By Jo. Well, we are sat on anchor off Mingulay at the southern end of the Outer Hebrides, surrounded by Basking Sharks – not bad! I think it is fair to say that the SOTW has housed a new energy over the past week. A group of fifteen people, and their wonderfully eclectic passions, have… Continue Reading
MCR is delighted to be working with pioneering climate change charity Cape Farewell during July and August. Based onboard the RV Song of the Whale and in partnership with Cove Park artists residence, Cape Farewell are embarking on a month-long expedition through the Hebrides from Oban to Lewis, via Mull, Rum, Eigg, Skye, Canna, Mingulay,… Continue Reading
Having completed the harbour porpoise survey the R/V Song of the Whale journeys to the Channel Island of Alderney, once more with a new visiting researcher, Fabrizio Borsani. Fabrizio is Italian, and first worked with the SOTW team in the Mediterranean in 1994; he is now studying for a PhD with Prof Paul White’s group… Continue Reading
The weather is windy and the sea choppy when we leave Plymouth and head out towards the French coast, but it feels so good to be at sea again! Due to the rather rough conditions, we are unable to use the A-frame as the observation platform, but even despite this, Jim manages to spot a… Continue Reading
With 3 new team members and fine weather conditions expected for the next few days we head out of Cherbourg in the sunshine – expectations of sightings and detections high in this second survey block. As we approach the beginning of our transect line by the Cap de Hague, the currents and tides around the… Continue Reading