Over the summer Ocean Ambassador Oliver Beardon and his sailing yacht Merlin has been working with scientists from the University of Edinburgh and charity WhaleWise on a marine acoustic monitoring project in the Western Isles.
The aim of the project seeks to understand more about the diversity of species, the health of underwater ecosystems, and the impact of man made noise on them by analysing recordings from the hydrophone.
Oliver welcomed the BBC onboard who captured some of the action and covered this groundbreaking project. The coverage was aired on BBC Scotland and nationally on BBC Two recently.
Oliver says:
This is very important work and groundbreaking science, so I and Sail Britain will be supporting the project further next year as we build upon what we learnt this year.
If you would like to see the programme here is the link to the iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001cwfn/landward-2022-episode-16
For information and to find out about sailing on Merlin please visit www.sailbritain.org