Blogs and Podcasts

The Scottish Government are proposing to close sandeel fisheries throughout all Scottish waters... but what IS a sandeel and why is everyone talking about them? Read this blog by Conservation Assistant Emma Marriott to discover some interesting facts and figures relating to sandeels and their importance to marine ecosystems in Scotland.

To mark the beginning of Sea Watch's National Whale and Dolphin Watch (running from 29th July to 6th August) we have a guest blog from Chiara Giulia Bertulli at Sea Watch Foundation detailing how to get involved and take part in your own cetacean spotting session. All you need is safe access to the coast, patience, a lot of enthusiasm, binoculars, a copy of the Seawatch recording forms and a cetacean identification guide. All of this, and more, is explained in the blog.

This is the third and final blog in our research spotlight series on heat stress in Northern gannet chicks. In this post, Shannon Clifford details her incredible experience researching the gannet colony on the Bass Rock over the years and the changes that have occurred in this time.

This blog is the second in our research spotlight series on heat stress in Northern gannet chicks. In this post, Dr Ruedi Nager looks at increasing global temperatures and how this might impact seabirds not just in terms of warming waters but more directly, on land, during their nesting season.