Recent Sightings
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EVENT DATE 03/04/2020 11:30 |
SPECIES TYPE minke whale |
NO. ANIMALS 2 |
| LOCATION: Toe Head - Co. Cork | ||
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EVENT DATE 03/04/2020 11:15 |
SPECIES TYPE common dolphin |
NO. ANIMALS 60 |
| LOCATION: Toe Head - Co. Cork | ||
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EVENT DATE 03/04/2020 11:00 |
SPECIES TYPE bottlenose dolphin |
NO. ANIMALS 9 |
| LOCATION: Toe Head - Co. Cork | ||
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EVENT DATE 01/04/2020 17:30 |
SPECIES TYPE harbour porpoise |
NO. ANIMALS 1 |
| LOCATION: Killiney Bay - Co. Dublin | ||
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EVENT DATE 01/04/2020 13:00 |
SPECIES TYPE minke whale |
NO. ANIMALS 1 |
| LOCATION: Scullane Bay - Co. Cork | ||
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EVENT DATE 01/04/2020 11:42 |
SPECIES TYPE bottlenose dolphin |
NO. ANIMALS 5 |
| LOCATION: Garron Point - Co. Antrim | ||
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EVENT DATE 01/04/2020 10:30 |
SPECIES TYPE dolphin species |
NO. ANIMALS 7 |
| LOCATION: Culdaff, Inishowen Peninsula - Co. Donegal | ||
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EVENT DATE 01/04/2020 08:30 |
SPECIES TYPE minke whale |
NO. ANIMALS 1 |
| LOCATION: St. Finan's Bay, Ballinskelligs - Co. Kerry | ||
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EVENT DATE 01/04/2020 08:14 |
SPECIES TYPE whale species |
NO. ANIMALS 1 |
| LOCATION: Crow Head, Beara Peninsula - Co. Cork | ||
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EVENT DATE 01/04/2020 07:49 |
SPECIES TYPE common dolphin |
NO. ANIMALS 100 |
| LOCATION: Crow Head, Beara Peninsula - Co. Cork | ||
Recent Strandings
EVENT DATE
06/04/2020
SPECIES TYPE
common dolphin
LOCATION: Inishbofin - Co. Galway
EVENT DATE
03/04/2020
SPECIES TYPE
common dolphin
LOCATION: Strandhill - Co. Sligo
EVENT DATE
01/04/2020
SPECIES TYPE
common or striped dolphin
LOCATION: Ventry - Co. Kerry
EVENT DATE
31/03/2020
SPECIES TYPE
common dolphin
LOCATION: Inishmor, Aran Islands - Co. Galway
EVENT DATE
30/03/2020
SPECIES TYPE
harbour porpoise
LOCATION: Bray - Co. Wicklow
EVENT DATE
29/03/2020
SPECIES TYPE
common dolphin
LOCATION: Gormanstown - Co. Meath
EVENT DATE
28/03/2020
SPECIES TYPE
common dolphin
LOCATION: Castletownshend - Co. Cork
EVENT DATE
28/03/2020
SPECIES TYPE
dolphin species, possibly harbour porpoise
LOCATION: Ventry - Co. Kerry
EVENT DATE
28/03/2020
SPECIES TYPE
bottlenose dolphin
LOCATION: Carrownisky Beach - Co. Mayo
EVENT DATE
26/03/2020
SPECIES TYPE
harbour porpoise
LOCATION: Dunfanaghy - Co. Donegal
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Research paper of the week:
Bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) is a major concern for marine apex predators, such as Orcas, because Orcas often feed on prey occupying the highest trophic levels such as salmon.
Many POPs have a lipophilic nature meaning they are soluble in fats and oils. This allows them to be stored in the fatty blubber of marine mammals. Using samples collected as part of the IWDG cetacean stranding scheme, Moira Schlingermann, a Ph.D. researcher in the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology assessed the concentration burden of different POPs in the blubber of adult Orcas and one Orca foetus. High concentrations of contaminants can negatively affect marine mammal's immune, endocrine, and reproductive systems.
Relatively high concentration levels of POPs were found in all the individuals investigated in Moira’s study including the unborn foetus. Learn what this means for the Orca’s by reading Moira’s paper here: iwdg.ie/members/research/
Photo credit: Sibéal Regan/IWDG
Full Reference:
Schlingermann, M. et al. (2019) ‘High concentrations of persistent organic pollutants in adult killer whales ( Orcinus orca ) and a foetus stranded in Ireland’, Marine Pollution Bulletin. Elsevier, (October), p. 110699. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110699.
🐬Species of the Week 🐳
In Ireland we have two killer whale (Orca) populations, the “Scottish West Community Group”, that are known to feed on marine mammals and the offshore killer whales, that interact with pelagic trawlers off the northwest coast. In the last few years, killer whales have been seen from many locations around the Irish coast (see Flukes 2 for Special Features on killer whales).
Photo by Nick Massett
🐳Check out this cool species here: iwdg.ie/killer-whale/
Check out recent posts from our Shannon Dolphin Project, telling stories about our resident bottlenose dolphins in the Shannon Estuary
