Update 31st July 2018….For those of you who missed last night's whale programme on RTE Nationwide, it's available on this link on RTE Player. https://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/nationwide-21/10914503/ Hope you enjoy it. IWDG were approached by RTE Nationwide last year, with a view to recording a piece on whales, whale watching and the group's conservation/research work.
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by Alexandra McInturf On Monday, July 16th, Celtic Mist floated among the many clippers docked in Lough Foyle, all of which were adorned with colourful flags in the spirit of the local maritime festival. The ship itself would be recognizable to those familiar with the IWDG; however, the same could not be said for her
Celtic Mist arrived in Derry on Sunday night after a 4000km, eight week expedition to Iceland. Read about the final leg of this at https://iwdg.ie/iceland2018/post.php?id=13 Celtic Mist is currently travelling from Derry to Galway, due in on Sunday where it wil lbe for 2 weeks for some maintenance and day trips before attrending Cruinniú na mBád Festival
the IWDG have recently signed a letter to the Icelandic government requesting an immediate ceasation of commercial whaling on fin whales follwing the reported capture of a rare blue x fin whale hybrid. This capture is outside their license and blue whales are fully protected, as they are still severly depleted after years of over-expliotation. A blue
IWDG in collaboration with the National Biodiversity Data Centre are hosting a one day course at the IWDG headquarters in Kilrush, Co Clare. This workshop will help participants identify and record both whales, dolphins and porpoise sighted or stranded in Ireland and will help attendees develop their field skills. Based in the Shannon Dolphin Centre
The final leg of Ireland to Iceland 2018, IWDG Humpback whale Expedition to Iceland has just been completed. Six weeks after leaving Dublin, Celtic Mist arrived in Eskifjorŏur from Húsavik, the final destination in East Fjords. Read about it on https://iwdg.ie/iceland2018/post.php?id=12 So the survey of Iceland is over, now it’s the long passage back to Ireland via the
Tuesday 19th June: With a fresh crew on board, which included our new skipper Mick O' Meara and some old IWDG heads like Conal O' Flanagan and Joanne O' Brien, we finally had a weather window to round the imposing North West peninsula of Hornstrandir. This was a hard overnight passage during which we had to
Consultation Paper on Minister’s Review of Trawling Activity Inside the 6 Nautical Mile Zone Submission from the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Submission by the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group The Irish Whale and Dolphin group (IWDG) welcome the opportunity to comment on the review of trawling activity inside the 6nml zone. We also
Read about our second survey week "West Fjords weather not doing us many favours" at http://www.iwdg.ie/iceland2018/post.php?id=9 First photographs of humpback whales in Hesteyrarfjordur during Ireland to Iceland 2018 expedition. with the remains of a whaling museum on the shore. Photos: Padraig Whooley IWDG Director, Frances Bermingham and IWDG member Ronan Berrow also captured this footage of
Abundant marine wildlife, from whales to storm petrels, is just an hour from the Wild Atlantic Way. Read Paddy Woodworth's trip out on the Holly Jo with IWDG Sightings Officer, Padraig Whooley https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/travel/ireland/whale-watching-in-ireland-the-first-humpback-was-a-giant-1.3528911