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I was really grateful to refresh my MMO training on a course provided to marine students, ECRs and the local Shetland community. A great initiative to train local people in relevant skills, led by the 'fairy godmother of MMOs' Carolyn Barton, and funded by ESB Networks 🙏🏼🧚🏼‍♀️🐳

It was brilliant to share some of my PhD research with my university community today at the Heriot-Watt EGIS PGR Symposium⛴️This is a culmination of years of data collection and wonderful collaboration around Scotland, which I also look forward to sharing at MASTS next month!🐳🐋

What is the method behind the map? 🗺️ Emily Hague 🚢🐳🐬 et al followed 8 different pre-published risk mapping methods, to predict vessel risk to bowhead whales in Baffin Bay, and found the area predicted as ‘high risk’ was not always the same! 🐳 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365-2…

🦭 Ready for a whale of a time? 🐳 Just one week to go till Carol Sparling and I chair the special session on 🐳marine mammals 🐋 at the MASTS ASM! We have a truly stellar line up of speakers and posters, you'd be very seal-y to miss it 😉🦭🤣

Some amazing potential projects in there! 🥰🐳

Today's the day! 🥳 Catch me me this morning at the MASTS Annual Science Meeting talking about vessel traffic in Scottish MPAs ⛵️🛥, and this afternoon we have the special session on marine mammals! 🐳 It's gonna be a good day 😁 Looking forward to seeing everyone 💙🐙🦑🦭🦞

A gigantic thank you to everyone that came along and contributed to our special session 'Marine Mammals in an Ocean of Change' at the MASTS ASM in Glasgow. We had a packed schedule and a packed out room, with some fascinating talks and discussion on all things blubbery 🐳🦭💙

Our little boat Donkey has made the news after an interesting encounter with a skate 😱😆 both Donkey and the skate are worse for wear after it left teeth in the side of the sponsons. Wonder what was driving it to return to the surface repeatedly to bite/bump the boat? 🚤

A weekend well spent, land-based whale watching by day and Christmas tree decorating by night 🎄🫶🏽🐳 If you want to hear more about Shetland's whales and dolphins and some of the research occuring here, I'll be speaking at this event on Friday night 🐳 eventbrite.co.uk/e/underwater...

Ending 2024 by closing one huge chapter of my life, ready to begin a new one! Today I finally completed a full draft of my PhD thesis 😱😍🐳🐋 🥳 ready to begin a new postdoctoral position next week at UHI Shetland, on a project researching marine mammals around Shetland ☺️🐳🦭🐬

The best start to the #MarineForum2025 - a behind the scenes tour of the National Museums Scotland collection, then a meeting with many of the BLUE CONNECT team to plot ideas for the next few years 🥰🐳🐬🦭 Work rarely feels like work with colleagues as awesome as this! 🙏🏼🥰

🌊 Really looking forward to giving a Hebridean Whale & Dolphin Trust Winter Webinar this week on why communities count when it comes to cetacean conservation! 🐳 Hear more about the Scottish Vessel Project, Blue Connect project, IMMAs and more.. eventbrite.co.uk/e/cetacean-con… Heriot-Watt University UHI Shetland

Can you spare a few minutes to share your thoughts on marine mammal protection in Scotland?🐳 Please fill in the survey most relevant to you (you are welcome to do both) Scotland-wide forms.office.com/e/xbkmFe4TxV Shetland forms.office.com/e/ee9yBzJC35 More info shetlandmarinemammals.com

🐬 Have your say on #MarineMammalProtection in #Scotland! 🐳 👉🏻Take the survey: 👉 Scotland-wide: forms.office.com/e/xbkmFe4TxV 👉 Shetland: forms.office.com/e/ee9yBzJC35 More info 👇🏻

⚓NEW PUBLICATION! Thrilled that the first paper of the Scottish Vessel Project is now published in Marine Policy, showing how AIS data only represents ~40% of coastal vessel traffic around Scotland. 🚤Why is this important? Read below: 👇⛴ 🔗doi.org/10.1016/j.marp…

🐳🐋💙 Today I'm giving a talk on some of my work at the European Cetacean Society, in the Azores 🥰🗺🌊 Over 700 people are here to discuss all things marine mammals, it's so brilliant to be amongst so many incredible people, and hear talks from lifelong heroes of mine 😁 💙🐋🐳