Report III, 27/07/10 Phillip Clapham, NOAA reports…..” Apparently our female humpback has found a restaurant – at least that would be my interpretation of the sudden change in her track. She’s in an area just west of Rockall, which is a major fishing ground. Hopefully this won’t mean she’ll ditch the tag, which is always
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Report IV, 26/07/10 A report today from Eleanor Stone, Marine Officer with the Manx Wildlife Trust gives us a likely clue as to the wherabouts of the humpback whale last reported off Howth head on Fri 15th July 2010. On Fri. 23rd July, a research team from Manx Basking Shark Watch photographed a humpback whale
Survey Ended: FSS Mackerel Egg Survey Area: Irish, UK & French Shelf. Agency: Marine Institute Ship: Celtic Explorer ______________________________________ 27th July 2010 Sea state five, increased to six by late afternoon. No sightings were made in between the procession of heavy rain showers that intermittently obliterated the view. Tomorrow we dock in Galway, marking the
Survey Ended: FSS Mackerel Egg Survey Area: Irish, UK & French Shelf. Agency: Marine Institute Ship: Celtic Explorer ______________________________________ 27th July 2010 Sea state five, increased to six by late afternoon. No sightings were made in between the procession of heavy rain showers that intermittently obliterated the view. Tomorrow we dock in Galway, marking the
Report IV, 26/07/10 A report today from Eleanor Stone, Marine Officer with the Manx Wildlife Trust gives us a likely clue as to the wherabouts of the humpback whale last reported off Howth head on Fri 15th July 2010. On Fri. 23rd July, a research team from Manx Basking Shark Watch photographed a humpback whale
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
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
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