Survey Ended: UCD Geological Survey Area: Rockall Trough. Agency: UCD Ship: Celtic Explorer ______________________________________ 15th June 2010 The calm winds arrived and sea state of 2-3 all day provided ideal survey conditions. Unfortunately no one told the dolphins that and no sightings was the score at the end of the day. 14th June 2010 In
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The ferry survey reports on the Ship Surveys section of our website have now been updated. To see what our survey teams on three routes (Irish Ferries and P&O Ferries) across the Irish Sea have been spotting (or not!) over the past few months
The ferry survey reports on the Ship Surveys section of our website have now been updated. To see what our survey teams on three routes (Irish Ferries and P&O Ferries) across the Irish Sea have been spotting (or not!) over the past few months
Receiving a message of ‘whales’ being seen in the Larne area around 13.40 today and reported as traveling south I headed out mid-afternoon to see if I could connect. Sea state was pretty good inshore but looking a bit too lively offshore to have much hope of seeing anything so I hoped that their coastal
Receiving a message of ‘whales’ being seen in the Larne area around 13.40 today and reported as traveling south I headed out mid-afternoon to see if I could connect. Sea state was pretty good inshore but looking a bit too lively offshore to have much hope of seeing anything so I hoped that their coastal
With a lack of fin whale sightings inshore since March, the first fin whale of the ‘new’ season was sighted today in the Rockall Trough, west of Donegal. A single adult animal was seen logging at the surface for several minutes, before vanishing into the depths. On the second day of a Geological Survey of
With a lack of fin whale sightings inshore since March, the first fin whale of the ‘new’ season was sighted today in the Rockall Trough, west of Donegal. A single adult animal was seen logging at the surface for several minutes, before vanishing into the depths. On the second day of a Geological Survey of
Report IV: 05/06/10 One theory is that the whale may now migrate north into NW European or even Irish waters. Dr. Colin Macleod writes: ……”Last month, a gray whale was photographed in the eastern Mediterranean (the first recording of this species in the eastern Atlantic in some 500 years), and probably represented an animal from
Report IV: 05/06/10 One theory is that the whale may now migrate north into NW European or even Irish waters. Dr. Colin Macleod writes: ……”Last month, a gray whale was photographed in the eastern Mediterranean (the first recording of this species in the eastern Atlantic in some 500 years), and probably represented an animal from
Report II: 4/06/10 Several IWDG members wen’t on a bit of a merry goose chase yesterday afternoon in a search for the Wicklow dolphins, but their efforts drew a blank on the waters between Kilcoole and Wicklow Head. But further sightings of six dolphin sp. by Ian Mannix between Bullock Harbour and the 40ft yesterday