Operation Joint Warrior comes to an end

WDCS was extremely worried that the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) was carrying out part of Europe’s largest military exercise, known as ‘Joint Warrior’, in the Moray Firth from Tuesday (13th Oct). The Moray Firth is the home to Scotlands only protected population of dolphins.

We have been informed that the Navy did not conduct active sonar operations within the Moray Firth. Five of the ships involved in Joint Warrior operated within the vicinity of the Moray Firth.

A number of concerned individuals, the Cetacean Research & Rescue Unit and WDCS volunteers at our Wildlife Centre in the Moray Firth conducted land and boat based surveys during the exercise period to review cetacean behaviour.

For further information on WDCS and Operation Joint Warrior

More information about WDCS’s field work during this exercise can be found on our blog here