Up to today (5th March), IWDG have recorded 54 cetacean strandings in Ireland. Once again, common dolphins are by far the most frequently recorded species – 30 identifiable animals represent 56% of all species stranded. This has been the case in Ireland since 2011 with consistently high numbers of common dolphins washing ashore dead, especially
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Says President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins at the National Biodiversity Conference yesterday. Michael D. gave a passionate and knowledgeable speech showing he gets the seriousness of the issues surrounding biodiversity loss. The National Parks and Wildlife Service are to be congratulated for organising this conference in collaboration with the Irish Forum for Natural Capital
The National Biodiversity Conference is underway in Dublin Castle. It attempts to "BRINGING TOGETHER ACADEMICS, ARTISTS, BUSINESSES, COMMUNITY GROUPS, CONSERVATIONISTS, ECOLOGISTS, FARMERS, FISHERS, FORESTERS, GOVERNMENT, LANDOWNERS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, NGOS, POLITICIANS, SCIENTISTS AND STATE AGENCIES TOGETHER TO DISCUSS THE CHALLENGES, EXPLORE THE SOLUTIONS AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE OUR COMMON GOAL OF REVERSING
Following the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group involvement in whale and dolphin research in Cape Verde, Dr Simon Berrow was invited to contribute to a two-day workshop in Praia, Ilha de Santiago. The workshop has been organised by Associação Caboverdiana de Ecoturismo (ECOCV) aims to develop national cetacean sightings and strandings network and Code of Conduct.
IWDG have just received and validated a sighting this morning by Andrew Morgans of a solitary "dolphin" off the Nimmo's Pier area of Galway docks at 08:45am on Jan. 28th. Given the location and circumstances, we are confident this is another sighting of the adult bottlenose dolphin known locally as "Nimmo", and a welcome 1st
Next week there is a judicial review of the planning application issued to Shannon LNG to construct a liquefied natural gas plant (LNG) terminal on the southern shore of the Shannon Estuary. Although planning permission was granted 10 years ago, after a full environmental impact assessment had been carried out, which included an Oral Hearing for local
The IWDG research vessel Celtic Mist will carry out a series of week-long surveys over this coming summer. Our target is humpback whales; to find and photograph to contribute to the photo-id catalogue. We would like to invite our members to come join us as we scan the seas for whales, dolphins and porpoises to continue our ongoing
The new Three-Year Plan for the IWDG has just been published. Any organisation with high amibitions and limited resources need to plan how they are best going to achieve their ambitions and allocate time and money. IWDG have tried to distill their ambitions in a three-year strategic plan to inform members and sponsers what our priorities are. The
During a routine Naval Service patrol today (December 28th), the L.É. SAMUEL BECKETT came across a large white object floating some 53nm southeast of Ballycotton lighthouse, East Cork. On their report they go on to say that " It appeared to be the carcass of a large whale, belly side up with several sea birds feeding
Dr Simon Berrow, CEO of the IWDG contributes a monthly piece to This Island Nation digital radio. Here he reflects on the year past and looks ahead to the future and fears for our ability to make the right decisions now for future generations. https://www.mixcloud.com/CRY104FM/this-island-nation-24th-december-2018/ (20 minutes in) There is increasing interest in and pressure on