HWDT is participating in The Big Give Christmas Challenge to raise funds for Silurian
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Our Science Officer, Dr Lauren Hartny-Mills shares one of her 'Into the Blue' moments, highlighting one of her best experiences at sea!
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Read about our penultimate survey, HWDT 12. Find out where the team surveyed and what was spotted during the monitoring expedition.
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Read about the history of Silurian - the Trust's research vessel - including her time spent as a filming platform on the first Blue Planet series!
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A fantastic trip out on Silurian for Crossroads Young Carers Cowal and Bute.
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Join us aboard our research vessel, Silurian, in 2018 and contribute directly to whale, dolphin and porpoise conservation efforts in the Hebrides.
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During 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.
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Through generous donations from NATS and Maplin, HWDT have become Commercial Drone Operators and look ahead to utilising our drone to improve our conservation efforts.
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During 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.
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We 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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Are you looking for a marine conservation volunteer experience with a difference? This is your chance to join HWDT's last whale and dolphin research survey of 2017. This survey starts on 1st October; scheduled to coincide with the massive NATO military exercise, Joint Warrior.
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Travelling around the Argyll Islands and all the way up Loch Linnhe to Fort William, we recorded 59 harbour porpoises, 1 common dolphin, 14 common seals, three grey seals, as well as hundreds of birds and lots of boats.
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