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Researchers set to investigate why dolphin sightings almost doubled off western Scotland

2015-04-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Daily Record: RESEARCHERS are to investigate why common dolphin sightings off western Scotland have almost doubled. Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust monitoring teams said encounters off the Hebrides are up 68 per cent over the last 12 years. But the reasons for the rise are still unclear and they need volunteers to help in their research. Common dolphins come to the Hebrides in spring to take advantage of seasonal food stocks, sometimes forming super-pods of thousands of individuals. The species...

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