Big news - SCANS-III distribution maps for cetacean species in the northeast Atlantic are now available! Report and shapefiles available for download from scans3.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/r… @scans_4 @_SMRU_ @_clacey @SMRU_Consulting

Hi survey fans! If you ever downloaded the SCANS-III design based estimates report from 2017, please make your way to the website and download the revised version! We found a few errors in the original analysis which we've updated. tinyurl.com/3pntyw39 Pls RT! @_SMRU_

Morning survey fans! Want to see the first outputs of the SCANS 3 & @OBSERVEaerial combined analysis that @_clacey and Phil Hammond of @_SMRU_ have been working on? Come along to #WMMC19 Habitats and Distribution session II at 14:30 in room 111 to find out more... 🐬🐋

SCANS summed up in a comedy skit... #ecologytwitter #whale xitter.cf/_clacey/status/9682479…

#smm2017 If you enjoyed Phil hammonds talk this morning, you can download the first SCANS-III report from synergy.st-andrews.ac.uk/sca… @_SMRU_

#SMM2017 Come see Phil Hammond discussing the SCANS-III survey tomorrow at 11:45. Room 200E

First results from SCANS-III are now available! synergy.st-andrews.ac.uk/sca…

Common dolphins (courtesy of Darren Craig) #marinemammalsurvey #gratuitousdolphinpicture

Lobtailing humpback (courtesy of @nomadbirder) #humpback #marinemammalsurvey #gratuitouswhalepicture

Flying striped dolphin (courtesy of Marijke de Boer #dolphin #marinemammalsurvey #gratuitousdolphinpicture

Breaching fin whale (courtesy of Marijke de Boer) (3/6) #finwhale #marinemammalsurvey #gratuitouswhalepicture

Blue whale in Biscay (courtesy of Marijke de Boer) #bluewhale #marinemammalsurvey #gratuitouswhalepicture

With all the vessel surveys now finished, it's time for some gratuitous cetacean photos- thanks to all the contributing photographers! (1/6)

Spanish survey successfully completed and we came back to land

Field Diary: Spanish cruise finishing synergy.st-andrews.ac.uk/sca…

Double-platform line transect methodology used during @SCANS_3 #marinemammal european survey @IEOoceanografia

.@IEOoceanografia Bow Riding is a behaviour of dolphins surfing the wave created by the ship. #SCANS3 survey Spain

Map of Spanish blocks including the transects to survey by @IEOoceanografia onboard R/V Angeles Alvarino in July2016

Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) resting during #SCANS3 Spanish #marinemammal survey @IEOoceanografia