Report II, 10th Feb During a 2 hour watch from Red Head, near Dunmore East County Waterford on Thurs 10th Feb., Gay Palmer (IWDG) observed 3 fin whales and sent in this report… “…The visibility was good and the sea calm although it began to get a bit choppy towards the end of the watch.
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IWDG have just received a report from the Irish Naval Service of an unprecedented feeding aggregation of killer whales Orcinus orca in our offshore Northwest waters, c30 miles off Tory Island. Lt. Cdr. Paddy Harkin, Captain of the L.E. Niamh has just returned to port after a three patrol of the North West coast and
IWDG have just received a report from the Irish Naval Service of an unprecedented feeding aggregation of killer whales Orcinus orca in our offshore Northwest waters, c30 miles off Tory Island. Lt. Cdr. Paddy Harkin, Captain of the L.E. Niamh has just returned to port after a three patrol of the North West coast and
The new Fáilte Ireland advert features a breaching Southern Right Whale – a species never recorded in Ireland ! Yes, this story may have a familiar ring to it, and that’s because this isn’t the first time Fáilte Ireland have used this footage (see link above). The sequence of a breaching whale which appears just
The new Fáilte Ireland advert features a breaching Southern Right Whale – a species never recorded in Ireland ! Yes, this story may have a familiar ring to it, and that’s because this isn’t the first time Fáilte Ireland have used this footage (see link above). The sequence of a breaching whale which appears just
The R.V. Celtic Explorer departed Cork City on Saturday 29 January, bound for St. Johns, Newfoundland. Conor Ryan and Alessandro Pierini from Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology are carrying out a visual and acoustic survey for cetaceans in collaboration with Memorial University of Newfoundland. Emily Wilson (MUN) will simunltaneously be surveying seabirds. A blog which will
IWDG have just published the first paper using photo-id to explore the ecology of fin whales off the south coast of Ireland in Marine Biodiversity Records, volume 4. The paper uses the extensive photo-identification catalogue built up by the IWDG since 2001, especially by Padraig Whooley and in collaboration with whalewatch operator Colin Barnes. The
IWDG have just published the first paper using photo-id to explore the ecology of fin whales off the south coast of Ireland in Marine Biodiversity Records, volume 4. The paper uses the extensive photo-identification catalogue built up by the IWDG since 2001, especially by Padraig Whooley and in collaboration with whalewatch operator Colin Barnes. The
The first dedicated aerial whale survey had to be cut-short due to technical difficulties. The survey onboard the Maritime Squadron Casa 252 aircraft successfully completed one-third of its track-lines before the mission was terminated. The survey is part of a joint IWDG/GMIT project called PReCAST funded by the Marine Institute and the National Parks and
The first dedicated aerial whale survey had to be cut-short due to technical difficulties. The survey onboard the Maritime Squadron Casa 252 aircraft successfully completed one-third of its track-lines before the mission was terminated. The survey is part of a joint IWDG/GMIT project called PReCAST funded by the Marine Institute and the National Parks and