WDCS Moray Firth Autumn Survey: a volunteer speaks...
Some words from Davy Still one of the volunteers on the survey:
My first week as a WDCS research volunteer started with a three-day data-collecting mission into the outer areas of the Moray Firth.
This survey has never before, been carried out at this time of year, so I was very excited to be part of something new. My first cetacean sighting came on day one: a porpoise 20 meters off the port side. Over the next three days more porpoise sightings followed; but it was a close encounter with a minki whale, which I will always remember.
It came up for a breath incredibly close to my observation station, before disappearing into the deep and out of sight. Not a bad start to my first week of work!
Davy
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But kudos to the people who did their best to save him.