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.
Lots of aerial activity over last few days but whales still hard to approach suitable for a biopsy attempt..
The first humpback whale of the season was recorded during a Cork Whale Watch whalewatching trip on the morning of 16th April from Reen Pier, Union Hall.
IWDG contributed to an interesting radio programme from the Mooney GoesWild Team on blue whales…
IWDG CEO reflects on the impact of the Trail of the Whale with the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group tour and how the IWDG must….
A number of talks, watches and courses are available from the IWDG over the coming weeks.
A team from the IWDG consisting of Seán O'Callaghan, Mags Daly and Dr Simon Berrow travelled to Streedagh Strand, Co Sligo this morning (April 4th) to investigate yesterdays sperm whale stranding and collect samples. Due to the great management skills of local Heritage Officer Sióbhan Ryan, the local authority were able to provide diggers on site to assist