Dear colleagues, We are very pleased to share with you the details of a new citizen science project coming out of the Sea Mammal Research Unit in St Andrews, Scotland. SMRUsealpred (http://www.smru.st-andrews.ac.uk/sealpred/) is investigating the prevalence of grey seal-inflicted mortality on marine mammals. As many of you will be aware, both in the UK and overseas, some individual grey seal males kill and feed on marine mammals (including grey seals, harbour seals, and harbour porpoises). Our webpage provides people both within and outwith the scientific community to submit reports, along with images and videos, of anything that may be related to this behaviour. From this, we hope to gain a better understanding of how prevalent and geographically widespread this behaviour is in Europe. We are requesting your help to spread the word about this project. We have attached a flyer which we encourage you to circulate among your networks, and if you are on Twitter please retweet our announcement earlier this week: https://twitter.com/_SMRU_/status/1427661864780062720?s=20 For more information about the project, please check out the webpage. We also have a project email address if you would like to get in touch: SMRUsealpred@st-andrews.ac.uk<mailto:SMRUsealpred@st-andrews.ac.uk> We appreciate any assistance you can provide! Kind regards, Izzy Langley & Debbie JF Russell ---------------------------------------------------- [cid:image003.jpg@01D7942A.363F62E0] Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) Scottish Oceans Institute University of St Andrews St Andrews, Fife, KY16 8LB Twitter: @_SMRU_ The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland: No SC013532
