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Noel Ullapool
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Twitter refugee. Ullapool. Highlands (Scotland). Like dolphins. And whales.....
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Coming to a door near you!

Keep an eye out for the Ullapool Sea Savers around the village as they launch a new campaign #FlushResponsibly, sharing a sticker and leaflet with information about what should and shouldn't be flushed down the toilet.

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April 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Our species champion sessions allow the kids to explore our library to find a species to help promote & protect & if the compile a fact file to share with others they become that species's ambassador.

Thanks to everyone who helps with this & has donated books & support.
February 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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A couple of trips in our Pioner Multi 'Mada-Chuain' (Gaelic for 'Ocean Wolf', which was what they called Orca!) yesterday to lift 2 creels. Crab, lobster, Scorpion Fish & a prawn. Lighter evenings allowing us to do more!

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February 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Alisha and Abbie are asking if you'll help us and #vote4theboat in the Tesco Ullapool blue token vote, as funds help us take people out who wouldn't normally get to see the sea.
February 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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If you are shpping in Ullapool Tesco, please remember to get your blue token and maybe #Vote4TheBoat - Kirsty and Sophe say, because it's the best boat!

All funding really helps us do trips and education for all.

ullapoolseasavers.com/what-we-do/o...
February 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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We're in #Ullapool @Tesco blue token vote for funds to help us continue doing the boat trips and activities we do. Please cnsider giving us your vote if shoppig in Ullapool. Here's some reasons the kids like the boat. 1 Bella and Perla.

#Vote4TheBoat
January 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Emptied our beach clean station at Dun Canna today, bringing in 80 kg more marine litter. By allowing visitors at the site to do small beach cleans that we empty when full, we are keeping on top of this remote beautiful beach. Thanks to all that help.
More info:
ullapoolseasavers.com/what-we-do/b...
January 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Short beaked common dolphin being sociable at the bow of our small boat in November. Some of this pod have been visiting for a long time & know / trust us & the boat.

Always keep a slow consistent speed & direction - can result in perfect encounters like this.

#WildFree

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December 15, 2024 at 3:13 PM
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'The native #oyster ecosystem has declined to the extent that it has been declared ‘collapsed’, highlighting the importance of ambitious restoration initiatives across Europe.' We need to be restoring MILLIONS of these marvellous molluscs.
www.cmscoms.com?p=42233
Europe's native oyster ecosystems are collapsed - Ocean and Coastal Futures
Scientists have revealed that the native oyster ecosystem has declined to the extent that it has been declared ‘collapsed’, highlighting the importance of ambitious restoration initiatives across Euro...
www.cmscoms.com
December 11, 2024 at 9:00 AM
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#16Days
Using or recognising this signal can save a life - and it has. If you see this sign act immediately. Not everyone in danger can speak.
December 5, 2024 at 2:28 AM
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Child Poverty % (children living in households below the minimum wage)

Denmark 2.4%
Finland 3.2%
Norway 3.6%
Sweden 3.6%

The UK 32.1%

All four of those countries have child benefits, paid by taxing the rich, that make it almost impossible for a child to be in poverty.
December 9, 2024 at 6:02 PM
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Three years ago today, Freya the wandering #Walrus arrived here in #Shetland for a four week stay. 248 days later she was murdered by the Directorate of Fisheries in #Norway as she was perceived to be a "threat to human safety".

Abhorrent and unforgivable on every level.

#MarineLife #MarineMammals
December 10, 2024 at 6:48 AM
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After hearing of a flapper skate attacking a boat at Shetland, Scoraig Primary kids Brodi & Arhlo sent us pictures of one having a go at their boat whilst angling in Little Loch Broom. These are BIG amazing fish but is this normal behaviour?

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December 3, 2024 at 6:16 PM
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Another super day with #Orcas - this time with the 65s pod off Muckle Roe, #Shetland. Adult bull 'Busta' was with them and as spectacular as ever. We first documented him in 2005 when he was a fully grown bull and we estimate him to be at least 40 years old. #MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK
December 3, 2024 at 6:23 PM
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As Janey Godley has her funeral, here is her roasting Michelle Mone.

😂
November 29, 2024 at 6:28 PM
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The ferry turning on the creel tree and christmas lights at Ullapool this evening.
November 29, 2024 at 6:07 PM
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When eight became nine...NEW #ORCA CALF!

Over the moon to watch and film the new addition to the Northern Isles Community '27s' pod off Lunna, #Shetland today alongside first-time mum '152'. 🖤🤍

#MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK
November 28, 2024 at 7:12 PM
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Journalism opportunity:

Iona has learned quickly and is now serving a huge and still under-represented area brilliantly. Find out how you could follow in her footsteps. 👇
How I became an award-winning teenage journalist — and you can too
Our reporter, Iona MacDonald (18) shares how she got a head start in journalism — and how you can too.
www.ross-shirejournal.co.uk
November 25, 2024 at 8:24 PM
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3 decades ago we identified Scallop Dredging around our island as very detrimental to the health of our seas. BUT to most folk it's "Out of Sight out of Mind" We used the visual image to educate our island community. Now half our island's seabeds out to 3 miles are protected, it was worth it.
November 25, 2024 at 7:47 PM
White tailed sea eagles flying by us at sea, Loch Broom, off Ullapool, NW Highlands of Scotland. This is a site/location now used for over 14 years. Was 52nd confirmed breeding pair in Scotland in 2024.
November 24, 2024 at 3:36 PM
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Fabulous encounter with the '27s' #Orcas in the snowy North Mainland of #Shetland today. Here's bull '72' surfacing with a Kittiwake for company. #cetaceans #marinemammals #marmam #CetaceansUK
November 17, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Figuring out if this is better than Twit-ter? I like dolphins. That a start?
November 13, 2024 at 1:39 AM