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pamguard @pamguard.org · 14/08/2026

PAMGuard V2.02.19 is now available for download. Nothing major in this release, but some important bug fixes, and a few cool features. See release notes for details at www.pamguard.org/news/260811_... The next release, V2.03.00 is going to be seriously awesome ! @seamammalresearch.bsky.social

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Version 2.02.19 – PAMGuard

PAMGuard version 2.02.19 is now available for Windows and Mac

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Luke Rendell @lrendell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

New paper! Dialect variation in Mediterranean sperm whales shows evidence of cultural evolution in an isolated population tinyurl.com/yrfepekh with @taylorhersh.bsky.social @asociaciontursiops.bsky.social and the Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute 🐋🦑🧪 @seamammalresearch.bsky.social

A group of sperm whale adult and calves at the surface taken from above. Credit Asociación Tursiops

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pamguard @pamguard.org · 03/06/2026

It’s not just about PAM ! New paper using PAMGuard to detect seals using high frequency imaging sonar now out in the ICES Journal of Marine Science. academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...

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Triggered deterrence of seals from a salmon river using imaging sonar

Abstract. Reducing pinniped predation on salmonid fish in river environments is an important conservation priority in rivers globally. In UK rivers, predat

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pamguard @pamguard.org · 23/02/2026

PAMGuard version 2.02.18 is now available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. To download or see a list of new features visit www.pamguard.org

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pamguard @pamguard.org · 19/02/2026

Registration for the one day "Introduction to PAMGuard" training workshop on 20 April is now live on the ECS website at www.europeancetaceansociety.eu/conference-2...

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37th Annual Conference, Dundee, Scotland | European Cetacean Society

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pamguard @pamguard.org · 03/02/2026

New Publication: Evaluating the Risk of Collision of Seals Swimming Within Metres of Operating Tidal Turbines Jessica Montabaranom, Douglas Gillespie, Carol Sparling, Emma Longden, Gordon Hastie Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 36, no. 2: e70326. doi.org/10.1002/aqc.....

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Evaluating the Risk of Collision of Seals Swimming Within Metres of Operating Tidal Turbines

We used imaging sonar to continuously monitor wildlife at an operational tidal turbine in the Pentland Firth, Scotland, between May 2022 and June 2023. Of 704 detected seal tracks, 347 occurred durin...

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pamguard @pamguard.org · 05/11/2025

Got a great idea for new acoustic detectors that could form the basis of a PhD ? www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/fees-a...

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World Leading Scholarships Student Led - Study at St Andrews - University of St Andrews

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pamguard @pamguard.org · 16/07/2025

We’re pleased to announce the availability of PyPAMGuard: a Python library to read PAMGuard binary files. Find out more at www.pamguard.org/news/250716_...

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Python Binary File Reader – PAMGuard

PyPAMGuard: library to read PAMGuard binary files

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pamguard @pamguard.org · 06/06/2025

PAMGuard Version 2.02.17 is now available for Windows and Mac For details of cool new features and bug fixes see www.pamguard.org/news/250605_...

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Version 2.02.17 Bug blitz! – PAMGuard

PAMGuard version 2.02.17 is now available for Windows and Mac

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pamguard @pamguard.org · 01/05/2025

Barlow et al, used PAMGuard to help identify clicks from the elusive Pygme Beaked Whale. Read about it in Marine Mammal Science (and no, that picture is NOT Pygme Beaked Whales): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Caller ID: Pygmy Beaked Whale Mesoplodon peruvianus Confirmed as the Source of “BW70” Acoustic Signal in the Eastern Pacific

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pamguard @pamguard.org · 18/04/2025

Another article using PAMGuard, this time to study finless porpoise around Korea. This is also a reminder of how lucky many of us are to be working mostly in our mother tongue! koreascience.kr/article/JAKO...

