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IWDG are delighted to be able to report on a long awaited Cape Clear course which we could finally deliver in fine summer weather. Our Cape Clear weekends in the past few years have been a bit of a struggle. Nothing to do with any shortage of marine megafauna, or with low numbers attending….just the

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IWDG are delighted to be able to report on a long awaited Cape Clear course which we could finally deliver in fine summer weather. Our Cape Clear weekends in the past few years have been a bit of a struggle. Nothing to do with any shortage of marine megafauna, or with low numbers attending….just the

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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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