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Sunset at Spey Bay, Moray

Learning the Ropes in Spey Bay

By Joe Walker, Scottish Dolphin Centre Residential Volunteer and Guide  Hello readers and welcome to the first edition of Joe’s Spey Bay Whale and Dolphin Conservation residential volunteer blog, or as I like to call it; Blogs through the Baleen, or Words with Whales, or Dolphin Discourse… I haven’t yet made my mind up, any

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Orkney adventures

BY SDC Volunteer Ruby In May I attended the Orkney Nature Festival along with SDC staff Katie, Lorna and Emma. It was my first time visiting Orkney and I was so excited to see it, and hopeful for sightings of Risso’s dolphins and Orca. On the ferry over I was blown away by the views

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On the hunt for Orca

Orca, Orca!

By WDC Volunteer Ruby It’s one of the more exciting facts of life that you can start a day with an idea of how it’s going to go in your head, but what actually happens is often completely unexpected and different.   As it was still only our second week as residential volunteers at the

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Sunset Over Spey Bay Statue

Looking for the Aurora at the Scottish Dolphin Centre

By WDC Residential Volunteer Christiana. One of my dreams has always been to see the Northern Lights. Now living at Spey Bay as a residential volunteer guide is one of the best things I’ve ever done in my ecological journey, nay, my life. I can spend part of the day shore-watching, which is where I

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AN OTTERLY GREAT MORNING!

By WDC Volunteer Eilidh Bleary-eyed WDC’s Cath Bain and I stood on Shorewatch Hill awaiting our attendees for our first ‘Early Morning Wildlife Photography Walk’ of the season. We couldn’t have asked for better weather… the sun poking through the clouds, calm mirror-like sea and very minimal wind (which if you have ever visited Spey

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Volunteers watching a basking Shark

Basking Shark encounter

By WDC Volunteer Christiana. If you go on one of my tours of the Tugnet Ice House at the Scottish Dolphin Centre, as well as the history of the ice house and the fishing community that’s been here since the eleventh century, I talk about the model of the basking shark in the main chamber

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Common lizard. Aimee Burrows

5 Things You Can See in Summer at Spey Bay

Common Lizard A small reptile with adults measuring 15cm from nose to tail. They are usually brown in colour with various stripes and spots covering its body, however, they can vary and have found to be black or even an olive green. They typically live in woodland, heathland and moorland but the best place to spot

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My Quest for Orcas

by 2022 Residential volunteer and guide Michael Amos For many years, orcas had been at the very top of my wildlife bucket list. And yet, it’s fair to say that, for the longest time, I had the absolute worst of luck trying to see these animals. During my time as a Residential Volunteer at Spey

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A Shorewatching adventure

By WDC residential Volunteer Jess In April, I was lucky enough to go to Shetland with Emma for a Shorewatch trip and help gather data about the marine mammals in the area. I have always wanted to go to Shetland, especially having grown up watching the BBC series ‘Shetland’ and the many David Attenborough documentaries

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Searching for Orca in Scotland

PING! Normally your phone going off before 8am on your day off would be a cause for irritation but there is only one group in my phone that makes that noise, and it can only mean one thing…… ORCA! But where are they? Fraserburgh the message says, that’s an hour and a half away, so

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Upcoming Events

Artisan Craft Fayre

Date: 29-11-24
Time: 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Come and enjoy some relaxed Christmas shopping as you browse a range of local artisan crafters’ stalls. The Centre’s cafe and shop will be open as usual, and you can enjoy a complimentary mine pie when you arrive!

 

Christmas fayre at the Scottish Dolphin Centre