Kirsten Wohak – Shannon Dolphin Project Intern 2022 The work varied so much that I never got bored I am Kirsten Wohak and I was given the opportunity to intern at the Shannon Dolphin Project in Kilrush for the past 6 weeks. In my case, this was not a given as my background is in
Megan Keville- Shannon Dolphin Project Intern 2022 Came for a thesis stayed for the dolphins! Hi, my name is Megan, and I am one of the Interns working with the Shannon Dolphin Centre this summer. Originally from England, I came over to Ireland in January for my master’s degree in Marine Conservation at ATU (Galway).
Megan Clarkson- Shannon Dolphin Project Intern 2022 First time sailing on Celtic Mist Hi all, my name is Megz and I have travelled from South Africa to have the great pleasure of being one of the new interns this season at the Shannon Dolphin Project. During my third week here, I got the amazing opportunity
Imagine you are sitting in a mini-van, itchy from head to toe with mosquito bites and are wearing a beaming smile on your face. You have just spent three weeks living and working in the jungle. This is how I arrived at Akumal, ready to begin the marine section of my expedition to Mexico. My
Fair Seas seeks to build a movement of ocean stewardship in Ireland. As project partners and advocates for an ocean-literate society, the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) want to facilitate a conversation about conservation that is accessible, inclusive and engaging to all. However, many ocean stewardship and conservation movements often neglect to include or
We should continually reassess our understanding of how large whales such as humpbacks use Irish waters; it’s cathartic and serves to remind us that nothing remains the same and the natural world is no different, as it oscillates between constant flux and chaos. So when there is a flurry of humpback whale sightings in the
IWDG have become concerned recently about apparently unregulated geophysical site investigations being carried out at proposed offshore windfarm sites. Here Patrick Lyne of the IWDG presents our concerns and calls on our licensing authorities to tighten up their procedures and requirements to ensure impacts on marine mammals and their habitats are kept to a minimum,
Noel Langan – Shannon Dolphin Project Intern 2022 Dolphin Soup Hello Everyone, my name is Noel Langan, I am 23 and I have a long standing interest in marine Biology. To follow up on this interest I went to GMIT, now ATU to do a Marine and freshwater biology course which I graduated from with
Pádraig Whooley, IWDG sightings officer examines the recent rare sperm whale sighting in Dursey Sound, Co. Cork. Sperm whales are the largest of the toothed whales and were the species portrayed as the villain of the piece in Herman Melville’s classic novel “Moby Dick“. I’ve seen sperm whales several times in Irish waters, but they’ve almost
The Irish Government has issued a notice warning that a French ‘missile/rocket firing exercise’ will take place in Ireland’s Exclusive Economic Zone to the southwest of the country from 21-27 June. The IWDG have expressed concern to the French embassy regarding the planned military exercise. Although we understand they are not planning to use active