Scottish Marine Animal Strandings Scheme

The organisation that investigates the deaths of whales and dolphins on Scotland’s coast said 2018 was a record year for strandings. The Scottish Marine Animal Strandings Scheme (Smass), which has been in operation since 1992, said more than 930 cases were reported. >> read more …

One week into August it is most definitely time for the strandings report of July 2018. We had a total of 59 strandings reported to us this month; with 20 cetaceans, 38 pinnipeds, and the skeletal remains of one basking shark. >> read more …

June has been a busier month than May with a total of 51 stranding reports; these comprised 18 seals and 33 cetaceans. The amazingly hot weather in Scotland has meant a lot of the animals were in an advanced state of decomposition. >> Read more …

May has been a lot quieter than April with a total of just 30 stranding reports; these comprised 10 seals and 30 cetaceans. Most of the reports of seals were grey seals. >> read more …

April had a total of 71 stranding reports; these comprised 19 seals and 54 cetaceans. Most of the reports of seals were grey seals. >> read more …

Here’s March stranding report of the Scottish Marine Animal Strandings Scheme. March had a total of 65 stranding reports; these comprised 20 seals and 45 cetaceans. >> Read more …

Its taken a little longer than normal to get it finalised but our 2016 annual report for Marine Scotland, Scottish Government has finally been published and is available. >> Download report …

Due it being a fairly busy start to 2018 we didn’t have time to post a January stranding report so here’s a combined January and February report. January had a total of 78 stranding reports; these comprised 60 seals and 18 cetaceans. February had a total of 58 stranding reports; these comprised 27 seals and 34cetaceans. >> … Meer lezen

Here is the strandings report for October; apologies for the slight delay! We have had a busy month with a total of 63 strandings; with 25 cetaceans and 37 seals. Eight cetaceans and one seal were collected for necropsy. >> Read more …