Most likely to be fin whales, they have been observed blowing from Galley Head, Co. Cork and Slea Head, Co. Kerry on 23rd and 24th August. Updates on the Kerry activity below.
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South American “Red Devil” squid found off Alaska and jellyfish plaguing the Mediterranean may point to vast disruptions in the seas linked to global warming, pollution or over-fishing, experts say.
IWDG received a report today, 21 Aug, about a common dolphin which live-stranded at Sandycove, near Kinsale, Co. Cork
Norwegian whalers harpooned only half their quota of 1,052 minke whales in 2006, prompting hunt opponents to say that Norwegian demand for eating the meat had sunk.
Despite the absence of whale activity in the waters off Cape Clear, course participants enjoyed several close harbour porpoise encounters and a nice run with common dolphins during the pelagic trip.
We were contacted by IWDG committee member Faith Wilson who has just seen a minimum of three large baleen whales blowing in outer Donegal Bay area from St. John’s Point. At c14:00 Faith Wilson and local NPWS Conservation Ranger, Emer Magee initially were watching a minke whale from St. John’s Point lighthouse, when Emer picked
A ferocious-looking fossil with sharp teeth found in Australia shows that ancestors of today’s toothless blue whales were not all “gentle giants”, a report said on Wednesday.
Two whales were washed up on the Cumbria coast, officials have said. A dead 20ft minke whale was discovered after Friday’s high tide at Seascale. It has now been confirmed that a second animal was a minke calf.
Work is continuing to remove a dead 20ft whale which was washed up on the Cumbrian coast on Friday night. BBC
During the summer of 2004 a survey of cetacean distribution and relative abundance was conducted on board the RV Celtic Explorer off the west coast of Ireland. 508 hours of survey effort were conducted, with 304.2 hours in Beaufort sea-state 3 or less. Two hundred and thirty one sightings of eight species were recorded. These