In recent weeks, local IWDG co-ordinator, Mick O’ Connell has been busy in Co. Kerry. Within the last two weeks he has attended two live strandings of common dolphins in the kingdom.
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On the afternoon of August 20th Emer Rogan received reports of a live-stranded large dolphin near Courtown, Co. Wexford. The “dolphin” which at over 13ft length was refloated around 10 times, and as one would expect after so many refloat attempts, it died around 19:00 on Fri. evening. On Sat. 21st Aug. IWDG received a
Suggested viewing sites would be Galley Head, and Dunowen Head near Clonakilty or Dunworley and Seven Heads near Courtmacsherry. The whales seem to be in an area between latitude 51 20N -51 23N and Longitude 8 50W- 9 02W. So Galley Head may well offer the best vantage point. On Sat. morning 21st Aug. a
A Royal Dutch/Shell -led group developing oil and gas fields in the Russian far east moved to assure worried ecologists on Friday it is doing all it can to protect rare gray whales living in the coastal waters.
The 2nd of this summers three weekend whale watching courses on Cape Clear Island, West Cork, produced numerous common dolphin encounters between 13th- 15th August.
Whalewatching has the potential to bring economic benefits to remote coastal communities in Ireland but is still under-developed. This workshop is organised by the IWDG in conjunction with FFAIS-5. Date: 25 August in University College, Dublin.
I received a call at 19:45 on Thursday 12 August from Pauline Beades of the Irish Seal Sanctuary who had been contacted by Tony Boyle who was holidaying in the Maharees, regarding three dolphins that were beaching themselves at Meelick, Kilshannig (near Castlegregory). I left shortly afterwards and followed Tony to the site, arriving about
The whale was found dead on August 8 and Uruguayan authorities are trying to pull the whale out of the area as a measure to prevent sharks from arriving near Uruguay’s most prominent resort.
Brazilian firemen try in vain to save a humpback whale that became stranded on Jurujuba beach, in the Rio de Janeiro suburb of Niteroi, August 10, 2004. Full Story
Galley Head, Co. Cork We had a huge crowd during the event. At 14:30 when I gave the introduction talk c220 people were counted, but conservative estimates are that we had at least 300 at the peak of the watch. I think we can say it was a most successful day. From the start we