On Sat 28th February 14 IWDG members were met at Dublin airport by Faith Wilson and Pádraig Whooley for the trip of a lifetime to the Baja Peninsula, Mexico. After a night in LA we took a 2nd international flight to Loreto in Southern Baja California (BCS). Our Alaska Airlines flight tracked south along the
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A one day cetacean identification and survey skills day is being held at Whitehead on Saturday 16th May. The day will consist of an indoor morning session covering an introduction to IWDG, survey activities and techniques, cetacean identification and data validation and submission. An afternoon land-based field session (weather dependant) at a local site will
Conference proceedings from the 2nd International IWDG conference on muc mhara, the harbour porpoise are available.
eatherback turtles survived the extinction of the dinosaurs; in fact they are descendants of one of the oldest family trees in history, spanning 100 million years. But now leatherback turtles, the world’s most widely distributed reptiles, are threatened w
For the first time ever, a large whale, a North Atlantic right whale that had been severely entangled in fishing gear, has been sedated in order to make it possible for rescuers to remove 90 percent of the entanglement.
Following on from 2 recent mass stranding in Tasmania, some 80 false killer whales and bottlenose dolphins have stranded in Hamelin Bay, south-west of Margaret River.
Following on from 2 recent mass stranding in Tasmania, some 80 false killer whales and bottlenose dolphins have stranded in Hamelin Bay, south-west of Margaret River.
For the first time ever, a large whale, a North Atlantic right whale that had been severely entangled in fishing gear, has been sedated in order to make it possible for rescuers to remove 90 percent of the entanglement.
Strandhill, Co. Sligo was the scene today for one of Ireland’s rarer cetacean strandings – a True’s beaked whale Mesoplodon mirus. The animal was reported by Gary Waters to the Irish Seal Sanctuary (ISS) this morning (20/03/09) near the steps at the seaweed baths. The ISS immediately passed on the report to IWDG as it
With much sadness we learned last week of the untimely passing of Des Mills, Bunagee, Inishowen, Co. Donegal. Des was a life long supporter of the IWDG, a dedicated marine conservationist, fisherman and fundraiser for the Lough Swilly RNLI. I first heard of Des Mills in one of his early contributions to IWDG News, Issue