One of the two humpback whales photographed off Mine Head area, Co. Waterford last Friday 17th Oct. can now be confirmed as yet another humpback match within Irish waters….. There aren’t too many advantages to long periods of poor weather, especially when they are in the middle of our large whale season. But one of
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Cornwall Wildlife Trust is appealing for donations for pingers that could save hundreds of Cornwall’s dolphins and porpoises. Wildlife Extra
Survey Ended: 2008 Southwest Herring Acoustic Survey Area: Southwest and South Coast Agency: Marine Institute Ship: R.V. Celtic Explorer Observer: Dave Wall ______________________________________ 24th October 2008 Having left the Shelter of Smerwick as darkness fell last night we endured a night of heavy rolling as we made our way – beam on to the still
The depleted population of beluga whales that swim off the coast of Alaska’s largest city was listed as endangered on Friday by the federal government. Pla
On the basis of land-based observations by Andrew Malcolm late last week and a good weather window we decided to head east towards the Waterford coast on Friday 17th Oct for a days filming with GMTV for the next “living the Wildlife” series to be shown on RTE. The plan was to locate, film and
Whales and dolphins will feature at this years Conamara Sea Week Conference which is entitled The Marine – an area still unknown from 25-27 October at Letterfrack, Co Galway.
A phone call to Kevin Flannery/Dingle Oceanworld on 11th Oct. 2008 alerted IWDG to a stranded whale near Inch Beach, Co. Kerry.
Although this has seemed like a fairly quiet year as far as cetacean spotting is concerned there is obviously still a wide diversity of marine mammal life to be encountered in our inshore waters. Since 13th July and the humpback whale ‘Boomerang’s visit to Ardmore we have seen harbour porpoise, common, bottlenose and Risso’s dolphins
The Supreme Court seemed on Wednesday closely split on whether President George W. Bush can exempt the Navy from federal environmental laws, a case pitting protection of whales against military training exercises.
A bottlenose dolphin live stranded and died in Costello, Co Galway. A post-mortem examination showed the dolphin had been sick for some time and in poor health.