Tag Archives: tagging

Summers spent basking in the Sea of the Hebrides

Posted on February 19, 2016 by NatureScot

Within a few weeks of the first satellite tags being attached to basking sharks  thousands of visitors were hooked on a website which followed the sharks as their movements were displayed online in close-to-real-time, as Dominic Shann reports. Twenty sharks … Continue reading →

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Satellite tagging

Posted on August 22, 2014 by NatureScot

Using tracking devices to find out more about our natural heritage is an increasingly popular and important approach. In Scotland a range of projects using this technology look set to further improve our knowledge of species that would otherwise be … Continue reading →

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