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Earlier this month, we welcomed another new face to the HWDT team! Emma Burgess, who has previously worked for the Trust as First Mate, and then additionally as Boat Manager in 2011 and 2012, has now joined us again as our new Boat Manager in 2018.
Read MoreEach week, alongside the Blue Planet II series, our team will share their own 'Into the Blue' moments from on board our research vessel, Silurian. This week, Rod White - one of our dedicated volunteers - shares his experience.
Read MoreNow back in Tobermory bay for winter refurbishment, Silurian’s survey season for the year is at an end, and what a year it’s been! This summer, Silurian has travelled a whopping 9,500km, and has collected almost 4,000 individual animal sightings.
Read MoreRead Rosie's inspiring story and learn how HWDT has shaped her future.
Read MoreEach week, alongside the Blue Planet II series, our team will share their own 'Into the Blue' moments from on board our research vessel, Silurian. This week, Tom Reade - our former First Mate shares his encounter with the West Coast Community.
Read MoreHWDT is participating in The Big Give Christmas Challenge to raise funds for Silurian
Read MoreEach week, alongside the Blue Planet II series, our team will share their own 'Into the Blue' moments from on board our research vessel, Silurian. This week, Pippa Garrard - who leads our education and community programmes - shares hers.
Read MoreOur last survey of the 2017 field season was scheduled to coincide with the massive NATO Joint Warrior military exercise, which occurs off the west coast of Scotland.
Read MoreEach week, alongside the Blue Planet II series, our crew aboard Silurian will share their own 'Into the Blue' moments. This week, Dr Coomber - who leads the data collection programme aboard - shares his
Read MoreOur Director, Alison Lomax, shares her 'Into the Blue' moment on board Silurian, as part of our series of posts highlighting experiences that make life on the sea so exciting!
Read MoreHWDT is participating in The Big Give Christmas Challenge to raise funds for Silurian
Read MoreOur Science Officer, Dr Lauren Hartny-Mills shares one of her 'Into the Blue' moments, highlighting one of her best experiences at sea!
Read MoreRead about our penultimate survey, HWDT 12. Find out where the team surveyed and what was spotted during the monitoring expedition.
Read MoreRead about the history of Silurian - the Trust's research vessel - including her time spent as a filming platform on the first Blue Planet series!
Read MoreA fantastic trip out on Silurian for Crossroads Young Carers Cowal and Bute.
Read MoreJoin us aboard our research vessel, Silurian, in 2018 and contribute directly to whale, dolphin and porpoise conservation efforts in the Hebrides.
Read MoreDuring the survey we covered 265 nautical miles, spending 46 hours on effort looking for cetaceans, with a total of 1.5 hours logged “with whales” (or for this trip with dolphins!). Read more about our first 'Ullapool Survey' of 2017.
Read MoreThrough generous donations from NATS and Maplin, HWDT have become Commercial Drone Operators and look ahead to utilising our drone to improve our conservation efforts.
Read MoreDuring HWDT 10, we recorded 100 encounters throughout the survey including: 8 basking sharks, 9 common dolphins, 11 common seals, 9 grey seals, 30 harbour porpoises, 3 minke whales, 1 otter, 2 white-beaked dolphins, 1 unidentified whale, 6 unidentified dolphins and 8 unknown species.
Read MoreWe surveyed the Sea of Hebrides; travelling to the Small Isles, then from Skye to Barra, and onwards to Coll. We had 29 encounters with six different species of marine mammals and sharks, totalling 63 animals.
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