Emma Steel

Orkney based with @whalesorg working on #WDCShorewatch 🐬🐳 Council member @ScotWildlife 🐞🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (she/her)

[Emma Steel @emma701]

Delighted to share our research on Risso's dolphins in northeast Scotland, Orkney and Shetland - published in Frontiers in Conservation Science - you can access and read for free here https://t.co/zRNetg5jX9

[Emma Steel @emma701]

#WDCShorewatch volunteers recently hit the incredible milestone of 100,000 Shorewatch surveys - or 1 MILLION MINUTES of survey effort 🥳🍾 Cheers to #CitizenScience

[Emma Steel @emma701]

3 days of thick haar in Shetland & then BOOM 💥 Pod of orca passing Eshaness Lighthouse right below our feet! #WDCShorewatch

[Emma Steel @emma701]

@whalesorg & @strandings 2024 Marine Forum 🐳 will be live streamed online THIS SATURDAY. Tickets available over on Eventbrite: https://t.co/vuFtaFfDf6

[Emily Hague 🚢🐳🐬 @emilyhague]

The Scottish Vessel Project has made it to TV 😁 Yesterday Arlene, Susan, Fiona + Steven from BBC Landward came to one of our study sites to paddleboard and talk about how to boat/paddle responsibly around seals and other marine life. Catch us on TV in the next series! 🤩😊🚤🛶🎥

[Emma Steel @emma701]

@ORCA_web @NLFerries Plus minke, porps and white beaked! 😃😃

[Emma Steel @emma701]

Bottlenose breaching on our way out of Aberdeen harbour this evening, data recorded with @ORCA_web 🐬 @NLFerries

[Police Scotland @PoliceScotland]

We're working with @nature_scot, Marine Scotland, @whalesorg and Ythan Seal Watch to keep Scotland's marine life safe this summer.

PC Sutherland from the Wildlife Crime Unit shares how we can respect and protect dolphins, whales and seals 👇

#OpSeabird #RespectProtectEnjoy

[Emma Steel @emma701]

Brilliant @ScotWildlife Loch of Lintrathen reserve! Full of native trees and fabulous birdlife. Oh and a stack of used disposable BBQs stuffed under a fallen tree 🙃

[Emma Steel @emma701]

@SimonPinder5 Hi Simon, these photos would make an excellent addition to the Shetland Risso's ID catalogue. If you're happy to share pls drop me an email [email protected] 👍

[Emma Steel @emma701]

A great trip out with @ScotWildlife trustees today to reserves in Ayrshire and very successful Nectar Network sites 🪻🐝 at least 7 species of butterfly recorded 🦋

[Emma Steel @emma701]

Hopefully this is the Icelandic whaling door firmly shut, locked and bolted for good 🙏🙏🙏https://t.co/5DeqtjP9rX

[Emma Steel @emma701]

Swimming wild and free, as they should be #EndCaptivity

[Emma Steel @emma701]

Long summer evenings watching Risso's dolphins (from Holborn Head, Scrabster) @whalesorg

[Emma Steel @emma701]

On Haar watch at Strathy Point today!

[Emily Hague 🚢🐳🐬 @emilyhague]

A whirlwind trip to Orkney to work (and play🤩), including chatting port developments with Orkney Islands Council, WDC Shorewatches + steering groups, trialing the Scottish Vessel Projects new handheld hydrophone with marine queen assistant Anna Moscrop 🤗 A brilliant few days!💙

[Emma Steel @emma701]

Risso's dolphin mother and calf passing by the cliffs at Yesnaby, Orkney today. Dreamy #WDCShorewatch conditions @whalesorg

[Luke Rendell @lrendell.bsky.social @_lrendell]

Why are killer whales attacking boats? Q&A with yours truly https://t.co/FMoCMSo8rj via @ConversationUK

[Emma Steel @emma701]

Set up at Ness bunker with Rita the Risso’s this evening! Come join us to watch out for 🐳 & 🐬 as part of #OrkneyNatureFestival