We are delighted to report that there is still large whale activity off West Cork as well as the Waterford coast.
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A striped dolphin live stranded in Lahinch this morning and was euthanased. It was first reported to the Lahinch Coastguard at 9:30am after being found by locals taking their dog for a walk. The IWDG were informed at around 10:30am and Simon Berrow immediately travelled to the site to determine its prognosis. Local Coastguard Ciaran
One of the world’s highest concentrations of dolphins and whales — many of them protected species — has been discovered off the coast of East Timor, local and Australian researchers said on Wednesday.
In December 2008 Don Conroy, Alan McGuire and Chris Wilson set out to record a radio programme for their new series ‘Wildside’ on Newstalk 106FM. They enjoyed some of the best whalewatching in the world…
A hard line environmentalist group chasing Japanese whalers near Antarctica said on Saturday it would do its utmost to disrupt the hunt although bad weather had thwarted a stink bomb attack on one vessel.
On behalf of all the IWDG committee and directors we’d like to take this opportunity to extend seasons greeting to all our visitors to this site and to our members, supporters and core funders. It has been another busy year of tremendous growth for our wildlife charity, which has been made possible with support from
World Wildlife Fund has released its annual list of some of the most threatened species around the world, saying that the long-term survival of many iconic animals is increasingly in doubt due to a wide of threats.
Another whale watch trip in testing conditions off Galley Head with Colin Barnes yesterday 14th Dec. produced more world class sightings of minke, humpback and fin whales. Despite moderate conditions, we observed at least 3-4 minkes, 5-6 humpbacks and upwards of a dozen fin whales, all in the same waters both SW and SE of
Several species of dolphin and one porpoise species have been awarded greater protection through the Convention of Migratory Species (CMS) at its 9th meeting of Parties in Rome.
A pod of 160 Bottlenose dolphins has been seen several times around the Isle of Man recently, the largest pod ever recorded there. Wildlife Extra