A new species of whale was formally announced today. A paper describing Ramari’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon eueu) was published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society. This is a result of work by a team led by Dr Emma Carroll from the University of Auckland. A combination of genetics and skull morphology resulted in True’s
by John Collins Friday 15 October 2021 This past week the RV Celtic Explorer has been out in the Celtic Sea conducting the annual Celtic Sea Herring Acoustic Survey. The IWDG won the contract to place a Marine Mammal Observer (MMO) onboard to record whales, dolphins and other marine megafauna of note. On this survey,
Did you know the IWDG and our core sponsor Inis Energy of the Sea strongly believe that the first step in Ireland becoming an ocean literate and informed society starts with our youngest citizens? And that we have a junior membership available to support this? Well, we do, and we want it to be available
Our first international humpback match dates back to an image taken by Conor Ryan in September 2007 out on a whale watch trip with Colin Barnes off Toe Head, West Cork. Within a few hours of our posting the images on www.iwdg.ie of its well-marked dorsal fin there was an excited call from a Wouter
IWDG Join The Salty Sea Sisters 1st Birthday The Salty Sea Sisters are a “community of wild women from across the isles of Ireland and the UK who support, connect and encourage each other in the pursuit of adventure through the strength of sistership”. They celebrated one year together in style this September at Fair
Report IV, Walrus update 20th Sept. 2021 IWDG have just heard of a walrus sighting yesterday Sunday 19th Sept. 2021 in Höfn, Hornafjörður, southeast Iceland and the images suggest that this is likely to be the same walrus aka “Wally” that was last seen in Crookhaven, West Cork on August 30th. We are awaiting further
Cruise 8: September 5-12 incl 3 Bridges by Neasa de Barra Tuesday 7 September 2021 Crew Neasa de Barra, Brona Grant, Una Healy and Kate O’Connor met skipper Liam Quinn and first mate Irene Reidy on Celtic Mist at Poolbeg Marina. The first afternoon and evening were spent getting familiar with boat living and watching,
We’ve had many great Humpback days in IWDG, but August 29th 2021 will stand out as a particularly memorable one. It started out as it so often does with an observer watching up on a cliff top and this person was Nick Massett up on Slea Head, Co. Kerry, who along with Jimmy Flannery of
20 August 2021 Peter leaves Kilrush Marina tomorrow (Saturday) on his big voyage, IWDG wish him the best of luck and safe sailing and look forward to hearing about his adventures and, of course, his sightings via the IWDG Reporting App. 2 August 2021 Peter Lawless, from Limerick, is attempting a solo, unassisted, non-stop circumnavigation
by Stephanie Levesque, IWDG Strandings Officer June 2021 To date, IWDG have received a total of 291 stranding records in 2021. This represents a 62% increase compared to this time last year, which in itself was a record year for strandings. COVID-19 restrictions have most certainly lead to increased reporting, however, Ireland was in full