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….
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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
Short interview with Dr Russell Fielding author of In the Wake of the Whale reflecting on the suitability of whale meat for human consumption. Courtesy of Canola Pictures in association with the IWDG. Click on icon below webcast link https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/542a2c21-3d5a-4b69-94f4-52516b69169f https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/dc47e7b9-eac6-4deb-b980-bb0b3a72e636 Courtesy of GMIT. Many thanks to Pat Heffernan and Diurmuid. GMIT/IWDG Seminar UPDATE:
The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group are delighted to benefit under the Ryanair Carbon Offset Partnership with support for our WhaleTrack Ireland project. The aim of WhaleTrack Ireland is to determine what large baleen whales are doing in Irish waters, and where are they coming from and going to. This project will engage with citizen scientists, with whom
Up to today (5th March), IWDG have recorded 54 cetacean strandings in Ireland. Once again, common dolphins are by far the most frequently recorded species – 30 identifiable animals represent 56% of all species stranded. This has been the case in Ireland since 2011 with consistently high numbers of common dolphins washing ashore dead, especially
Says President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins at the National Biodiversity Conference yesterday. Michael D. gave a passionate and knowledgeable speech showing he gets the seriousness of the issues surrounding biodiversity loss. The National Parks and Wildlife Service are to be congratulated for organising this conference in collaboration with the Irish Forum for Natural Capital
The National Biodiversity Conference is underway in Dublin Castle. It attempts to "BRINGING TOGETHER ACADEMICS, ARTISTS, BUSINESSES, COMMUNITY GROUPS, CONSERVATIONISTS, ECOLOGISTS, FARMERS, FISHERS, FORESTERS, GOVERNMENT, LANDOWNERS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, NGOS, POLITICIANS, SCIENTISTS AND STATE AGENCIES TOGETHER TO DISCUSS THE CHALLENGES, EXPLORE THE SOLUTIONS AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE OUR COMMON GOAL OF REVERSING
Following the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group involvement in whale and dolphin research in Cape Verde, Dr Simon Berrow was invited to contribute to a two-day workshop in Praia, Ilha de Santiago. The workshop has been organised by Associação Caboverdiana de Ecoturismo (ECOCV) aims to develop national cetacean sightings and strandings network and Code of Conduct.
IWDG have just received and validated a sighting this morning by Andrew Morgans of a solitary "dolphin" off the Nimmo's Pier area of Galway docks at 08:45am on Jan. 28th. Given the location and circumstances, we are confident this is another sighting of the adult bottlenose dolphin known locally as "Nimmo", and a welcome 1st