IWDG wish to extend a huge thanks you to all watch leaders, volunteers and of course Inis Cologne & Failte Ireland for sponsoring and supporting this years event. Summary below.
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Update II 3/08/07 A report from John Crowley suggests that this humpback whale, “Boomerang” has moved west towards the Tramore area. On on 1st August it was observed at 16:30 between the Metal man and Brownstown Head. Alarmingly, there is some evidence that the whale has been getting some “rough treatment” by small craft owners.
New mitigation measures to protect marine mammals during acoustic seafloor surveys in Irish waters came into force last week. These measures “Code of Practice for the protection of marine mammals during acoustic seafloor surveys within Irish waters” were developed through extensive consultation with interested parties including the IWDG, CMRC, Petroleum Affairs Division and the industry.
The Shannon dolphin photo-identification catalogue has been updated with new and recent images of 200 individual dolphins.
The 101 Maritime Squadron have forwarded more sightings of several offshore species, this time from Northwest waters.
After a relatively quiet few weeks on the strandings front, there have been three separate live- strandings in counties Donegal & Derry.
IWDG are delighted to announce that the milestone of the 10,000th cetacean sighting record has just been achieved.
Warm settled weather, made for a successful weekend course on Cape, even if the beasts were few and far between.
Update II :9 July Unfortunately the IWDG received a report on Saturday (7th July) of a stranded basking shark at Drom East, Cloghane, Co. Kerry. The c.5m female shark, had stranded the previous day in fresh condition and was almost completely entangled in monofilament netting. Drom East is quite close to Brandon Point where the
Marine conservation charity Organisation Cetacea (ORCA) is pleased to announce the development of a new partnership with ferry company DFDS Seaways that will enable large areas of the North Sea to be surveyed regularly for whales and dolphins. The 18 months of survey data already collected on the DFDS Newcastle Norway route by ORCA