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Hebridean Whale Dolphin Trust

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Healthy seas for nature and communities 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌊🐋🐬

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#marineconservation #whalesanddolphins #hebrides #hwdt #dropsintheocean #scotland #citizenscience #whalewatching #visitscotland #responsibletourism

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🫶 A massive thank you to all our Whale Track Scheme members for their data collection efforts this year! Read more about the operators who are committed to a sustainable wildlife tourism industry by following the bio link and clicking 'In the news'. #whalewatching #visitscotland #responsibletourism #leadingtheway #scotlandtravel 11 Nov 2026

🐬 How incredible was the bottlenose dolphin footage in the first episode of Blue Planet III?! The remarkable footage of a bottlenose dolphin using a sponge in a genius hunting strategy was a real reminder of just how intelligent and resourceful these animals are. What an incredible insight into their underwater world! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Did you know? Scottish bottlenose dolphins are the largest in the world! Found at the most northerly extent of their global range, our Scottish dolphins are noticeably bigger and chunkier than their relatives in warmer, tropical waters. 📖 Last month, we launched our updated Bottlenose Dolphin Catalogue, bringing together photographs and records of individual dolphins identified off the west coast of Scotland. Catalogues like this are an incredibly valuable resource for conservation research. By recognising individual dolphins, we can build a better understanding of their movements, behaviour, relationships and population trends over time. 📲 Every sighting recorded through our Whale Track app helps to build this bigger picture, and we're grateful to everyone who contributes to our understanding of these remarkable animals. 🔗 Anyone can get involved in monitoring these animals, find out more by following the bio link and clicking 'Whale Track'. #BottlenoseDolphins #ScottishWildlife #MarineConservation #Hebrides #HWDT #BluePlanet3 10 Nov 2026

WE WON! 🏆🎬 ESPA are incredibly proud to announce that Harpooned – The Great Whale Betrayal has won Best Short Documentary (UK) at the 2026 Big Syn International Film Festival Awards – the world’s biggest sustainability film festival. A short snippet of our film will take over Europes biggest screen, London Piccadilly Lights, on Thursday, 12th November, at 11am. A massive thank you to our incredible team and partners who made this film possible, and to the festival judges for this incredible honour. #wildlifedocumentary #ukdocumentary #bigsynfilmfest26 #filmmaking #piccadillyspotlight 10 Nov 2026

🫶 We wanted to give a massive shout-out to this amazing wee lassie, who visited us in Tobermory to drop off an incredible donation. 🐋 By making and selling beautiful bracelets (for both people and dogs!), she raised an amazing £255.56 to help protect the whales, dolphins and porpoises in our waters. After spotting our Drops in the Ocean adverts, she decided she wanted to support HWDT 🥹. 💙 We're so grateful for your fantastic fundraising efforts and loved welcoming you, your wee sister and your mum to our centre. Thank you for making such a difference! We think you're absolutely brilliant. #youngfundraiser #whalesanddolphins #dropsintheocean #scotland #saveourseas 08 Nov 2026

💙 What happens when a small marine conservation charity gets the chance to think big? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 This summer, thanks to Drops in the Ocean, HWDT appeared on digital screens across Scotland, sharing a simple message: everyone can play a role in protecting whales and dolphins through citizen science. 🤩 Thanks to £435,199 worth of donated digital advertising, our message reached new audiences across Scotland through more than 1.1 million screen plays. Most importantly, that visibility has helped us connect with new supporters who share our passion for Scotland's marine wildlife. 🫶 A huge thank you to @oceanoutdooruk for making this incredible opportunity possible and helping us showcase the power of citizen science at a scale we could never have imagined. #DropsInTheOcean #MarineConservation #CitizenScience #WhalesAndDolphins #Scotland 05 Nov 2026

🎬 That's a wrap on the 2026 field season aboard our research vessel, Silurian. Thank you to each and every person who has stepped aboard this year. ⚓ This yacht is more than a boat...she's a key part of our team! From a platform to collect data, to a floating classroom - but most importantly, she's home to the many people who take part in an expedition. 🔧 Silurian will soon depart Tobermory for Dunstaffnage for the winter, where she'll receive some much needed TLC after a busy season. Come the start of the 2027 field season, she'll be ship shape to start her 25th year monitoring Hebridean waters! #ResearchVessel #FieldSeason2026 #MarineScience #OceanResearch #ExpeditionLife #FloatingClassroom #HebrideanWaters #MarineConservation 30 Oct 2026

