{"id":600,"date":"2017-10-02T15:15:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T15:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/?p=600"},"modified":"2018-09-19T12:10:36","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T12:10:36","slug":"hebridean-whale-dolphin-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/02\/hebridean-whale-dolphin-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"Hebridean Whale &#038; Dolphin Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-599\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Hebridean-Whale-and-Dolphin-Trust-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust Logo\" width=\"194\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Hebridean-Whale-and-Dolphin-Trust-Logo.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Hebridean-Whale-and-Dolphin-Trust-Logo-150x146.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_598\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-598\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-598 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01378146-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"Common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) breaching, near South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01378146-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01378146-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01378146-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01378146.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01378146-320x211.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01378146-375x248.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01378146-600x396.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01378146-900x594.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Common dolphins breaching, Outer Hebrides<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>This quarter (<span>July \u2013 September 2017<\/span>) we supported the Hebridean Whale &amp; Dolphin Trust.<\/h4>\n<p>The<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whaledolphintrust.co.uk\/\">Hebridean Whale &amp; Dolphin Trust<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>has been leading the way for the conservation of whales, dolphins and porpoises in the Hebrides for over two decades. HWDT research has critically advanced the understanding of the whale and dolphin populations that visit seasonally or are resident within Scotland\u2019s west coast seas.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the Isle of Mull, in the heart of the Hebrides, HDWT works directly with local communities to ensure whales, dolphins and porpoises are protected and valued throughout Scotland\u2019s west coast. Each year their specialist research vessel, Silurian, travels thousands of nautical miles, monitoring Hebridean seas, to increase our understanding of cetaceans and the threats they face, and bringing marine education to life through their unique floating classroom.<\/p>\n<p>Our donation will enable HWDT to upgrade computer equipment for use in education work with remote island schools and the engagement programme at the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This quarter (July \u2013 September 2017) we supported the Hebridean Whale &amp; Dolphin Trust. The\u00a0Hebridean Whale &amp; Dolphin Trust\u00a0has been leading the way for the conservation of whales, dolphins and porpoises in the Hebrides for over two decades. HWDT research has critically advanced the understanding of the whale and dolphin populations that visit seasonally or&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/02\/hebridean-whale-dolphin-trust\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"button\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[128,5],"tags":[13,97,105,106],"class_list":["post-600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-donations","category-conservation","tag-conservation","tag-scotland","tag-hebridean-whale-and-dolphin-trust","tag-hwdt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":607,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions\/607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}