Final preparations are being made for the Song of the Whale team’s departure from Ipswich later this week; provisions are arriving, gear is being stowed, volunteer participants will soon be settling in and last minute testing of equipment taking place. All in readiness for the start of the first survey for harbour porpoise in the Tidal Thames.
But we still need your help. We are hoping for lots of pairs of eagle eyes watching the water this weekend for marine mammals, as our partners at the RSPB, Essex Wildlife Trust and Kent Mammal Group are running various shorewatches along the banks of the Thames, while the SOTW surveys up river to Tower Bridge. Please join us on 7th March if you can, find more details here.
You can also come to visit us at our open day at the Hermitage Community Moorings, Wapping, on Sunday 8th March between 1pm-4pm. Visitors will be able to tour our unique research vessel, meet the team and hear more about the Thames Porpoise project and how we are surveying these muddy waters to study their wildlife and man-made threats. We hope to see you there!
So wish us fair winds, calm seas and lots of interesting wildlife encounters …
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