This workshop will help participants identify and record both whales, dolphins and porpoise sighted or stranded in Ireland and will also help attendees develop their field skills including tissue-sampling in stranding incidences. Weather permitting, a land-based watch at Loop Head will follow in the afternoon; a live-stranding exercise will take place otherwise. In collaboration with
Talk on the Whales and Dolphins of Ireland with Sean O'Callaghan. IWDG Science Officer Date: Friday 26th April 2019, Venue: Star of the Sea Centre, Mullach Mór, Co Sligo Time 19:30 ran by IWDG Sligo local group https://www.facebook.com/events/396834760870133/
The IWDG in collaboration with the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology are delighted to host a talk by Dr Russell Fielding from the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee USA The lecture which is part of the Marine and Freshwater Research Centre Seminar Series will take place on Friday 22nd March 2019 in GMIT Dublin Road Campus in Room
Date: Friday 22nd March Venue: Áras Éanna Arts Centre Time: 8:00 pm **Booking advised via Eventbrite here to avoid disappointment.** The event is free and families are encouraged to attend Join the IWDG for an evening of talks and video on the recent expedition to Iceland. Members along with the skippers and scientists that sailed Celtic Mist
Date: Tuesday 12th March Venue: Copper Coast Geopark Time: 7.00pm **Booking advised via Eventbrite here to avoid disappointment.** The event is free and families are encouraged to attend Join the IWDG for an evening of talks and video on the recent expedition to Iceland. Members along with the skippers and scientists that sailed Celtic Mist during summer
Date: Thursday 14th March Venue: Community Centre Time: 7.00pm **Booking advised via Eventbrite here to avoid disappointment.** The event is free and families are encouraged to attend Join the IWDG for an evening of talks and video on the recent expedition to Iceland. Members along with the skippers and scientists that sailed Celtic Mist during summer
Date: Thursday 14th March Venue: Community Centre Time: 7.00pm **Booking advised via Eventbrite here to avoid disappointment.** The event is free and families are encouraged to attend Join the IWDG for an evening of talks and video on the recent expedition to Iceland. Members along with the skippers and scientists that sailed Celtic Mist during summer
Date: Thursday 21st March Venue: Castlebar Library Time: 6.00pm **Booking advised via Eventbrite here to avoid disappointment.** The event is free and families are encouraged to attend Join the IWDG for an evening of talks and video on the recent expedition to Iceland. Members along with the skippers and scientists that sailed Celtic Mist during summer 2018
Date: Thursday 28th March Venue: Nenagh Arts Centre Time: 8.00pm **Booking advised via Eventbrite here to avoid disappointment.** The event is free and families are encouraged to attend Join the IWDG for an evening of talks and video on the recent expedition to Iceland. Members along with the skippers and scientists that sailed Celtic Mist during summer
Our AGM is set for Saturday, December 1st from 14.00 to 17.00 at the Waterways Ireland Centre near the Grand Canal Docks in Dublin. All members are invited to attend and contribute to the meeting. The IWDG's draft three-year plan, which outlines the group’s objectives and goals for the period 2019-2021, will be presented. After the meeting,