💙Closing the season with two fantastic youth groups! ⛵This October we partnered with @interculturalyouthscotofficial and @youth4seas to provide opportunities for young people to join our designated youth trip expeditions, learning new skills, building confidence and making a real contribution to our research. 🐬Across 4 days, each group experienced changing weather, dolphins in abundance and lots of shared laughs. 🔗Read more about these unique trips by following the link in our bio and clicking 'in the news' 🌟These events are made possible thanks to @ScottishPowerhq Foundation #MarineConservation #OceanLiteracy #EqualOpportunities 29 Oct 2026

📢Calling all teachers and educators, FREE digital schools sessions now open for booking! 🖥️We're excited to share that we have dates available for our FREE digital schools sessions from 9th - 13th November available to book now: 👉https://hwdt.simplybook.it/v2/book/ 🐳Learning about the ocean? Unsure how to approach marine science topics? Looking for something different to spark your students’ imaginations? With three engaging topics to choose from and plenty of time for pupils to 'ask the expert', these live online sessions are a fantastic way to get young people excited about science and the ocean. 🗨️"An AMAZING session. The speaker pitched this session perfectly for our children. She encouraged interactive dialogue & the children were absorbed in what she discussed." - Class Teacher 💙These sessions are free for schools thanks to the generous support of @ScottishPowerhq Foundation. #LearningForSustainability #MarineEducation #ScienceinAction 22 Oct 2026

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Deep divers inshore movements in Scottish waters. 🙌 Thanks to the Whale Track community reporting what they've spotted, a predictable occurrence of northern bottlenose whale sightings in inshore waters in late summer and autumn has been documented. Read more by following our bio link and clicking 'in the news'. 🐋 Community monitoring is incredibly valuable for elusive species like the northern bottlenose whale. Data gathered by our Whale Track community detects trends and identifies peaks in sightings which wouldn’t be possible through dedicated research expeditions alone. 📷 Whale Tracker, oscarlf, recorded this northern bottlenose whale breaching numerous times up Loch Nevis on 19 October 2026. #NorthernBottlenoseWhale #ScottishWaters #MarineConservation #CommunityScience #WildlifeMonitoring #ScotlandNature 21 Oct 2026

🐋 100% magical. Sample size: everyone on deck. 🥰 Okay, we'll admit that’s not an actual statistic…but if you’ve ever encountered a whale or dolphin in the wild, you’ll know the feeling. During research expeditions, we turn those unforgettable encounters into data that helps understand and protect these incredible animals. Reliable data underpins accurate statistical analysis so a big shout out to everyone who has joined a research expedition. 😎 On this World Statistics Day, we're also recognising our scientists and the huge amount of statistical analysis undertaken on our dataset to understand whales, dolphins and porpoises in Scotland's seas. #DolphinResearch #OceanScience #ScotlandSeas #StatisticsDay #MarineBiology #ResearchExpedition 20 Oct 2026

Sailing complete! Scroll for pics ➡️ @hwdt_org over & out! 18 Oct 2026

🐬 Dolphins, downpours & a surprise minke whale! 🐋🌊 Eight days. One sailing boat. A whole lot of Hebridean weather! ⛵️ Our latest Silurian expedition around Skye and the Inner Hebrides had it all… 🐬 Bow-riding common dolphins 🦅 Soaring white-tailed eagles 🐋 A last-minute minke whale 🌧️ Plenty of wild autumn weather 🔬 Incredible citizen science! Through sunshine, showers and everything in between, our fantastic team collected vital visual and acoustic data, helping us better understand and protect marine mammals across Scotland’s west coast. 💙 Wild seas, wonderful wildlife and science that makes a difference! 🔗 Read the full adventure via the link in our bio! #HWDT #Silurian #CitizenScience #MarineConservation #WhalesAndDolphins #Hebrides #ScienceAtSea #SilurianScience 16 Oct 2026

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