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Orca Lulu's body contained PCB levels 100x above the safe limit. Image: SMASS

Toxic tides, troubled whales: the toll of chemical pollution

By Pine Eisfeld-Pierantonio | 22nd August 2023
In last week's blog, we examined the challenges whales and dolphins face as they travel...
Group of orcas at surface

Breaking barriers for whales and dolphins at the Convention of Migratory Species

By Nicola Hodgins | 17th August 2023
Many species of whales, dolphins and porpoises undertake long journeys, encountering human-made obstacles along the...
Tokyo

WDC in Japan – Part 1: Finding allies in Tokyo

By Katrin Matthes | 8th August 2023
At the end of May, I embarked on an incredible journey to Japan on behalf...
Amazon river dolphins leaping

The state of river dolphin conservation

By Nicola Hodgins | 4th July 2023
At Whale and Dolphin Conservation, we partner with conservationists and communities fighting to save river...
Researchers in Southeast Alaska studying whale poo

We’re funding crucial research on whale poo to combat the climate crisis

By Hayley Flanagan | 27th June 2023
The ocean is one of the lungs of our planet, and whales help it to...
Narwhal surfacing

The unicorns of the sea must be protected – CITES

By Katie Hunter | 20th June 2023
The narwhal, is under threat. Often referred to as the unicorns of the sea, narwhals,...
Sperm whales

We’re pushing governments for action for our climate heroes – whales

By Ed Goodall | 6th June 2023
The climate crisis is the greatest threat to all life on Earth. But there is...
Dolphins captured for captivity in Taiji. Image: Hans Peter Roth

Loved and killed – whales and dolphins in Japan

By Katrin Matthes | 30th May 2023
Protests and criticism from outside Japan in response to the slaughter of whales and dolphins...
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Can we have some dolphins please?

By Charlie Phillips | 24th January 2018

It has been unusually quiet for dolphin sightings around the Inner Moray Firth over the festive holiday period and I was hoping that by this stage in January that I would have something to tell you and maybe even a photo or two to show but no luck so far I’m afraid. There have been very brief sightings of dorsal fins out near Fort George by one of our WDC Shorewatch volunteers and dolphins have been seen up in the Dornoch Firth and also east of where I am near Burghead (the photo below is from last summer, it’s of a dolphin with the Burghead Centre in the background) and along nearer Spey Bay where our Scottish Dolphin Centre is located. The dolphins that are being seen are possibly hunting for sea-trout so it might not be too long before I see some of the local dolphins around this area near Inverness and with a bit of luck one or two of the dolphins that you can adopt with WDC. Watch this space as they say…

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