June 6, 2021 By: Robin Petch SUNDAY: Orca Watch Live! Final Roundup! Join us as we look back on a week of great sightings from Sutherland and Caithness, Orkney and Shetland, with a brief look at The Hebrides and Moray Firth areas too. We’ll also take a look at Sea Watch activities and events over […]
June 5, 2021 By: Robin Petch The 27s are back! Orca madness descended during our live show last night! Read on to find out more! As always, check our Breaking News! sightings page here and the Verified Sightings page here for all the latest news as well as our social media platforms including Orca Watch 2021 page and Orca […]
June 4, 2021 By: Robin Petch The last two days have brought more orca sightings from Shetland and today they’re back at Dunnet Head in Caithness! More on those sightings tomorrow! As always, check our Breaking News! sightings page here and the Verified Sightings page here for all the latest news as well as all our social media platforms. […]
Jun 3, 2021 By: Robin Petch WelcometoDay6ofOrcaWatch2021 Yesterday turned out to be a busy day after all, with quite a few sightings of the 169 Pod and another sighting believed to be the 12s! Tune in to Orca Watch Live tonight from 7:30pm (virtual doors open at 7:20) to hear Karen Hall talk about this […]
Jun 2, 2021 By: Robin Petch WelcometoDay5ofOrcaWatch2021 After Monday’s thrilling sightings of the new calf for the 12s Pod spotted in Shetland, both yesterday and today have been pretty quiet so far. I’m delighted to say however that we do have some news to share so read on to find out more! OrcaWatchLiveSpecial!Tonight@7:30pm Meet the […]
Jun 2, 2021 Orcasand5otherspecieshavealreadybeenseenduringthefirstfourdaysofOrcaWatch2021whichrunsuntilSunday6thJune. This year’s annual Orca Watch event (with a difference) kicked off this week on the 29th May. The event would usually see scores of wildlife watchers, volunteers, and tourists flock to north-east Scotland to assist in the surveying and observation of one of our most charismatic UK marine mammals, the orca, alongside […]
Jun 1, 2021 By: Robin Petch WelcometoDay4ofOrcaWatch2021 Yesterday was a very exciting day and we have some great news to share! Today however has been a very quiet so far so let’s hope for some more action before the day is out! The big news was that the 12s group were spotted in multiple locations […]
May 31, 2021 By: Robin Petch We’re off to a great start despite some poor visibility due to fog in places and the Orca Watch Breaking News Sightings Page already outlines some fabulous encounters here! We also have a Verified Sightings Page which features sightings already entered into the National Sightings Database here. Every evening of course we have […]
May 30, 2021 By: Robin Petch The first sightings are coming in and will feature first on our Breaking News Sightings page here. As they are verified and we receive full information, they will be added to our Orca Watch Sightings Page here. Orca! Shared by Christina Worth, photograph by Robert Foubister, taken 28/05/21 Throughout the week […]
May 29, 2021 By: Sherie News has surfaced from New Zealand this month of an unusual interspecies occurrence. A female bottlenose dolphin has been found to have seemingly adopted a very young pilot whale calf. Although unusual, this is not the first reported case of interspecies adoptions, and we will cover some other known cases […]