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Charlie Phillips interview on Great British Countryside

The BBC's new early evening programme "The Great British Countryside" this week visited the Highlands of Scotland.Featured on the show were the Moray Firth dolphins...

Japan Take Less Than Full Quota As Whaling Season Ends

Japan’s Fisheries Agency has announced the end of its whaling season in the Antarctic Ocean, with the number of whales killed falling well short of...

Scottish Dolphins On BBC Newsround

BBC Newsround have recently been up to the Moray Firth to film the bottlenose dolphins and interview WDCS Field Officer, Charlie Phillips.Watch the report at:...

Rare Whale Filmed For First Time

Australian scientists have captured what they believe to be the first video of an extremely rare whale. The first film footage of the Shepherd's beaked...

Polar Protection On Ice

WDCS is concerned that long delays to the development of rules aimed at reducing the environmental impact of shipping in the polar waters around the...

Study Reveals Man-made Noise Travels 4000km Under Water

Acoustic ‘listening’ devices placed in the sea to measure seismic ‘noise’ activity over a 10 year period have revealed some astounding and very worrying results....

More Endangered New Zealand Dolphins Die In Nets

Last week, on the 22nd of February, two more New Zealand (Hector's) dolphins died, entangled in a gill net washed ashore on a beach on...

Rare Whale Caught On Camera For First Time

One of the world's rarest whales, Shepherd's beaked whale, has been captured on film for the first time. Only discovered in 1937, very little is...

WDCS Criticizes Hong Kong Airlines For Live Dolphin Shipment

Hong Kong Airlines has agreed to stop the transfer of live dolphins on its cargo planes after coming under pressure from the public.WDCS was dismayed...
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Orcas versus humpbacks

Occasionally accounts come our way of observations on whales that are unusual and very interesting....

Back To Work Again…

Hi Everyone, Well, here we are with one week of 2012 behind us and the...

Happy New Year Kesslet !

Hi Everyone, It was a bitterly cold but a lovely and sunny morning standing watching...

Waiting For Some Action…

Hi Everyone, I'm in a state of limbo at the moment where not much seems...
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Working to Save Dolphins in Despair

A female and her calf being carried back to sea on the Cape photo: Reuters...

Going For Gold Next Time Kesslet?

Hi Everyone, Yesterday I had Kesslet and Charlie visiting Kessock in very silvery light, and...

Iceland – are they having a rethink on whaling?

According to the latest news out of Iceland, there is a potential for the government...

Bridging The Gap…

Hi Everyone, I'm without a car at the moment so limited to watching for dolphins...

Help Protect Scotland's Whales & Dolphins !

Hi Everyone, I was through at our Scottish Dolphin Centre on Tuesday taking some launch...

The Big Miracle…

Hi Everyone, You may have heard that there is a new film coming out starring...

Nice Trout Kesslet !

Hi Everyone, Oh well, that is the beginning of my 2012 dolphin research season with...

Back soon!

Hi everyone, We thought we'd let you know that Charlie will be away from his...