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News Release – National Whale and Dolphin Watch 2021: first results are in!

Aug 31, 2021

by Chiara Giulia Bertulli

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The 2021 National Whale and Dolphin Watch event organized by the Sea Watch Foundation involved hundreds of volunteers from all around the British Isles, and it ran between 24th July and 1st August. At the moment of writing a total of 1,248 sightings have been submitted after the 9-day event and sigh

NWDW 2021 – Day 8 & 9

Aug 01, 2021

by Chiara Giulia Bertulli

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Hello and welcome all to our last National Whale and Dolphin Watch blog piece! Let’s take a look at the weekend highlights. July 31th – August 1st, 2021 There were 66 watches today; in 13 Scotland, 8 in Wales, 43 England, and 2 in the Channel Islands. We’ve had

Big Somerset Synchronised Marine Mammal Survey

Aug 31, 2021

by Chiara Giulia Bertulli

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During National Whale and Dolphin Watch 2021, Sea Watch Foundation joined up with Somerset Wildlife Trust to run their first Big Somerset Synchronised Marine Mammal Survey on Saturday July 31st. We had a total of 20 people surveying at 9 different lo