over the past 20 years!
Watch the screening of the film TRULUCK, following Steve's passion for helping others fulfil their dreams of connecting with orcas.
Where there's a whale there's a way! Join Tim, piecing together minke whale movements and threats on the West Coast of Scotland.
Join Principal Curator of Mammals Richard Sabin to discover the history whales and dolphins at the NHM and the current research carried out.
International maritime trade is on the rise, how is this impacting marine mammals and what can be done to reduce this?
Discover the world of the remarkable Risso’s dolphins with expert Nicola and her work developing two new Risso’s photo ID catalogues.
Join Dr Conor Ryan as he unveils the history of whaling in Scotland and what that might mean for the future of our seas.
Join us as we celebrate the thousands of sighting reports sent in this year by our amazing Whale Track community.
Do you love being out on the water? Do you SUP, kayak or wild swim? Ever seen a whale or dolphin while out exploring? Then join us as we talk about how you can get involved by reporting your sightings and share some top tips on how to watch safely when around whales, dolphins and porpoises.
