IWDG recieved calls on Saturday afternoon that two dolphins were repeatedly live-stranding at the Cockle Beach in Crookhaven West Cork. Despite at least 3-4 attempts by locals and holiday makers to bring the dolphins out to deeper water, the dolphins continued to live-strand. On arriving at the scene it was clear that the dolphins, were
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Report III 16/08/08 NIEA monitoring of the porpoise continued in Coleraine from 7am on Saturday morning, amid torrential rain and sodden street cleaners. The animal was sighted immediately, surfacing directly beneath the foot bridge and remaining within a small 10m channel. Showing similar behaviour to the previous day, it continued to angle itself upstream,
Dolphins and sharks may soon disappear from the Bay of Bengal off the Vizag coast. The cause: increased fishing activity and movement of mechanised boats. The H
On completion of the very successful June and July Whale Watching weekend courses, we still have a few places left on the 3rd and last of our weekend courses on Cape Clear Island on 29-31 August course. This is generally the most productive of the 3 courses in terms of sightings, as encounter rates and
Afternoon shoppers rushing across the Millennium footbridge in the town centre stopped in their tracks when they noticed a harbour porpoise in the River Bann below them.
An environmental group on Wednesday called on Taiwan’s government to protect one of the most endangered dolphins in the world, a day after a world conservation body listed the animal as “critically endangered”.
This month saw the third survey conducted with the Irish Air Corps under the PReCAST Project. PReCAST surveyors accompany the Maritime Squadron on their routine patrols over Irish Waters.
IWDG have received news of what is likely to be the 1st of the season’s inshore sighting of fin whales in Cork waters.
The IWDG have received two sightings in the past week of large baleen whales from the east coast.
Bay Area researchers are looking into whether harbor porpoises that have washed up on local beaches in recent months might have been killed by long-term exposure to toxic algae.