Jun 3, 2022 By: Katie Baker Key Sightings Update Wow! What an amazing evening last night – 7-8 killer whales from the John O’Groats ferry and many happy passengers. Killer whale from John O’Groats ferry (George Boyer) After the final round-trip ferry to Orkney, the ferry company made the quick decision to turn around and […]
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Jun 2, 2022 By: Katie Baker and Celia Eardley Welcome back to our daily Orca Watch blog. Firstly, we got national recognition last night as Iolo Williams from BBC Springwatch broadcasted live from the Isle of Mull. He spoke a little about the West Coast Community and John Coe and Aquarius before mentioning our citizen […]
Jun 1, 2022 By: Katie Baker It has been another beautiful day here in John O’Groats! Hannah, Anne and I (from the Orca Watch team) hopped on the first ferry in the hopes of seeing some fins. No luck but a lovely round trip to Orkney and we got some more filming done with Antonia […]
May 31, 2022 By; Katie Baker Hello everyone, who’s ready for the round-up of Day 4 at Orca Watch 2022? If you missed our daily round-up and interviews today, you can find it here or keep reading for the highlights! Today we had another school visit, this time out at Halkirk Primary School with class P5 & […]
May 30, 2022 By: Katie Baker We’re off to an incredible start for Orca Watch 2022! Every evening this week (apart from Friday when we have our get together with our dedicated volunteer observers) we will be bringing sightings updates to you all at home at 7pm via our YouTube. Admission to these virtual events […]
May 29, 2022 By: Hannah Parkinson Orca Watch 2022 is Now Up and Running! Yesterday our volunteer observers were on the John O’Groats ferry, and were delighted to catch sight of a bull orca from the last ferry of the day – a great start to the week. 2 bull orca were also seen from […]
May 11, 2022 By: Cerys Hartland A Stormy Situation Imagine you’re taking a walk along the beach looking out to sea when all of a sudden you see an octopus crawling across the sand. Wouldn’t that be an unusual sight? Well this is exactly what wildlife guides Josh Pedley and Fran Fitzpatrick saw back on […]
Apr 29, 2022 By: Kenneth Manuel An overview of anthropogenic underwater noise and its effects on marine mammal life (toothed whales) A Key Adaptation to Life in the Water To maximize survivability and utilization of resources in the aquatic marine environment, dolphins and other toothed whales have evolved and gained the ability to use echolocation. […]
Apr 29, 2022 By: Katie Baker A few words from our new Communication and Outreach Officer.. After working from home all through winter we are so happy to now be based back in our New Quay office for the summer ahead. As I am new to Sea Watch Foundation and the office I thought I’d […]
Dec 20, 2021 By: Chloe Robinson While bottlenose dolphins are one of the, if not the, most recognised, charismatic marine species, they are still classed as data deficient by the IUCN. We currently do not have a sufficient understanding of their population however we do know that population numbers are decreasing and therefore a further […]