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Xavier Mouy @xaviermouy.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Join us for the the second edition of Sonic Connexions on May 5th, 2025 ! Register here: whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #bioacoustics 🧪

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pamguard @pamguard.org · 09/04/2025

This week, we're working with Prof. Marie Roch from SDSU to deliver a course on the latest PAMGuard features at @whoi.edu. All course materials are being made available at www.pamguard.org/tutorials.html

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pamguard @pamguard.org · 01/04/2025

The PAMGuard team are delighted to announce the release of a detector for the Scottish Wild Haggis (Haggis Scoticus). This is available as a plugin module, which can be downloaded at www.pamguard.org/plugins/plug... Next year we hope to release an AI classifier for the megafauna of Loch Ness

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pamguard @pamguard.org · 21/03/2025

Check out our new tutorial for the Batch Processing module in PAMGuard at www.pamguard.org/tutorials.html. The batch processor allows you to run the same PAMGuard configuration on multiple datasets, which is great for dealing with data from multiple autonomous recorders.

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pamguard @pamguard.org · 20/03/2025

PAMGuard Version 2.02.16 is now available for download. Updates include improvements to the Tethys database interface and the Deep Learning Classifier as well as several small bug fixes. Also available is an updated Batch Processing plugin and tutorial updates. Visit www.pamguard.org for details.

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pamguard @pamguard.org · 01/03/2025

We've had a great week teaching the latest PAMGuard features to folks in the US, but the week was marred by one of our attendees being fired half way through. Our hearts go out to her and other US Gov’t scientists losing their jobs this week, and we wish them success in finding new paths in life.

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Frants Jensen @frantsjensen.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

We have a postdoc position open in our Acoustic Ecology Lab at Aarhus University, Denmark. If you have a background in acoustics or biologging and could be interested in working with us, please get in touch. international.au.dk/about/profil...

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Postdoc in biologging and bioacoustics - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at Department of Ecoscience - Marine Mammal Research 2, Aarhus University

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pamguard @pamguard.org · 13/02/2025

Another paper using PAMGuard, this one from a former @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social Masters student.

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pamguard @pamguard.org · 07/02/2025

@jamie-mac.bsky.social updated the home page of our website www.pamguard.org. Say if you like it!

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pamguard @pamguard.org · 16/01/2025

This week, I've been working on upgrades to the Batch Processing plugin module, which will allow you to rerun tasks such as click classification on multiple datasets. Available soon at www.pamguard.org.

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Corey Bradshaw @conservbytes.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

@nature.com is keen to find out how scientists are using @bsky.app and whether it has become their go-to social-media platform. Do you use Bluesky? Has it replaced Xitter? We want to hear from you. www.nature.com/articles/d41... #eXit

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Has Bluesky replaced X for scientists? Take Nature’s poll

The research community has flocked to the social-media platform Bluesky. Tell us about your experience.

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pamguard @pamguard.org · 08/01/2025

Another paper using PAMGuard. For this one we developed a bespoke PAMGuard module to process multibeam sonar data in order to track seals around an operating tidal turbine. All code and built modules at www.pamguard.org. @jessmontabaranom.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social

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pamguard @pamguard.org · 02/01/2025

And we've just passed 100 downloads of the latest release. Glad to see folks were busy over the festive period.

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pamguard @pamguard.org · 02/01/2025

Another paper using PAMGuard. Happy new year from St Andrews.

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Per Berggren @perberggren.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Need a festive season read in front of the fire? We hope this paper published today In Marine Mammal Science will be of interest. We demonstrate the application of PAM and signature whistles to estimate abundance of bottlenose dolphins with comparable results to Photo-ID. doi.org/10.1111/mms....

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pamguard @pamguard.org · 16/12/2024

The Mac version of PAMGuard V2.02.15 is now available at www.pamguard.org

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pamguard @pamguard.org · 14/12/2024

In case you're wondering, the new PAMGuard website at www.pamguard.org was built using the free software @quarto.org. We're also using Quarto to update PAMGuard training materials. Thanks @quarto.org.

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pamguard @pamguard.org · 14/12/2024

PAMGuard version 2.02.15 is now available for download at www.pamguard.org

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pamguard @pamguard.org · 14/12/2024

Check out our new official PAMGuard website at www.pamguard.org

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pamguard @pamguard.org · 14/12/2024

Welcome to the PAMGuard BlueSky account. PAMGuard is free software for the Detection, Classification, and Localisation of animal sounds. PAMGuard is managed and developed by a team of research scientists at the @seamammalresearch.bsky.social in the @uniofstandrews.bsky.social, Scotland.

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