Posts Tagged ‘WDC’
A Fantastic Season and a Farewell to the Scottish Dolphin Centre’s Residential Volunteers
It has been a truly fantastic season here at Spey Bay! There have been dolphins a plenty treating all of us newbies to some exceptional displays. From wee tiny calves to groups of adolescent teens, all have been showing off their immense power and strength when breaching and doing somersaults out of the water. However…
Read MoreThere be a mutiny at Spey Bay this Sunday on Pirate Day!
With the end of the six weeks holidays coming near here at the Scottish Dolphin Centre we will be celebrating in style! Over the past few weeks we have been seeing lots of dolphin activity with pod sizes ranging from just two individuals to twelve! The ospreys who will be preparing for their long migration…
Read MoreHAPPY 4TH OF JULY!
The 4th of July is a celebration of America’s Independence from the English CROWN. In 1776, several PATRIOTs gathered together in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to write the Declaration of Independence. It lays out the reasons why independence was so important to the colonies; the most essential being the inalienable right to life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit…
Read MoreWDC Shorewatch – Big Watch Weekend
WDC Shorewatch is a trained network of volunteers who conduct shorewatches to monitor the presence and absence of cetaceans around the Scottish Coast. WDC Shorewatch hold a bi-annual event called Big Watch Weekend. This calls on all our shorewatchers around the Scottish Coast to get out and conduct as many watches as possible during…
Read MoreWDC Wild Dolphins trail is launched
Aberdeen’s eagerly awaited Wild Dolphins will make their official first appearance all over the city today (Monday 23), when the major WDC tourism project is launched. Around 50 life-sized, fibreglass sculptures of bottlenose dolphins – usually spotted off the North-east coast – will be popping up all over Aberdeen to form a trail for local…
Read MoreSummer Season Gets Under Way At The Scottish Dolphin Centre- Meet Our New Recruits
We have two new arrivals here at the Scottish Dolphin Centre for the summer season. They have been here for a few weeks now so it is about time that they introduced themselves… Hi All, My name is Rebecca and I have taken on an exciting new position here at Spey Bay as Membership Development…
Read MoreShorewatch’s Big Watch Weekend at the Scottish Dolphin Centre
Here at the Scottish Dolphin Centre we are putting together the final arrangements for our Shorewatch programme’s annual Big Watch Weekend. A weekend where all our volunteers pull together to conduct as many Shorewatches as possible! This data will give us an in-depth look at what the whales and dolphins are doing around the Scottish…
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