Friday 23 July 11.00: A stranded dolphin on Ventry strand was reported to Nick Massett IWDG by Aíne Long, a local woman. Nick attended the scene and found a common dolphin grounded in shallow water with three others milling around just 20 metres away. People on the scene had already refloated the stranded animal a
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How do you trump a week like the one we’ve just had with a humpback whale being tracked between Rathlin Island and Howth Head? Well heading out with Colin Barnes on the MV Holly Jo when fin whales are inshore in West Cork is always a good bet. On Fri. 23rd July we observed a
How do you trump a week like the one we’ve just had with a humpback whale being tracked between Rathlin Island and Howth Head? Well heading out with Colin Barnes on the MV Holly Jo when fin whales are inshore in West Cork is always a good bet. On Fri. 23rd July we observed a
Atlantic white-sided dolphins now added to the Rathlin mix IWDG have just validated sighting no. 15601 which we’ve upgraded to Atlantic White-sided dolphin. This latest Rathlin area sighting of 10-12 dolphins was made yesterday 21/07/10 c1 mile north of Ballycastle Harbour on route to Rathlin on the Rathlin Express Ferry. Species ID was confirmed by
Atlantic white-sided dolphins now added to the Rathlin mix IWDG have just validated sighting no. 15601 which we’ve upgraded to Atlantic White-sided dolphin. This latest Rathlin area sighting of 10-12 dolphins was made yesterday 21/07/10 c1 mile north of Ballycastle Harbour on route to Rathlin on the Rathlin Express Ferry. Species ID was confirmed by
During a survey on the Celtic Explorer today a number of groups of fin whales were seen feeding below flocks of gannets to the south of Galley Head, marking a return of these animals to the west Cork coast. For more info see:
One day cetacean identification, recording and survey skills courses will be held in Whitehead, Co Antrim on Saturday 14th August. The day will consist of an indoor morning session covering an introduction to IWDG, survey activities and techniques, cetacean identification and data recording, validation and submission. An afternoon land-based field session at a local site
One day cetacean identification, recording and survey skills courses will be held in Whitehead, Co Antrim on Saturday 14th August. The day will consist of an indoor morning session covering an introduction to IWDG, survey activities and techniques, cetacean identification and data recording, validation and submission. An afternoon land-based field session at a local site
During a survey on the Celtic Explorer today a number of groups of fin whales were seen feeding below flocks of gannets to the south of Galley Head, marking a return of these animals to the west Cork coast. For more info see:
Report III, 16/07/10 They say a week is a long time in politics, well that old adage could equally be applied to whalewatching! Last Friday I observed up to 15 fin whales arriving in the inshore waters off Ram Head. Today we saw nothing. This is in itself quite a rare occurence at Ardmore, I