The safety and wellbeing of everyone at Orca Watch 2020 is our highest priority, and you will all be aware of the fast-changing coronavirus advice – the need for social distancing and isolation, likely required for several months; limiting travel to essential journeys; and the strong advice fr

Currently we are continuing to plan the event as normal. However, we are monitoring the information and advice put out by the UK Government, the Scottish Parliament, the Health Service, the Scottish Tourist Board and the relevant local councils. We will inform participants soon as possible if it loo

The Sea Watch Foundation’s 2019 National Whale and Dolphin Watch event (July 27th – August 4th) revealed striking biodiversity with an impressive thirteen species of cetaceans seen around the British Isles, a number which has only been recorded twice before in the history of the event. The total num

The safety and wellbeing of everyone at Orca Watch 2020 is our highest priority, and you will all be aware of the fast-changing coronavirus advice – the need for social distancing and isolation, likely required for several months; limiting trav

There are few things as impressive as a leaping dolphin, and there’s no doubt that a dolphin jumping high out of the water is the must have picture that everyone hopes to capture when they go out on a dolphin spotting trips. But why do dolphins

The Sea Watch Foundation’s 2019 National Whale and Dolphin Watch event (July 27th – August 4th) revealed striking biodiversity with an impressive thirteen species of cetaceans seen around the British Isles, a number which has only been recorded twice

The Sea Watch Foundation (SWF) holds one of the longest running and most extensive cetacean sightings databases in Europe but most of these records are not made by trained scientists! That’s right, a lot of the sightings we receive are actually made

Do you have financial expertise and are interested in helping to protect whales and dolphins? The Sea Watch Foundation have a vacancy on the Board of Trustees for an Honorary Treasurer The Sea Watch Foundation, a charity concerned with the protection

Tonight’s episode of Winterwatch (8pm, BBC 2) will include a special focus on Orcas – including the population  of Orcas we look out for each year at Orca Watch. Subject to the time constraints of the programme, we are hoping it will include fo