Cetacean Research & Rescue Unit

26/06/2026

We are delighted to announce that our CRRU flagship "Hermes" has now been fully outfitted with a brand new pair of 2026 Suzuki DF 175 APX lean burn engines, thanks to an amazing dealer concession and support from Buccaneer Marine, and with funding from the RS Macdonald Charitable Trust, Britford Bridge Trust, Kiln Family Trust, Tay Charitable Trust, John Swire 1989 Charitable Trust, Crown Estates Coastal Communities Fund, Beryl Evetts and Robert Luff Animal Welfare Trust Ltd, Hamamelis Trust and the Gordon and Ena Baxter Foundation

19/05/2026

12/05/2026

We have just released the first version of our Photo ID app for other research groups and even for public use! 🎉

The app is a research tool that can be used for photo identification studies, such as in longitudinal mark-recapture research. It allows for the grouping of photos containing unique identification markings, includes tools for editing and visually filtering photographs to help identify marks, and can be integrated with an analysis provider (such as a machine learning model) for convenient catalogue matching. It's free, open-source, and available on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

For more information visit:
photoidapp.crru.org.uk