The survey is rapidly coming to a close as we carry out a long CTD cast survey to lock down the oceanography. Yesterday we hove to all day sheltered behind Inis Mór in the Aran Islands as high winds and swell made surveying impossible. Celtic Voyager hove to inside the Aran Islands The last
Summer Survey 2019: Diary of Week 10 Report by Eamonn Clarke, IWDG Member Thanks to a cancellation, I got the pleasure of re-joining IWDG’s 12-week Summer Survey 2019 for week 10 having been on the Celtic Mist for week one. I joined the Celtic Mist in Kinvara, Co Galway, where the IWDG and the Celtic
During the summer 2018, the IWDG sailed to Iceland in search of humpback whales, but also to build relationships with Iceland, the country and its people. Why ? Because Ireland and Iceland share a humpback whale population, with the same individual whales recorded between these two island nations. We wrote about the expedition, but we
The IWDG contribute a monthly radio slot on This Island Nation, courtesy of the generosity of Tom McSweeney. This Island Nation is broadcast on digital radio and syndicated all around Ireland. Dr Simon Berrow records a 3 minute piece on the work of the IWDG or an interesting discovery as well as opinion and policies.
New IWDG magazine “Flukes” is now available to IWDG members, Its been nine years since the last IWDG magazine which was called “Miol Mor”. IWDG decided to try and produce two printed magazines for members each year to compliment our online media. Different publications and platforms reach different cohorts of people and sometimes its nice
Join IWDG at SeaFest in Cork city. Celtic Mist will be berthed at Arthurs Quay and we will have our tent alongside. Seafest, Ireland’s largest maritime festival, takes place at Cork City Quays, 10am to 6pm all weekend
After 16 years of searching, the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group have re-sighted a Humpback Whale from Co Kerry at a known breeding ground in the Cape Verde Islands off West Africa. Left: Humpback whale off West Kerry, 7 August 2015 (Nick Massett) Right: Humpback whale off Santa Monica, Cape Verde,
31 May 2019 The Floating Classroom reached its final destination in Cork city after a very successful two weeks. Schools from Arklow to Dunmore East, Youghal to Wexford and in Waterford and Cork cities were visited by members of the IWDG, Irish Wildlife Trust, Marine Dimensions and the Irish Ocean Literary Network. Celtic Mist
A moment to look back on the success of the Trail of the Whale Library tour delivered this winter. Special thanks to Pamela Cullen for organising the tour and to Inis for funding. We will be building new stories now for telling next winter. Do join us at the IWDG and build your own story.
This weekend, the IWDG were out and about delivering training and leading watches to encourage IWDG members and the public to watch for and record whalers and dolphins in Irish waters.