Exploring Scotland’s seas – 2025 marine survey update
Discover how technology is used underwater in this post in Scotland’s Nature (21 August 2025). This post describes how the NatureScot Marine Survey and Monitoring team works with a variety of partners to build upon what we already know about the hidden world and wildlife beneath the waves.
National Whale and Dolphin Watch 2024
National Whale and Dolphin Watch is an opportunity for people of all ages and backgrounds to get involved in marine conservation and make a meaningful contribution to the protection of marine mammals. No special knowledge is needed to take part. Keen observers can sign up to training courses, or use [...]
East coast dolphins
This blog post (26 April 2024) in Scotland’s Nature shares How is Scotland’s east coast bottlenose dolphin population doing? It includes a short video at the end of monitoring work.
Monitoring cetaceans in the Hebrides
Scotland’s Nature blog posted 31 July 2023 shares a story by Rona Sinclair, from Nature Scot’s marine survey team. Rona jumped aboard Silurian, the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust’s (HWDT) research vessel, to join the crew for a trip from Ullapool back down to Silurian’s home in Tobermory. Read how she discovered how [...]
