Ther IWDG have been encouraging lkocal members to form local groups in their area to meet up with like-minded people and improving local recording through visiting strandings, recording sightings and carrying out effort watches from local headlands. We are delighted to anoune five local groups have been established to date http://www.iwdg.ie/aboutus/groups/ Typically local groups use email
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30 October 2018 The spate of beaked whale strandings reported to the IWDG has finished. There is little to report regarding the UME. The Irish government is providing support to the UK investigation and IWDG have supplied the few tissue samples we have from four stranded beaked whales to the Natural History Museum of Denmark, Section
The IWDG whale and dolphin recording schemes are the backbone of the IWDG. This is the source of information on what occurs where and when and identifies unusual stranding events, such as the current Cuvier's beaked whale UME (Unusual Mortality Event). The IWDG rely on a network of recorders to provide these data; to visit,
IWDG contribution to his months This Island Nation concerns the role of whales and dolphins as sentinel species, reflecting the health of our marine ecosytems. https://www.mixcloud.com/CRY104FM/this-island-nation-1st-october-2018/ Common dolphins © Nick Massett IWDG contribution to his months This Island Nation reflects on the spread of humpback whale sightings along the west coast of Ireland and the potential
Saturday 29 September blog by Kate Yeoman, Maio Biodiversity Foundation It’s been eventful! We are currently in the last leg of our two week expedition in Cape Verde. In the last few days we have been witness to the most spectacular acrobatic display by pan tropical dolphins (Stenella attenuata) where a group of 50+ we’re
IWDG has been following up on a rather intriguing sighting of a large mammal which is presumed to be a whale species that was both observed and photogrphed by Chris Rankin from St. John's Point, Co. Down at 08:00am on Saturday 11th August. If you were in this area at this time, you may be
It's with great sadness that the IWDG heard of the death of Martin Colfer of Duncannon. IWDG first met Martin when we chartered his fine catamaran MV Rebecca C to go in search of humpback whales off Hook Head. Co Wexford in 2010. For much of the year Martin's core business was his angling charter
5 September 2018 Since the exciting views of Bottlenose dolphins in Brandon bay the crew of the Celtic Mist had to work hard to spot cetaceans in big swells between spells of mist and rain. Nearby Bull rock we spotted Risso’s dolphins including a mother and calf in the white capped swells. The team was
On Saturday 25th August the Irish Whale & Dolphin Group delivered Whale Watch Ireland 2018. All–Ireland Whale Watch day, now in its 18th year, comprises free, guided land-based watches, spread over 14 counties, and in all four provinces and continues to be one of the largest events on the Irish wildlife calendar. To maximize the
Watch a recent presentation by Dr Simon Berrow for TEDx Ballybofey on humpback whale migration. TEDx Ballybofey was an independently organised evening event on Thursday, April 12th, 2018 curated from thought leaders across Ireland, as well as grassroot speakers sharing their inspiring stories. Organised by Leah Fairman and Emma Boylan at the Balor Arts