We are excited to announce our new Webinar Series! We will be hosting one webinar each month and will be kicking off September with two Webinars hosted by fantastic speakers! For more information, see below! Tickets will be donation based and can be booked below! Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises of the British Isles and the Work of Sea Watch Foundation with Robin Petch Meet Robin  Robin Petch was once our Yorkshire Regional Co-ordinator and has been involved with cetacean study and protection for over 25 years. After resigning from his paid employment as a primary school headteacher, Robin is now a self-employed naturalist, small boat captain, and public speaker. When he is not working directly for Sea Watch he is usually either taking people on wildlife and whale watching boat trips from Whitby or giving lectures and leading deck watches on cruise ships around the world.  Robin is passionate about both cetaceans and marine conservation, and his leisure time is generally spent on something related! Robin has become Sea Watch’s first Ambassador and runs the membership programme. The Most Endangered Whale in Europe – the Baltic Proper Harbour Porpoise with Ida Carlén Meet Ida Ida Carlén has been involved in research, conservation and policy development for the Baltic Proper harbour porpoise for the last 20 years or so. This has been recognised internationally with a conservation award from the European Cetacean Society. Today, she works at the largest member-based environmental NGO in Sweden, the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, whilst also being engaged in the work of UNEP/ASCOBANS on the harbour porpoise in the Baltic region. The harbour porpoise is a commonly occurring small cetacean, often present in coastal waters of much of the northern hemisphere. However, in the brackish Baltic Sea, there is a genetically distinct population. With only a few hundred individuals left, it is Critically Endangered. Efforts are underway to mitigate the main threats, notably bycatch, but implementation is slow and the situation is made worse by the poor state of the Baltic Sea ecosystem. However, there is still hope. Measures are being taken and a new survey for population abundance and distribution is starting. Sea Turtles and Plastics- Not so Fantastic with Prof. Brendan Godley Meet Professor Godley Professor Brendan Godley is conservation scientist renowned for his work on sea turtles but with wide ranging interests in biodiversity conservation. His research largely focuses on the study of marine vertebrates (turtles, mammals, birds and sharks). In recent years, Professor Godley has concentrated efforts on interdisciplinary approaches to conservation research, including focusing on the impact of plastics in our oceans, but also methods to mitigate bycatch in fisheries and the design of marine protected areas. This work brings together academic, governmental and non-governmental bodies as well as industrial partners in the UK and overseas. Professor Godley takes these approaches into his educational work particularly fostering employability skills and opportunities for undergraduates and masters students to interact with a wide range of stakeholders whilst working on real-world problems and solutions.